Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
August 10, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1981 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals 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

Kansas City Royals 2, Baltimore Orioles 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 6 0 2 0
McRae dh 5 0 2 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 5 1 0 0
Otis cf 5 1 1 2
Motley rf 5 0 1 0
White 2b 5 0 1 0
Wathan c 5 0 2 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 2 9 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 1 2 1
  Ripken, Jr. pr 0 1 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 1
Crowley dh 2 0 0 0
  Ayala ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,dh 2 0 1 1
Roenicke lf 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Graham ph 1 0 0 0
  Sakata ss 0 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 4 3
Kansas City 000 200 000 000290
Baltimore 200 000 000 001340
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   5.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Jones   3.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Quisenberry   3.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Martin  L (2-4) 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.0
4
3
3
4
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.   7.0 6 2 2 3 2
  Stewart   4.2 3 0 0 2 0
  Martinez T.  W (3-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
9
2
2
5
3

  E–None.  2B–Baltimore Singleton (11,off Martin).  HR–Kansas City Otis (4,4th inning off D Martinez 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Singleton (10,1st inning off Leonard 0 on, 2 out); Murray (9,1st inning off Leonard 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Dauer (3,off Quisenberry).  IBB–Singleton (4,by Quisenberry); Murray (4,by Martin).  SB–Wilson (9,2nd base off D Martinez/Dempsey).  CS–Washington (7,2nd base by D Martinez/Dempsey).  IBB–Quisenberry (6,Singleton); Martin (6,Murray).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:18.  A–19,850.
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