Scott McGregor recorded his 15th victory as the Orioles moved within 1½ games of the first-place Yankees in the East Division with a 7-1 triumph over the Angels. A double by Rich Dauer drove in two of the Orioles' three runs in the fifth inning. John Lowenstein slugged a solo homer in the sixth and Rick Dempsey doubled home two of the three runs in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 7, California Angels 1
Game Played on Thursday, August    21, 1980 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  3  1    3  0  0  -   7 11  1
Angels       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   1   1   1     0   2   .308      Miller rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Dempsey c             4   1   2   2     1   1   .262      Lansford 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Ford dh               4   1   1   0     0   0   .261
  Roenicke pr,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Baylor lf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .250
Murray 1b             4   0   0   1     0   1   .293      Grich 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Kelly dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Clark cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .226
Lowenstein lf         4   2   2   1     0   0   .297      Thompson 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .283
DeCinces 3b           3   1   1   0     1   1   .236      Campaneris ss         2   0   2   0     1   0   .277
Belanger ss           3   1   0   0     0   0   .216      Whitmer c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .213
Dauer 2b              4   1   4   2     0   0   .277        Thon ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Donohue c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .180
                                                          Knapp p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   7  11   7     2   6             Totals               32   1   7   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 26,189
Left on Base: Orioles 6, Angels 6
DP: Orioles 2, Angels 1
Errors: Murray, Lansford 2
Doubles: Dempsey 2 (19), Dauer 2 (23), Ford (9)
Home Runs: Lowenstein (2)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (6)
Caught Stealing: DeCinces (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Belanger (9), Whitmer (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Bumbry (2), Murray (3)
GIDP: Singleton (14), Clark (5), Ford (12)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor W(15-6)        9     7   1   1   1   5   0  34   3.20
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   5   0  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knapp L(2-9)            4.1   5   3   2   2   3   0  20   6.50
Montague                2     5   4   4   0   2   1  10   4.52
Lemanczyk               2.2   1   0   0   0   1   0  10   5.15
Totals                  9    11   7   6   2   6   1  40

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - John Shulock


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Dempsey doubled to center;
Singleton grounded out (second to first) [Dempsey to third];
Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Miller lined to center; Lansford flied out to right;
Ford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Angels 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); Lowenstein
flied out to center; DeCinces singled to right; DeCinces was
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor lined to shortstop; Grich singled to center;
Clark struck out; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Angels 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: On a bunt Belanger made an out to pitcher; Dauer
singled to left; Bumbry struck out; Dempsey forced Dauer
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Angels
0.

ANGELS 3RD: Campaneris singled to right; Whitmer out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Campaneris to second]; Miller
flied out to left; Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Angels 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton flied out to left; Murray grounded out
(second to first); Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Ford doubled to left; Baylor singled to left [Ford
scored]; On a bunt Grich forced Baylor (pitcher to shortstop);
Clark grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Grich out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Angels
1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Lowenstein singled to right; DeCinces walked
[Lowenstein to second]; Belanger reached on an error by Lansford
on a sacrifice bunt [Lowenstein to third, DeCinces to second,
Belanger to first]; Dauer doubled to right [Lowenstein scored,
DeCinces scored, Belanger to third]; Bumbry hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Belanger scored (unearned)]; Dempsey walked; MONTAGUE
REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Singleton grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Dempsey out at second]; 3 R (2 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Thompson was called out on strikes; Campaneris
walked; Campaneris stole second; Whitmer struck out; Miller
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Angels 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Murray struck out; Kelly grounded out (second to
first); Lowenstein homered; DeCinces struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Lansford grounded out (third to first); Ford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Angels 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger grounded out (first unassisted); Dauer
singled to center; On a bunt Bumbry singled to pitcher [Dauer to
second]; Dempsey doubled to left [Dauer scored, Bumbry scored];
Singleton singled to left [Dempsey to third]; ROENICKE RAN FOR
SINGLETON; LEMANCZYK REPLACED MONTAGUE (PITCHING); Murray hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Dempsey scored]; Kelly flied out to
right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 7, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Grich was
called out on strikes; Clark popped to catcher in foul
territory; Thompson singled to center; Campaneris singled to
right [Thompson to second]; THON BATTED FOR WHITMER; Thon flied
out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 7, Angels 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: DONOHUE REPLACED THON (PLAYING C ); Lowenstein
grounded out (second to first); DeCinces grounded out (third to
first); Belanger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 7, Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: Miller reached on an error by Murray; Lansford lined
to right; Ford grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Miller out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
7, Angels 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Dauer doubled to center; Bumbry flied out to
center; Dempsey struck out; Roenicke reached on an error by
Lansford [Dauer to third]; Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 7, Angels 1.

ANGELS 9TH: Baylor singled to left; Grich forced Baylor (third
to second); Clark flied out to left; Thompson popped to first; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 7, Angels 1.