Raising his batting average to .512 with his second consecutive 4-for-4 game, Ken Singleton knocked in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning, helping the Orioles defeat the White Sox, 5-2, ending Chicago's six-game winning skein. The score was 2-2 when Al Bumbry began the bottom of the fifth with a walk, stole second, reached third on a single by Rich Dauer and scored when Singleton lofted a short pop fly that fell for a two-bagger. The Birds added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth on a bases-loaded squeeze bunt by Mark Belanger and sacrifice fly by Bumbry. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 5, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Monday, April     27, 1981 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  1
Orioles      0  1  1    0  1  0    0  2  x  -   5 10  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Almon ss              5   0   2   0     0   2   .313      Bumbry cf             3   1   0   1     1   1   .180
Bernazard 2b          4   0   3   0     1   0   .375      Dauer 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .319
Fisk lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .351      Singleton rf          4   0   4   1     0   0   .512
  Baines rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Lowenstein lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Nordhagen ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .077
Luzinski dh           3   1   2   1     1   1   .267      Crowley dh            1   1   1   1     3   0   .333
  Dotson pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      DeCinces 3b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .179
  Morrison ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Graham c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .190
Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .344        Dempsey pr,c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .311      Roenicke lf,rf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Kuntz rf,lf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .389      Belanger ss           3   0   0   1     0   1   .097
Essian c              4   0   1   1     0   1   .231      McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pryor 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .375        T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hickey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lamp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   2  12   2     2   7             Totals               32   5  10   5     4   2

Time of Game: 3:09   Attendance: 11,774
Left on Base: White Sox 11, Orioles 9
DP: White Sox 2, Orioles 1
Errors: Pryor
Doubles: Lemon (3), Kuntz (2), Singleton 2 (6), Roenicke (1)
Home Runs: Luzinski (3), Graham (1)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Belanger (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Bumbry (1)
GIDP: Almon (2), DeCinces (2), Murray (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios L(1-1)          6.1   8   3   2   3   2   1  30   3.00
Hoyt                    1     2   2   2   1   0   0   6   1.59
Hickey                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Lamp                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  8    10   5   4   4   2   1  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor W(1-1)         8.1  11   2   2   2   6   1  37   3.52
T. Martinez SV(1)       0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.86
Totals                  9    12   2   2   2   7   1  40

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Don Denkinger


WHITE SOX 1ST: Almon struck out; Bernazard grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted); Dauer lined
to left; Singleton doubled; Murray flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski walked; Johnson flied out to right;
Lemon doubled to left [Luzinski to third]; Kuntz struck out;
Essian flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley walked; DeCinces grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Crowley out at second];
Graham homered; Roenicke doubled to left; Belanger grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor popped to pitcher; Almon struck out;
Bernazard singled to center; Fisk made an out to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry struck out; Dauer reached on an error by
Pryor; Singleton singled to center [Dauer to second]; Murray
made an out to shortstop; Crowley singled to left [Dauer scored
(unearned), Singleton to second]; DeCinces forced Crowley
(shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
0, Orioles 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Luzinski homered; Johnson made an out to
shortstop; Lemon made an out to second; Kuntz doubled; Essian
singled to left [Kuntz scored]; Pryor made an out to shortstop;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Graham flied out to center; Roenicke flied out to
right; Belanger made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Orioles 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Almon singled; Bernazard walked [Almon to
second]; Fisk made an out to second; Luzinski struck out;
Johnson forced Bernazard (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Bumbry walked; Bumbry stole second; Dauer singled
to left [Bumbry to third]; Singleton doubled to left [Bumbry
scored, Dauer to third]; Carlton Fisk collided with Greg
Pryor and Bill Almon; Fisk hurt calf; BAINES REPLACED FISK
(PLAYING RF); KUNTZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Murray lined
to first; Crowley was walked intentionally; DeCinces popped to
catcher in foul territory; Graham made an out to second; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon made an out to third; Kuntz grounded out
(third to first); Essian struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Roenicke popped to third in foul territory;
Belanger struck out; Bumbry grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor singled to left; Almon grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Pryor out at second]; Bernazard
singled; Baines flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer popped to third in foul territory; Singleton
singled to second; HOYT REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Murray
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher)
[Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Orioles 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Luzinski singled to center; DOTSON RAN FOR
LUZINSKI; Johnson lined to right; Lemon struck out; Kuntz
singled [Dotson to second]; Essian flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: DOTSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Crowley walked;
DeCinces singled to left [Crowley to second]; Graham singled to
left [Crowley to third, DeCinces to second]; DEMPSEY RAN FOR
GRAHAM; Roenicke made an out to shortstop; Belanger reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Crowley scored, DeCinces
to third, Dempsey to second]; HICKEY REPLACED HOYT (PITCHING);
Bumbry hit a sacrifice fly to left [DeCinces scored]; LAMP
REPLACED HICKEY (PITCHING); Dauer forced Belanger (third to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: DEMPSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ROENICKE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LOWENSTEIN REPLACED SINGLETON
(PLAYING LF); Pryor flied out to right; Almon singled to left;
T. MARTINEZ REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Bernazard singled
[Almon to second]; NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR BAINES; Nordhagen flied
out to center; MORRISON BATTED FOR DOTSON; Morrison struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 5.