Saturday May 9, 1981
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Baltimore Orioles 4, Texas Rangers 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, May 9, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Orioles      0  0  0    1  1  0    1  0  1  -   4  8  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  5  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Sakata 2b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .350      Rivers cf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .286
  Krenchicki 2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Oliver dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Lowenstein lf         3   1   2   0     0   0   .211      Bell 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .316
  Roenicke ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Grubb rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .388        Roberts ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Dwyer lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Putnam 1b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .288
Crowley dh            3   0   1   1     0   0   .314      Duran lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Morales ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Wagner ss             2   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Murray 1b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .141        Stein ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .444
DeCinces 3b           2   1   0   1     1   0   .178      Cox c                 2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .167        Sundberg ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .276
Belanger ss           4   1   2   1     0   0   .116        Lisi pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schmidt p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   8   4     2   3             Totals               30   2   5   2     2   3

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 20,188
Left on Base: Orioles 5, Rangers 3
DP: Orioles 2, Rangers 1
Errors: DeCinces, Wagner
Doubles: Lowenstein (2)
Triples: Murray (1)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (1)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (1), Wagner (1)
Sacrifice Flies: DeCinces (1)
GIDP: Singleton (4), Wills (4)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(2-3)            6     1   0   0   1   3   0  19   5.01
Stewart                 2.2   4   2   2   1   0   0  12   1.66
T. Martinez SV(4)       0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.59
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   3   0  32

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schmidt L(0-1)          6.2   7   3   3   1   3   0  27   3.38
J. Johnson              1.2   1   1   1   0   0   0   6   2.19
Babcock                 0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.93
Totals                  9     8   4   4   2   3   0  36

Balks: Schmidt (1)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Larry McCoy


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to center; Sakata flied out to
center; Lowenstein singled to right; Lowenstein stole second;
Singleton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to center; Rivers grounded out
(pitcher to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley grounded out (second to first); Murray
singled to right; DeCinces flied out to left; Dempsey popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
grounded out (first to pitcher); Putnam singled to left; Duran
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger grounded out (second to first); Bumbry
grounded out (second to first); Sakata grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wagner struck out; Cox grounded out (pitcher to
first); Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Lowenstein doubled to center; Singleton flied out
to center [Lowenstein to third]; Crowley singled to left
[Lowenstein scored]; Murray struck out; DeCinces grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Rivers walked; Oliver grounded out (second to
first) [Rivers to second]; Rivers was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger
singled to left; On a bunt Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Belanger to second]; Sakata singled to left [Belanger
scored, Sakata out at second (left to third to second)]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: KRENCHICKI REPLACED SAKATA (PLAYING 2B); Grubb
popped to third in foul territory; Putnam was called out on
strikes; Duran popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Lowenstein popped to shortstop; Singleton grounded
out (second to first); Crowley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Wagner reached on an error by DeCinces; Cox flied
out to center; Wills struck out while Wagner was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2,
Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Murray popped to third; DeCinces walked; Schmidt
balked [DeCinces to second]; Dempsey struck out; Belanger
singled to center [DeCinces scored]; J. JOHNSON REPLACED SCHMIDT
(PITCHING); Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: STEWART REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Rivers popped to
first; Oliver flied out to center; Bell flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Krenchicki grounded out (pitcher to first);
ROENICKE BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Roenicke reached on an error by
Wagner; Singleton grounded into a double play (pitcher to second
to first) [Roenicke out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DWYER
REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF); Grubb grounded out (shortstop
to first); Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); Duran
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: MORALES BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Morales flied out to
left; Murray tripled to center; BABCOCK REPLACED J. JOHNSON
(PITCHING); DeCinces hit a sacrifice fly to right [Murray
scored]; Dempsey walked; Belanger grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: STEIN BATTED FOR WAGNER; Stein singled to center;
SUNDBERG BATTED FOR COX; Sundberg walked [Stein to second]; LISI
RAN FOR SUNDBERG; Wills grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Stein to third, Lisi out at second];
Debut game for Rick Lisi; Rivers singled to left [Stein
scored]; Oliver singled to third [Rivers to second]; Bell
singled to right [Rivers scored, Oliver to third]; T. MARTINEZ
REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); ROBERTS BATTED FOR GRUBB; Roberts
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Rangers 2.



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