The Orioles maintained their mastery over the Blue Jays in Baltimore, sweeping a twi-night doubleheader, 4-3 and 8-3. It was the Jays' 19th consecutive loss in Baltimore since July, 1978. Jose Morales won the opener with a ninth-inning double, scoring Lenn Sakata, who had singled and gone to second on Ken Singleton's sacrifice. The hit came after the Jays thought they had gotten Morales on a called third strike. Catcher Ernie Whitt was ejected for protesting ump Larry Barnett's call.

Jim Palmer pitched a complete game for the victory, and Scott McGregor hurled another complete game in the nightcap, scattering seven hits. The Orioles scored five runs after two were out in the sixth, highlighted by Eddie Murray's two-run single. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Saturday, May 2, 1981 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Blue Jays    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  5  2
Orioles      0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  7  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moseby cf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .250      Bumbry cf             4   0   2   1     1   0   .242
Iorg 2b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Sakata 2b,ss          4   1   0   0     1   1   .000
Upshaw 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Singleton dh          2   0   1   0     2   1   .473
Mayberry dh           4   1   1   1     0   1   .276      Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .122
Woods lf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .250      Lowenstein lf         2   1   0   0     2   0   .182
Bonnell rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .155        Morales ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .600
Ainge 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Graham c              3   1   2   0     1   0   .233
Griffin ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .173        Dempsey pr,c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Whitt c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .185      DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .189
  Whitmer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Roenicke rf           2   1   1   2     1   0   .226
Stieb p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Krenchicki ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Crowley ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ayala ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .300
                                                            Dauer 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .298
                                                          Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   5   3     0   3             Totals               28   4   7   4    11   3

Time of Game: 2:30
Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Orioles 12
DP: Blue Jays 3, Orioles 0
Errors: Ainge, Griffin, DeCinces
Doubles: Mayberry (2), Woods (3), Morales (1)
Home Runs: Moseby (4)
Caught Stealing: Roenicke (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Roenicke (1), Singleton (1)
GIDP: DeCinces (3), Sakata (1), Graham (1)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stieb                   3.1   5   3   3   6   1   0  19   4.18
McLaughlin              4.1   1   0   0   2   2   0  16   3.44
Willis L(0-2)           0.2   1   1   1   3   0   0   6   5.14
Totals                  8.1   7   4   4  11   3   0  41

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(1-0)           9     5   3   3   0   3   1  33   2.86
Totals                  9     5   3   3   0   3   1  33

Wild Pitches: Palmer (2)

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Lou DiMuro


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Moseby grounded out (pitcher to first); Iorg
singled to left; Upshaw popped to third in foul territory;
Mayberry doubled to center [Iorg scored]; Woods doubled to right
[Mayberry scored]; Palmer threw a wild pitch [Woods to third];
Bonnell grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry walked; Sakata made an out to second;
Singleton walked [Bumbry to second]; Murray was called out on
strikes; Lowenstein grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Orioles 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ainge flied out to right; Griffin made an out to
shortstop; Whitt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Graham walked; DeCinces grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Graham out at second]; Roenicke
walked; Roenicke was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Orioles 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Moseby was called out on strikes; Iorg grounded
out (shortstop to first); Upshaw lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Krenchicki grounded out (second to first); Bumbry
singled to left; Sakata forced Bumbry (shortstop to second);
Singleton singled to center [Sakata to third]; Murray flied out
to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Orioles 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Woods
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Lowenstein walked; Graham singled to right
[Lowenstein to third]; DeCinces walked [Graham to second];
Roenicke singled [Lowenstein scored, Graham scored, DeCinces to
second]; Krenchicki forced DeCinces (pitcher to third) [Roenicke
to second]; Bumbry singled to left [Roenicke scored, Krenchicki
to second]; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED STIEB (PITCHING); Sakata
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Bumbry out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Orioles 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ainge made an out to first; Griffin struck out;
Whitt popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Singleton walked; Murray grounded out (first to
second to first) [Singleton to second]; Lowenstein walked;
Graham grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Lowenstein out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, Orioles 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Moseby grounded out (first to pitcher); Iorg
flied out to left; Upshaw grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces made an out to third; Roenicke reached on
an error by Ainge; Krenchicki flied out to left; Bumbry grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Orioles 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Woods singled to
right; Bonnell flied out to center; Ainge flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Sakata struck out; Singleton struck out; Murray
reached on an error by Griffin; Lowenstein flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Orioles 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitt
grounded out (second to first); Moseby homered; Iorg reached on
an error by DeCinces; Upshaw grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Graham singled to right; DEMPSEY RAN FOR GRAHAM; On
a bunt DeCinces popped to third in foul territory; Roenicke out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Dempsey to second];
CROWLEY BATTED FOR KRENCHICKI; WILLIS REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN
(PITCHING); AYALA BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Ayala walked; Bumbry made
an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Orioles 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: DEMPSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); DAUER
REPLACED AYALA (PLAYING 2B); SAKATA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
SS); Mayberry struck out; Woods made an out to shortstop;
Bonnell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Blue Jays 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: Sakata walked; Singleton out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Sakata to second]; Murray was walked
intentionally; MORALES BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; WHITMER REPLACED
WHITT (PLAYING C ); Morales doubled to left [Sakata scored,
Murray to third]; Ernie Whitt ejected by 2B umpire Larry
Barnett; HP umpire Mike Reilly called Jose Morales out on foul
tip but Barnett overruled Reilly; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Blue Jays 3, Orioles 4.

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