New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
May 27, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1981 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 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

New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 5 0 1 0
Piniella lf 5 1 2 0
Winfield cf 5 1 2 0
Jackson rf 3 1 0 0
Foote dh 3 0 0 0
  Gamble ph,dh 0 0 0 1
Nettles 3b 4 1 3 2
Rodriguez 1b 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 1 3 2
May p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 2 1
  Bonner pr 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 0 1 0
  Dwyer pr,lf 1 1 1 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Roenicke lf,rf 4 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
Ayala dh 2 1 0 0
  Crowley ph,dh 2 0 1 1
Dempsey c 2 1 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 3 2 4
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
New York 000 020 0305112
Baltimore 001 202 0016100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
May   5.1 4 4 3 4 3
  Davis   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Gossage  L (1-1) 1.2 4 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.2
10
6
5
6
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   7.2 7 5 5 4 6
  Stoddard   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Martinez  W (2-1) 1.1 4 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
5
6

  E–Nettles 2 (4).  DP–New York 2, Baltimore 3.  HR–New York Dent (5,5th inning off Flanagan 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore DeCinces 2 (6,4th inning off May 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Davis 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Ayala (1,by May).  IBB–Murray (3,by Gossage).  HBP–May (2,Ayala).  IBB–Gossage (1,Murray).  T–2:50.  A–42,869.
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