BARBER STEMS TIDE, FIRES 2-HIT CG SHUTOUT
Lefty Helps O's End Skid With Win Over Nats
BALTIMORE, July 25 (AP) - Steve Barber was in the midst of a disappointing
season. He entered his start on July 25 against the Washington Senators
with a 2-7 record and an earned run average above four. To make matters
worse, his team, the Baltimore Orioles, had dropped seven of their previous
eight games and fallen percentage points behind the New York Yankees in the
battle for first place in the American League. But Barber put together his
best start of the year when his team needed it the most, tossing a two-hit
complete game shutout in a 3-0 victory at Memorial Stadium.
Barber carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning before surrendering a one-out
single to Chuck Hinton. At that point, the Orioles held a 2-0 lead.
Barber and Senators starter Bernie Daniels matched scoreless frames until the
fifth, when Sam Bowens led off with his ninth home run of the year. The
blow cleared the left-center field fence and gave Baltimore a 1-0
advantage.
The Orioles increased their lead to 2-0 in the sixth. With one out, Norm
Siebern doubled into the gap in right-center field. Daniels walked Boog
Powell intentionally but Brooks Robinson laced a double into the left field
corner, scoring Siebern and chasing Powell to third. Daniels avoided
further difficulty by retiring Bowens on a shallow fly to right, intentionally
walking Charlie Lau to fill the bases, and striking out Jerry Adair to end the
inning.
The Senators first hit, off the bat of Hinton with one out in the top of the
seventh, at first appeared to be the start of trouble for Barber after he walked
Don Lock to put runners on first and second, but John Kennedy rolled into a
6-4-3 double play to end the threat.
The Orioles provided Barber with another insurance run in the bottom of the
eighth. Powell drew a lead off walk from reliever Don Rudolph and was
replaced by pinch runner Bob Saverine. Robinson followed by lining a
single to left, with Saverine stopping at second base. Jim Hannan replaced
Rudolph and induced Bowens to fly to center field. Saverine tagged in an
attempt to advance to third and made it safely, and when center fielder Lock's
throw scooted past third baseman Chuck Cottier to the retaining wall near the
grandstand, Saverine trotted home with the third Baltimore run of the game.
Barber carried a one-hitter into the ninth, but ran into some trouble. He
walked Don Blasingame to open the inning before getting Ed Brinkman on a soft
grounder to Aparicio at short, with Blasingame advancing to second. Earl
Cunningham rolled out to Aparicio as well, with the runner holding, for the
second out, but Hinton came through again, lining a sharp single to
center. Blasingame advanced to third on the hit and Washington had the
tying run coming to the plate in the form of Lock, the club's home run
leader. On a 2-1 pitch, Lock lifted a high fly to deep left field.
Earl Robinson retreated onto the warning track to make the catch and secure the
win.
Barber's complete game two-hitter was the second this year by an Orioles hurler
(Milt Pappas turned the trick in a July 2 win over the Angels) and the seventh
in the American League thus far this season.
7/25/1964, Was64-Bal64, Memorial Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1964 Orioles 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 x 3 8 0 9 2 Senators AB R H BI AVG Orioles AB R H BI AVG Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0 .248 Robinson,E cf 4 0 0 0 .235 Cunningham 1b 4 0 0 0 .265 Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0 .255 Hinton lf 3 0 2 0 .214 Siebern 1b 4 1 1 0 .219 Lock rf 2 0 0 0 .271 Powell lf 2 0 1 0 .319 Kennedy 3b 2 0 0 0 .217 Saverine pr 0 1 0 0 .120 Rudolph p 0 0 0 0 .083 Kirkland cf 0 0 0 0 .159 Hannan p 0 0 0 0 .067 Robinson,B 3b 4 0 2 1 .293 Leppert c 2 0 0 0 .216 Bowens rf 4 1 1 1 .241 Zimmer ph 1 0 0 0 .290 Lau c 3 0 0 0 .277 Brumley c 0 0 0 0 .179 Adair 2b 3 0 1 0 .256 Hunt,K cf 2 0 0 0 .148 Barber p 4 0 2 0 .167 Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 .316 31 3 8 2 Cottier 2b 3 0 0 0 .156 Daniels p 2 0 0 0 .270 Blasingame,D 2b 0 0 0 0 .213 26 0 2 0 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Daniels L 8-6 6.2 6 2 2 3 4 108 62 3.85 Rudolph 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 13 7 3.93 Hannan 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 14 7 4.30 8.0 8 3 3 5 5 135 76 Orioles INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Barber W 3-7 9.0 2 0 0 4 3 111 61 3.84 9.0 2 0 0 4 3 111 61 Was: Cottier moved to 3b in the 7th Blasingame,D inserted at 2b in the 7th Zimmer batted for Leppert in the 8th Valentine batted for Hunt,K in the 8th Lock moved to cf in the 8th Brumley inserted at c in the 8th Valentine moved to rf in the 8th Bal: Saverine ran for Powell in the 8th Robinson,E moved to lf in the 9th Kirkland inserted at cf in the 9th E-Lock. 2B-Siebern(17), Robinson,B(20). HR-Bowens(9). RBI-Robinson,B(69), Bowens(32). SB-Aparicio(32). K-Cunningham, Daniels, Zimmer, Robinson,E, Siebern, Bowens, Lau, Adair. BB-Hinton, Lock 2, Blasingame,D, Aparicio, Powell 2, Lau, Adair. SH-Kennedy. GWRBI: Bowens Temperature: 102, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 7 MPH. Attendance: 25,765 Game Time: 2:20