Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
September 15, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 7, Cleveland Indians 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 1 0 0
Dauer 2b 5 0 1 2
Singleton rf 3 1 0 0
  Roenicke rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Crowley dh 4 0 2 1
  Shelby pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Lowenstein lf 4 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 3 2 2 1
Sakata ss 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Bonner ss 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
  Royster c 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Graham ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Ayala ph 1 1 1 3
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 8 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone dh 4 0 0 0
Orta rf 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 1 0
Hayes lf 4 0 0 0
Manning cf 4 2 2 1
Kuiper 2b 3 1 2 0
Fischlin ss 2 1 1 2
  Pagel ph 1 1 1 2
Brennan p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 5
Baltimore 002 001 004781
Cleveland 002 200 002671
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (13-4) 9.0 7 6 6 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
2
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Brennan   8.0 5 4 2 2 5
  Stanton  L (3-3) 0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Monge   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
5
2
6

  E–D Martinez (1), Fischlin (3).  2B–Baltimore Dauer (21,off Brennan); Crowley (6,off Brennan); DeCinces (21,off Stanton), Cleveland Harrah (9,off D Martinez).  HR–Baltimore Ayala (2,9th inning off Monge 2 on, 1 out), Cleveland Pagel (1,9th inning off D Martinez 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Fischlin (1,off D Martinez).  HBP–Hargrove (4,by D Martinez).  SB–Manning 2 (18,2nd base off D Martinez/Dempsey,3rd base off D Martinez/Dempsey).  WP–D Martinez (5).  HBP–D Martinez (2,Hargrove).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:57.  A–5,397.
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