Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles
May 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1981 at Memorial Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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)
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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Baltimore Orioles 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 5 0 0 0
Ainge 3b 5 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 2 2 1
Mayberry dh 2 0 1 0
  Bosetti pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Velez ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Woods lf 2 0 0 1
  Bonnell lf,rf 1 0 1 0
Bell rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Iorg 2b 4 1 2 0
Griffin ss 3 0 2 0
Whitt c 4 0 1 0
Bomback p 0 0 0 0
  Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 1 1 2
  Ayala ph 1 0 0 0
  Sakata ss 0 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Crowley dh 3 0 1 0
Graham c 4 0 1 0
  Dempsey pr 0 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Roenicke lf,cf 3 1 2 0
Krenchicki ss 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Toronto 000 001 1204100
Baltimore 000 002 000250
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Bomback  W (3-1) 7.1 3 2 2 2 4
  Garvin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  McLaughlin  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  L (1-3) 7.0 7 4 4 3 4
  Martinez   1.2 3 0 0 2 2
  Stoddard   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1.  PB–Graham (2).  2B–Toronto Iorg (2,off T Martinez), Baltimore Roenicke (2,off Bomback).  HR–Toronto Upshaw (2,8th inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Bumbry (1,6th inning off Bomback 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Woods (3,off T Martinez).  SF–Woods (1,off Stone).  IBB–Griffin (1,by T Martinez).  CS–Velez (2,Home by Stoddard/Graham).  WP–T Martinez (1).  IBB–T Martinez (1,Griffin).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:54.  A–23,898.
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