Saturday May 2, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
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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