The White Sox victimized Baltimore pitching for 26 hits, most ever against the Orioles in a single game, for an 18-5 whipping in the opener and then gained the doubleheader sweep with a 5-3 win in the nightcap. Chet Lemon drove in four runs and Bill Almon and Greg Pryor add three RBIs each as Chicago scored in each of the first six innings of the first game. Lemon and Almon each drove in two runs in a seven-run fourth that broke open a 3-3 contest.

Chicago trailed 3-2 in the fifth inning of the second game when Pryor singled and Almon walked. After both runners advanced on an infield out by Tony Bernazard, Harold Baines smacked a two-run single to right. Jim Essian's run-scoring double added an insurance run in the sixth to give Francisco Barrios, who pitched 6 1/3 innings, his first victory since May 15, 1980. Ken Singleton clubbed three homers in the doubleheader for Baltimore. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 18, Baltimore Orioles 5 (Game 1)

Game Played on Thursday, April 23, 1981 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Orioles      0  1  2    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   5  8  1
White Sox    1  1  1    7  1  7    0  0  x  -  18 26  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Almon ss              7   1   4   3     0   0   .357
Dwyer 1b,rf           4   2   2   0     1   1   .308      Bernazard 2b          6   2   3   1     0   0   .405
Lowenstein lf         5   0   2   1     0   0   .235      Fisk c                4   3   3   1     1   0   .387
Singleton rf          4   2   3   3     0   0   .423        Hill ph,c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morales 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Luzinski dh           3   2   0   0     3   2   .250
Crowley dh            4   0   0   1     0   1   .308      Johnson 1b            3   2   2   2     1   0   .231
Graham c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .133        Squires 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
DeCinces 3b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .087      Lemon cf              5   2   4   4     1   0   .321
  Krenchicki 3b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Nordhagen lf          6   3   3   1     0   0   .286
Sakata 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Kuntz rf              2   1   2   0     0   0   .400
Belanger ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .143        Baines ph,rf        4   1   2   2     0   0   .333
McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pryor 3b              5   1   3   3     0   0   .625
  D. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Essian 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ford p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dotson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   8   5     4   4             Totals               47  18  26  17     6   2

Time of Game: 3:07
Left on Base: Orioles 7, White Sox 13
DP: Orioles 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Belanger, Bernazard
Doubles: Johnson (1), Pryor (1)
Triples: Baines (1), Almon (1)
Home Runs: Singleton 2 (3), Bernazard (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Pryor (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (1)
GIDP: Lowenstein (2), Nordhagen (2)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor L(0-1)         3     9   4   4   4   1   1  20   5.14
D. Martinez             0     3   5   4   1   0   0   5  22.09
Ford                    2.1   9   7   7   1   1   0  17  18.90
T. Martinez             1.2   5   2   2   0   0   0  10   4.50
Stoddard                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    26  18  17   6   2   1  55

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dotson W(1-1)           9     8   5   5   4   4   2  39   4.43
Totals                  9     8   5   5   4   4   2  39

Passed Balls: Graham (1)
Wild Pitches: D. Martinez 2 (2), Dotson (1)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Al Clark


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Dwyer
grounded out (first to pitcher); Lowenstein flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Almon grounded out (third to first); Bernazard
popped to first; Fisk walked; Luzinski walked [Fisk to second];
Johnson walked [Fisk to third, Luzinski to second]; Lemon walked
[Fisk scored, Luzinski to third, Johnson to second]; Nordhagen
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 0,
White Sox 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton homered; Crowley struck out; Graham
struck out; DeCinces flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Kuntz singled to center; Pryor out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Kuntz to second]; Almon singled to
right [Kuntz scored]; Bernazard popped to third; On a bunt Fisk
singled [Almon to second]; Luzinski struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Sakata popped to first in foul territory; Belanger
walked; Bumbry popped to third; Dwyer walked [Belanger to
second]; Dotson threw a wild pitch [Belanger to third, Dwyer to
second]; Lowenstein singled to second [Belanger scored, Dwyer to
third]; Singleton singled to left [Dwyer scored, Lowenstein to
second]; Crowley flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnson doubled to right; On a bunt Lemon singled
[Johnson to third]; Nordhagen grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Johnson scored (no RBI), Lemon
out at second]; Kuntz singled to shortstop; Pryor singled to
center [Kuntz to second]; Almon singled to left [Kuntz out at
home (left to catcher), Pryor to second]; 1 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Graham flied out to center; DeCinces walked; Sakata
reached on an error by Bernazard (assist by Almon) [DeCinces to
second, Sakata to first]; On a bunt Belanger singled [DeCinces
to third, Sakata to second]; Bumbry popped to shortstop; Dwyer
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bernazard homered; D. MARTINEZ REPLACED MCGREGOR
(PITCHING); Fisk reached on an error by Belanger; D. Martinez
threw a wild pitch [Fisk to second]; Luzinski walked; Johnson
singled to left [Fisk scored (unearned), Luzinski to second]; D.
Martinez threw a wild pitch [Luzinski to third, Johnson to
second]; Lemon singled to right [Luzinski scored, Johnson
scored]; Nordhagen singled to left [Lemon to second]; FORD
REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); BAINES BATTED FOR KUNTZ; Baines
flied out to center; Pryor doubled to left [Lemon scored,
Nordhagen to third]; Almon singled to center [Nordhagen scored,
Pryor scored]; Bernazard forced Almon (second to shortstop);
Fisk singled to center [Bernazard to third]; Luzinski was called
out on strikes; 7 R (6 ER), 7 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, White
Sox 10.

ORIOLES 5TH: BAINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Lowenstein
grounded out (first unassisted); Singleton homered; Crowley
grounded out (second to first); Graham popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 10.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Johnson flied out to center; Lemon flied out to
right; Nordhagen singled to center; Baines tripled to left
[Nordhagen scored]; Pryor flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 11.

ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces flied out to right; Sakata walked;
Belanger forced Sakata (pitcher to shortstop); Bumbry flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 11.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Almon tripled to right; Bernazard singled to
first [Almon stayed at third]; Fisk singled to left [Almon
scored, Bernazard to second]; Luzinski walked [Bernazard to
third, Fisk to second]; Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Bernazard scored]; Lemon singled to center [Fisk scored,
Luzinski to second]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED FORD (PITCHING);
Nordhagen singled to left [Luzinski scored, Lemon to second];
Baines singled to center [Lemon scored, Nordhagen to second];
Graham allowed a passed ball [Nordhagen to third, Baines to
second]; Pryor singled to pitcher [Nordhagen scored, Baines
scored]; Almon forced Pryor (shortstop to second); Bernazard
singled [Almon to second]; HILL BATTED FOR FISK; Hill forced
Bernazard (shortstop to second); 7 R, 8 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles
4, White Sox 18.

ORIOLES 7TH: HILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SQUIRES REPLACED
JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Dwyer singled to right; Lowenstein singled
to center [Dwyer to second]; Singleton grounded out (first
unassisted) [Dwyer to third, Lowenstein to second]; Crowley
grounded out (second to first) [Dwyer scored, Lowenstein to
third]; Graham grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 18.

WHITE SOX 7TH: MORALES REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING 1B); DWYER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); KRENCHICKI REPLACED DECINCES
(PLAYING 3B); Luzinski flied out to right; Squires flied out to
left; Lemon singled to center; Nordhagen flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 18.

ORIOLES 8TH: Krenchicki was called out on strikes; Sakata
grounded out (third to first); Belanger popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 18.

WHITE SOX 8TH: STODDARD REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Baines
grounded out (second to first); Pryor lined to second; Almon
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 5, White Sox 18.

ORIOLES 9TH: ESSIAN REPLACED PRYOR (PLAYING 3B); Bumbry flied
out to right; Dwyer singled to first; Lowenstein grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Dwyer out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 18.

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