California Angels vs Baltimore Orioles
August 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1981 at Memorial Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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)
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California Angels 9, Baltimore Orioles 2

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 5 1 2 1
Burleson ss 5 1 4 2
Lynn cf 3 1 1 1
Grich 2b 2 0 0 0
  Patek 2b 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 1
  Campaneris 2b 2 0 1 0
Ford rf 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 5 1 1 2
Downing lf 5 2 1 1
Ott c 3 2 1 0
Hobson 3b 5 1 0 1
Witt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 11 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 1 2 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 2 1
Singleton dh 4 0 1 1
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 0
Roenicke rf 3 0 1 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Schneider p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
California 000 060 3009110
Baltimore 200 000 000285
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (5-6) 9.0 8 2 2 0 6
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  L (2-4) 4.0 6 6 1 1 2
  Stewart   2.0 2 0 0 3 1
  Schneider   3.0 3 3 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
11
9
3
5
7

  E–DeCinces 3 (14), Ripken (2), Schneider (1).  DP–California 1.  2B–California Lynn (8,off Stone), Baltimore Dauer (17,off Witt).  SH–Ott (4,off Schneider).  IBB–Ford (3,by Stewart); Lynn (4,by Stewart); Carew (5,by Schneider).  IBB–Stewart 2 (3,Ford,Lynn); Schneider (1,Carew).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:49.  A–34,862.
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