June 19, 1984 - O's Fly Past the Red Sox

Game #842 - Baltimore Orioles, 6 @ Boston Red Sox, 5

This one was a real back and forth affair, so let's jump right in!

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the second.  That's when Storm Davis ran into a heap of trouble.  With two men on and just one out, Jackie Gutierrez doubled home Rich Gedman, moving Marty Barrett to third in the process.  Wade Boggs was up next, and he singled home Barrett.  Dwight Evans walked to load the bases with still just one out.  Mike Easler grounded out, but it plated Gutierrez.  Jim Rice grounded out to Cal Ripken to end the damage, but Boston was now up 3-0.

The Orioles rebounded in the third.  Ken Singleton hit a solo homer and Eddie Murray later singled  home Jim Dwyer.  That pulled Baltimore back within one run, 3-2.  Murray got another RBI single in the fifth to tie the game up.

Storm Davis had really settled down by that point, and in the bottom of the seventh he recorded his first strikeouts of the game, getting Mike Easler and Jim Rice to whiff in consecutive at-bats.  But Tony Armas doubled and then Gedman tripled, giving Boston the lead again.  Marty Barrett bounced an easy grounder to Rich Dauer, but the usually sure-handed O's second basemen booted it, allowing Gedman to score and giving Boston a two-run lead!

Baltimore was still in it, though.  John Henry Johnson had relieved Rich Gale in the seventh, and was still on the mound in the top of the eighth.  He allowed a lead-off walk to Cal Ripken, who then moved to third on Eddie Murray's third single of the game.  Pinch-hitter Todd Cruz replaced Wayne Gross, and plated Ripken with a single.  That brought the Orioles within one run of the Bo-Sox.  Johnson got two outs, but with two men still on and Dauer up at the plate, he hit a redeeming double that scored Murray and Cruz to give Baltimore their first lead of the game!  Sammy Stewart worked two and one-third innings of relief to earn the win in a very competitive ballgame.

Winning Pitcher - Sammy Stewart

Losing Pitcher - John Henry Johnson

Player of the Game - Eddie Murray, 3-4, 2RBI, R

Hall of Famers in the Game - Cal Ripken, Eddie Murray, Wade Boggs, Jim Rice