Two homers by Terry Crowley, the second being a three-run shot, powered the Orioles to a 6-4 triumph over the Yankees. Crowley ignited a three-run fourth inning with his first round-tripper of ther season, and the Birds' other two tallies came on a double by Doug DeCinces and triple by Mark Belanger.

Crowley's second blast came in the fifth and wiped out a 4-3 New York lead. Sammy Stewart, coming on in the fifth, hurled one-hit ball the rest of the way to earn the victory. [The Sporting News]
Baltimore Orioles 6, New York Yankees 4

Game Played on Tuesday, May 26, 1981 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Yankees      1  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4 12  0
Orioles      0  0  0    3  3  0    0  0  x  -   6 10  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           2   1   0   0     3   0   .224      Bumbry cf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .245
Piniella lf           3   0   2   0     0   0   .254      Dauer 2b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .307
  Gamble ph,lf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .262      Singleton rf          4   1   2   0     1   0   .371
Winfield cf           5   1   1   0     0   1   .315        Dwyer pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Jackson rf            5   0   2   1     0   0   .208      Murray 1b             4   1   1   0     1   2   .243
Foote 1b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .186      Crowley dh            5   2   2   4     0   0   .258
  Revering 1b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Lowenstein lf         1   1   1   0     1   0   .250
Cerone c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .194        Roenicke ph,lf,rf   2   0   1   0     0   0   .364
Nettles dh            4   1   2   0     0   1   .224      Graham c              2   0   0   0     0   2   .221
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   1     0   2   .286        Dempsey ph,c        0   0   0   0     1   0   .218
  Murcer ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .265      DeCinces 3b           2   1   1   1     2   0   .229
  Milbourne 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .389      Belanger ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .171
Dent ss               4   0   2   1     0   0   .220      McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nelson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  12   4     4   5             Totals               32   6  10   6     8   5

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 38,646
Left on Base: Yankees 10, Orioles 11
DP: Yankees 1, Orioles 2
Doubles: Jackson (8), Dent (8), Winfield (10), Piniella (4), DeCinces (10), Murray (7)
Triples: Belanger (1)
Home Runs: Crowley 2 (2)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Dempsey (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cerone (1)
GIDP: Winfield (6), Jackson (3), DeCinces (5)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nelson L(1-1)           4.1   7   6   6   4   2   2  23   5.23
LaRoche                 1     1   0   0   3   0   0   7   0.61
Davis                   2.2   2   0   0   1   3   0  11   2.64
Totals                  8    10   6   6   8   5   2  41

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor                4.2  11   4   4   2   4   0  26   2.62
Stewart W(2-1)          4.1   1   0   0   2   1   0  15   1.49
Totals                  9    12   4   4   4   5   0  41

Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - John Shulock


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Piniella singled to left [Randolph
to second]; Winfield grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Randolph to third, Piniella out at second];
Jackson doubled to left [Randolph scored]; Foote struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); Dauer
walked; Singleton flied out to center; Murray walked [Dauer to
second]; Crowley forced Murray (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Cerone singled to center; Nettles struck out;
Rodriguez struck out; Dent doubled to right [Cerone to third];
Randolph walked; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Yankees 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Lowenstein walked; Graham struck out; DeCinces
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Lowenstein out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Orioles 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Winfield doubled to left; Jackson singled to
shortstop [Winfield to third]; Foote popped to first in foul
territory; Cerone hit a sacrifice fly to right [Winfield
scored]; Nettles singled to right [Jackson to third]; Rodriguez
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to left; Bumbry grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dauer singled to center; Singleton
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Dent flied out to center; Randolph flied out to
right; Piniella doubled to left; Winfield flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray popped to third; Crowley homered; Lowenstein
singled to right; Lowenstein stole second; Graham was called out
on strikes; DeCinces doubled to left [Lowenstein scored];
Belanger tripled to right [DeCinces scored]; Bumbry flied out to
right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson lined to left; Foote singled to center;
Cerone flied out to right; Nettles singled to center [Foote to
second]; Rodriguez singled to left [Foote scored, Nettles to
third]; STEWART REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); On a bunt Dent
singled [Nettles scored, Rodriguez to second]; Randolph flied
out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer popped to catcher in foul territory;
Singleton walked; Murray doubled to right [Singleton to third];
Crowley homered [Singleton scored, Murray scored]; LAROCHE
REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); ROENICKE BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN;
Roenicke flied out to left; DEMPSEY BATTED FOR GRAHAM; Dempsey
walked; DeCinces walked [Dempsey to second]; Belanger made an
out to shortstop; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 6.

YANKEES 6TH: ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DEMPSEY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GAMBLE BATTED FOR PINIELLA; Gamble
walked; Winfield was called out on strikes; Jackson grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gamble out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); REVERING
REPLACED FOOTE (PLAYING 1B); Bumbry walked; Dauer lined to left;
Singleton singled to right [Bumbry to third]; DAVIS REPLACED
LAROCHE (PITCHING); Murray struck out; Crowley flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 6.

YANKEES 7TH: Revering flied out to left; Cerone grounded out
(first to pitcher); Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: Roenicke singled to center; Dempsey out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Roenicke to second]; DeCinces
was walked intentionally; Belanger flied out to right; Bumbry
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
4, Orioles 6.

YANKEES 8TH: MURCER BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Murcer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dent flied out to right; Randolph walked;
Gamble flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: MILBOURNE REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING 3B); Dauer
struck out; Singleton singled to left; DWYER RAN FOR SINGLETON;
Murray struck out; Crowley flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 6.

YANKEES 9TH: DWYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ROENICKE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Winfield grounded out (shortstop to
first); Jackson flied out to left; Revering popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 6.
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