Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1981 at Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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, Detroit Tigers 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 1 1 1
Dauer 2b 5 0 4 1
Singleton rf 4 1 2 1
  Dwyer pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Murray 1b 5 1 1 2
Crowley dh 2 0 0 0
  Ayala ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf 2 1 1 0
  Roenicke ph,lf,rf 3 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 3 3 4
  Krenchicki 3b 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 1 1 0
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 15 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cowens cf 5 1 1 0
Trammell ss 5 0 2 1
Kemp lf 4 1 2 1
Wockenfuss dh 4 0 2 0
Hebner 1b 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Summers rf 3 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
  Leach ph 1 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Baltimore 020 111 2209150
Detroit 001 000 010290
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (6-3) 5.1 5 1 1 2 7
  Stewart  SV (3) 3.2 4 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (2-4) 5.0 8 5 5 1 3
  Bailey   1.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Lopez   2.1 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Baltimore Dempsey (6,off Bailey); Roenicke (9,off Lopez).  3B–Baltimore Singleton (1,off Rozema), Detroit Cowens (4,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore DeCinces 2 (2,2nd inning off Rozema 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Lopez 1 on, 0 out); Murray (4,6th inning off Rozema 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Kemp (3,8th inning off Stewart 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Bumbry (6,2nd base by Rozema/Parrish).  WP–Rozema (1).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:29.  A–19,006.
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