Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles
May 5, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1981 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins 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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Minnesota Twins 2, Baltimore Orioles 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 4 1 3 1
Castino 3b 4 0 0 0
Hatcher cf 4 1 1 0
Smalley ss 3 0 0 0
Mackanin 2b 4 0 1 1
Jackson 1b 4 0 1 0
Engle rf 3 0 0 0
  Powell ph 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
Adams dh 4 0 0 0
Butera c 3 0 1 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 1 1 0
Dauer 2b 2 1 1 2
  Sakata 2b 1 0 0 0
Singleton dh 3 0 1 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Graham c 3 0 0 0
  Dempsey pr,c 0 0 0 0
Dwyer lf 3 0 0 1
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
Roenicke rf 3 1 2 0
Krenchicki ss 2 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
Minnesota 100 000 001270
Baltimore 210 000 00x350
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (1-3) 8.0 5 3 3 4 2
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
4
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (3-2) 8.1 6 2 2 1 4
  Stoddard   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Martinez  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
5

  E–None.  2B–Minnesota Ward (1,off Flanagan); Hatcher (4,off Flanagan), Baltimore Dauer (5,off Erickson); Roenicke (4,off Erickson).  HR–Minnesota Ward (2,1st inning off Flanagan 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Dwyer (2,off Erickson); Dauer (1,off Erickson).  WP–Flanagan (1).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:09.  A–11,096.
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