Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
May 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1981 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 1, Baltimore Orioles 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 3 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson dh 3 0 0 1
Armas rf 3 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 0 0
Newman 1b 3 0 0 0
Babitt 2b 3 0 0 0
McKay 3b 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 3 1 0 0
Singleton dh 4 0 1 2
Murray 1b 1 0 0 0
  Crowley ph,1b 3 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf 2 0 0 0
Roenicke rf 4 2 3 0
Dempsey c 4 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 2 1 2 1
Belanger ss 2 0 1 2
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
Oakland 000 000 100131
Baltimore 020 000 21x580
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (6-1) 8.0 8 5 4 5 5
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
5
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (4-1) 9.0 3 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
7

  E–Heath (3).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Oakland Henderson 2 (9,off McGregor 2), Baltimore DeCinces (9,off Keough); Singleton (8,off Keough).  SH–Belanger (4,off Keough).  CS–Lowenstein (2,2nd base by Keough/Heath).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:44.  A–23,428.
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