Retro Baltimore Trivia: What pitcher gave up the home run to Doug DeCinces that started Orioles Magic?

Readers: Think you know your Baltimore? Try answering our weekly trivia question. Some weeks will be ridiculously easy, some weeks a bit more challenging.

Here’s last week’s trivia:

QUESTION: Orioles Magic began when Doug DeCinces hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth on June 22, 1979, to give the Orioles a walk-off win against the Tigers. Who was the pitcher who gave it up?

ANSWER: Dave Tobik

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The Bard of Baltimore, for decades the proud wielder of America's most acerbic pen, was an Evening Sun mainstay for decades (which is why he's quoted on the wall of our Calvert Street lobby). But we'd include him even if he wrote for somebody else. (Robert F. Kniesche, Baltimore Sun photo)

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A pile of stumps smolders after trees were cleared near the Sheppard Pratt gatehouse during the rerouting and widening of Charles Street in 1957. (Ellis Malashuk/Baltimore Sun)