Seattle Mariners vs Baltimore Orioles
August 31, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1981 at Memorial Stadium. The Seattle Mariners 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 4, Baltimore Orioles 3

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 2 0
Randle 3b 5 1 3 3
Paciorek lf 5 0 1 0
Zisk dh 4 0 2 0
Burroughs rf 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 0 0
Bulling c 4 0 0 0
Simpson cf 2 1 1 0
McHenry ss 3 1 1 1
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 5 0 0 0
Singleton dh 2 0 0 0
  Ripken, Jr. pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 0
Lowenstein lf 4 1 2 2
DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 0
Roenicke rf 3 0 1 1
  Dwyer ph 1 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 0 0 0 0
  Sakata pr 0 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Seattle 030 000 0014101
Baltimore 010 002 000370
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Clay   7.0 6 3 3 3 0
  Andersen  W (2-3) 2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor   1.2 7 3 3 0 2
  Stewart  L (3-5) 7.1 3 1 1 4 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
4

  E–McHenry (1).  DP–Seattle 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Roenicke (14,off Clay); Murray (14,off Clay).  HR–Seattle Randle (4,9th inning off Stewart 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Lowenstein (4,6th inning off Clay 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Simpson (7,2nd base off McGregor/Dempsey); Cruz (37,2nd base off McGregor/Dempsey); Randle (10,2nd base off Stewart/Dempsey).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–2:53.  A–9,415.
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