Orioles Win Series

The awesome Baltimore Orioles won their second World Series in five years Thursday, beating a steady tattoo of hits against a disintegrating Cincinnati pitching staff while left-hander Mike Cuellar stifled the Reds' bats in a 9-3 fifth-game victory.

The triumph, built on Cuellar's shutout pitching after a shaky first inning, and a 15-hit attack that included home runs by Frank Robinson and Mery Rettenmund in an assault on the record books, gave the Orioles four victories to one for the Reds in the best-of-seven set.

It also brought each member of the winning Orioles at least the minimum guarantee of $15,000 and, in part, atoned for their upset loss to the New York Mets in last year's World Series.