Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
May 15, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1981 at Metropolitan 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 9, Minnesota Twins 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 3 2 1
Dauer 2b 5 1 1 1
Singleton rf 4 1 3 4
  Lowenstein pr,lf 1 0 1 1
Murray 1b 6 1 3 0
Crowley dh 3 0 1 1
  Ayala ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Graham 3b 2 0 1 0
  DeCinces ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Dwyer lf 2 0 1 0
  Roenicke ph,lf,rf 2 0 1 0
Dempsey c 4 1 1 0
Bonner ss 5 2 4 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 19 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 1 0
Castino 3b 5 0 1 0
Hatcher cf 5 0 2 0
Smalley ss 3 0 0 0
Adams dh 3 1 1 0
Ward lf 3 3 2 2
Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 1 1
Butera c 3 0 1 1
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Baltimore 300 110 0229190
Minnesota 010 102 0004101
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (4-1) 5.0 9 4 4 2 3
  Stewart  SV (2) 4.0 1 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern  L (3-3) 4.1 11 5 5 2 3
  O'Connor   3.0 6 2 2 3 1
  Verhoeven   1.2 2 2 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
19
9
7
6
5

  E–Smalley (7).  DP–Baltimore 2, Minnesota 2.  PB–Butera (1).  2B–Minnesota Hatcher 2 (9,off D Martinez 2).  HR–Baltimore Singleton (8,1st inning off Redfern 1 on, 0 out), Minnesota Ward (3,6th inning off D Martinez 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Bumbry (1,by Verhoeven).  SB–Bumbry (7,2nd base off Redfern/Butera); Bonner (1,2nd base off Verhoeven/Butera); Ward (1,2nd base off D Martinez/Dempsey).  CS–Dwyer (2,2nd base by Redfern/Butera); Bumbry (3,2nd base by Redfern/Butera).  IBB–Verhoeven (1,Bumbry).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–3:03.  A–6,268.
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