Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
August 13, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 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 1, Baltimore Orioles 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 1 0
Brett 3b 3 0 1 0
  Chalk 3b 0 0 0 0
  Quirk ph,3b 1 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 0 2 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
May 1b 3 0 0 0
  Aikens ph 0 0 0 0
  Mulliniks pr 0 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Motley rf 4 1 1 0
Wathan c 3 0 1 1
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Hammaker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 1 0
Dwyer lf 4 1 1 0
Singleton rf 4 1 1 0
  Roenicke rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Crowley dh 0 0 0 0
  Ayala ph,dh 2 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 2
Dauer 2b 4 0 2 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Kansas City 000 000 010171
Baltimore 200 000 00x290
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  L (4-5) 4.0 5 2 2 3 2
  Hammaker   4.0 4 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
3
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (8-4) 5.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Martinez   1.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Stoddard  SV (4) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
3

  E–G Brett (4).  DP–Kansas City 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Kansas City McRae (10,off Flanagan); Motley (1,off T Martinez).  CS–Murray (1,2nd base by Gale/Wathan).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:32.  A–13,780.
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