Retro Orioles recap: Boog caps comeback with walk-off blast

This game took place on July 8, 1966. It is being recapped today as part of Camden Chat’s retro recap series while MLB is on hold due to the lockout.

The Orioles failed to solve California’s starter Marcelino Lopez through the first seven innings. Unfortunately for Lopez and the Angels, the bats woke up when it mattered most.

Paul Blair evened the score with a one-out single in the eighth, and Boog Powell blasted a walk-off home run to deep right field that clinched a 2-1 victory for the Birds at Memorial Stadium.

The Orioles went down in order their first time through the lineup. Leadoff hitter Luis Aparicio recorded the team’s first hit with a single in the fourth, but was quickly erased…