Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
September 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1981 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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

Baltimore Orioles 4, New York Yankees 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 0 1
Dauer 2b 4 0 1 0
Singleton rf 1 0 0 0
  Corey rf 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Morales dh 4 1 1 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 0
Sakata ss 4 1 1 0
Roenicke lf,rf 4 2 2 1
Dempsey c 4 0 1 1
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 3 2 0 0
Milbourne ss 3 0 1 2
  Murcer ph 1 1 1 3
Winfield lf 1 0 0 0
Piniella dh 2 0 1 0
  Gamble ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Balboni ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 2 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 2 1 0
Brown cf 3 0 0 0
May p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 6 6
Baltimore 000 020 110482
New York 000 120 003663
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   4.1 5 3 3 3 1
  Stewart   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Martinez   4.0 0 1 1 5 4
  Stone  L (4-7) 0.0 0 1 0 0 0
  Stoddard   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
6
6
5
9
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
May   6.2 6 3 3 1 1
  Davis  W (4-5) 2.1 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
3

  E–DeCinces (16), Stewart (1), Milbourne 3 (8).  DP–Baltimore 3.  2B–Baltimore Dauer (23,off May); DeCinces (23,off Davis), New York Milbourne (7,off Flanagan).  3B–Baltimore DeCinces (2,off May).  HR–Baltimore Roenicke (3,7th inning off May 0 on, 0 out); Morales (2,8th inning off Davis 0 on, 1 out), New York Jackson (13,4th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 1 out); Murcer (6,9th inning off Stoddard 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Brown (1,off T Martinez).  IBB–Winfield (3,by Stewart).  WP–Flanagan (5), May (6).  IBB–Stewart (4,Winfield).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:48.  A–31,993.
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