Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 21, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 4, Oakland Athletics 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 2 2 2 0
Dauer 2b 1 0 1 0
  Sakata 2b 4 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 1 1 0
  Dwyer lf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 1 0 1
Lowenstein lf 3 0 2 2
  Roenicke ph,lf,rf 1 0 0 0
Graham dh 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 2 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 3 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 1
Armas rf 4 1 1 1
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 4 0 2 0
  Bosetti pr 0 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Baltimore 202 000 0004100
Oakland 000 001 001281
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (4-5) 8.1 8 2 2 1 2
  Stoddard  SV (5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  L (3-5) 2.2 7 4 4 0 0
  Owchinko   2.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Heaverlo   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Underwood   2.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
4

  E–Gross (10).  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 3.  2B–Baltimore Dauer (14,off Kingman); DeCinces (15,off Kingman); Lowenstein (5,off Kingman); Dempsey (8,off Owchinko).  3B–Baltimore Dempsey (1,off Heaverlo).  HR–Oakland Armas (15,9th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Dempsey (1,by Underwood).  IBB–Bumbry (2,by Heaverlo).  SB–Bumbry (15,2nd base off Kingman/Heath); Henderson (38,2nd base off Palmer/Dempsey).  CS–Bumbry (9,2nd base by Heaverlo/Heath).  WP–Kingman (3).  BK–Underwood (4).  HBP–Underwood (2,Dempsey).  IBB–Heaverlo (1,Bumbry).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:41.  A–21,208.
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