Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
August 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 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 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 2 1
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 1 2 0
Otis cf 3 1 1 2
Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0
Motley rf 3 0 0 0
Wathan c 3 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 3 1 2 0
Singleton rf 3 1 1 0
  Dwyer rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 2 2
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Morales dh 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 0 0 0 1
  DeCinces 3b 1 0 1 0
Dempsey c 4 1 2 1
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Kansas City 300 000 000350
Baltimore 210 001 00x4100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   5.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Wright  L (1-1) 2.2 5 1 1 2 2
  Quisenberry   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (7-2) 6.0 3 3 3 0 4
  Stoddard  SV (3) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
0
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Belanger (3,off Splittorff); Murray (11,off Wright); Dauer (11,off Wright).  HR–Kansas City Wilson (1,1st inning off McGregor 0 on, 0 out); Otis (5,1st inning off McGregor 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Murray (10,1st inning off Splittorff 1 on, 2 out); Dempsey (4,2nd inning off Splittorff 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Crowley (1,off Wright).  IBB–Lowenstein (1,by Wright); Singleton (5,by Wright).  SB–Wilson (10,2nd base off Stoddard/Dempsey).  IBB–Wright 2 (6,Lowenstein,Singleton).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–2:07.  A–19,352.
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