Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
April 10, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 1981 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 3, Baltimore Orioles 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 1 0
McRae dh 5 1 2 0
Brett 3b 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0
Otis lf 4 0 1 1
  Geronimo lf 0 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 4 1 3 1
Wathan c 3 1 1 1
  Quirk ph,c 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 1 0
White 2b 2 0 0 0
  Phelps ph 0 0 0 0
  Mulliniks pr 0 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 1 1 0
Dauer 2b,3b 4 1 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 2 1
  Dwyer pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 1
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 1
  Sakata 2b 0 0 0 0
Morales dh 1 1 1 0
  Crowley ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 1 2 1
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 1
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Kansas City 021 000 0003101
Baltimore 110 021 00x561
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (0-1) 4.2 3 4 2 5 1
  Martin   3.1 3 1 1 2 3
Totals
8.0
6
5
3
7
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (1-0) 5.0 8 3 2 2 4
  Stewart  SV (1) 4.0 2 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
5
8

  E–Otis (1), DeCinces (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Dempsey (1,off Gura); Singleton (1,off Martin).  HR–Kansas City Hurdle (1,2nd inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out); Wathan (1,2nd inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Singleton (1,1st inning off Gura 0 on, 2 out); Dempsey (1,6th inning off Martin 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Roenicke (1,off Gura).  IBB–Crowley (1,by Martin).  CS–Wilson (1,2nd base by Stone/Dempsey).  IBB–Martin (1,Crowley).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:46.  A–50,317.
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