Merv Rettenmund drives in three runs to lead the Orioles to a 6 – 3 win over the Angels. The O’s score their last run on a single by Brooks Robinson in the 7th and three consecutive passed balls by Joe Azcue which ties the American League record. He is the first backstop on the 20th Century list not to be catching Hoyt Wilhelm, though Wilhelm comes in to relief Vern Geishert in the 8th.

On August 30, 1969 — Merv Rettenmund drives in three runs to lead the Orioles to a 6 – 3 win over the Angels. The O’s score their last run on a single by Brooks Robinson in the 7th and three consecutive passed balls by Joe Azcue which ties the American League record. He is the first backstop on the 20th Century list not to be catching Hoyt Wilhelm, though Wilhelm comes in to relief Vern Geishert in the 8th.

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