{"id":4326,"date":"2026-01-11T20:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2026-01-11T20:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:34:27","slug":"orioles-spoil-tigers-comeback-may-walks-it-off-in-game-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4326","title":{"rendered":"Orioles Spoil Tigers Comeback, May Walks it Off in Game 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MayDaveBAL69-206x300.png?resize=206%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MayDaveBAL69.png?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MayDaveBAL69.png?resize=88%2C128&amp;ssl=1 88w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MayDaveBAL69.png?resize=22%2C32&amp;ssl=1 22w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MayDaveBAL69.png?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 1969 Baltimore Orioles blew a 4-1 lead in the 8th, but Dave May walked it off with a 2-out home run in the 10th to take Game 5 and advance in the Best of the 1960s Winner&#8217;s Bracket. After Frank Robinson and Bill Freehan traded solo homers early, May hit a 2-run single to put Baltimore on top. Merv Rettenmund added an RBI double in the 7th to give the Orioles their 4-1 lead. Jim Northrup and Willie Horton led off the 8th with singles, ending Mike Cuellar&#8217;s day. Reliever Pete Richert promptly served up a game-tying homer to Freehan, his 2nd homer of the day. The game headed to extra innings, where Pat Dobson retired 5 straight batters until May stepped up. May took the 1st pitch deep to win it for Baltimore 5-4. Freehan drove in all 4 runs for Detroit. Brooks Robinson was injured in the 1st inning when he collided with the wall catching a foul ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/STB60s\/Scoresheets\/09-14-2025_DET_BAL.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"'68 Tigers @ '69 Orioles - 9\/14\/25\">&#8217;68 Tigers @ &#8217;69 Orioles &#8211; 9\/14\/25<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1969 Baltimore Orioles blew a 4-1 lead in the 8th, but Dave May walked it off with a 2-out home run in the 10th to take Game 5 and advance in the Best of the 1960s Winner&#8217;s Bracket. After Frank Robinson and Bill Freehan traded solo homers early, May hit a 2-run single to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botd-60s"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4328,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions\/4328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}