Tuesday June 9, 1981
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Oakland Athletics 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, June 9, 1981 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Orioles      0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  1  -   3  8  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             3   1   2   0     2   1   .263      Henderson lf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .326
Dauer 2b,3b           5   0   2   1     0   0   .286      Murphy cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .252
Singleton rf          3   0   1   1     2   0   .344      Johnson dh            4   1   1   1     0   0   .237
  Dwyer pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .294
Murray 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Heath c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .242
Crowley dh            2   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Newman 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .254
  Morales ph,dh       2   0   0   0     0   0   .350      McKay 3b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Lowenstein lf,rf      3   0   1   0     1   1   .267        Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Graham c              1   0   0   0     1   0   .210      Babitt 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  Dempsey ph,c        1   0   0   0     1   0   .186        Hosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Sakata ss,2b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .235        Drumright 2b        1   0   1   1     0   0   .344
Krenchicki 3b         2   1   1   0     0   1   .231      Picciolo ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .235
  Belanger ph,ss      2   0   0   0     0   1   .179      Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     8   4             Totals               31   3   8   3     3   2

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 31,520
Left on Base: Orioles 11, A's 6
DP: Orioles 1, A's 0
Doubles: Picciolo (2)
Home Runs: Johnson (9)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein 2 (4)
Caught Stealing: Lowenstein 2 (4), Henderson (15)
Sacrifice Hits: McKay (1)
GIDP: Heath (7)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor                7.2   6   2   2   2   2   1  29   3.15
Stewart L(2-3)          1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   1.81
Totals                  8.2   8   3   3   3   2   1  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman                 4     7   2   2   3   1   0  21   2.72
Owchinko                2.1   0   0   0   2   1   0   9   1.13
Jones W(4-1)            2.2   0   0   0   3   2   0  10   2.31
Totals                  9     7   2   2   8   4   0  40

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Joe Brinkman


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled; Dauer flied out to right; Singleton
flied out to left; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to left; Henderson was picked
off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second);
Murphy popped to shortstop; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley flied out to center; Lowenstein singled to
left; Graham flied out to center; Lowenstein stole second;
Lowenstein stole third; Sakata walked while Lowenstein was
caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas struck out; Heath singled to left; Newman
popped to second; McKay lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Krenchicki singled to left; Bumbry singled to left
[Krenchicki to second]; Dauer singled to left [Krenchicki
scored, Bumbry to second]; Singleton popped to second; Murray
flied out to center; Crowley flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Babitt flied out to center; Picciolo flied out to
center; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Lowenstein flied out to center; Graham walked;
Sakata flied out to left; Krenchicki struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: On a bunt Murphy made an out to first; Johnson
homered; Armas singled to right; Heath grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Armas out at second]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Athletics 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Bumbry walked; Dauer singled to center [Bumbry to
second]; Singleton singled to center [Bumbry scored, Dauer to
third]; OWCHINKO REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Murray reached on
a fielder's choice [Dauer out at home (shortstop to catcher),
Singleton to second]; MORALES BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Morales forced
Murray (shortstop to second); Lowenstein was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Newman
grounded out (third to first); McKay grounded out (second to
first); Babitt grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 2, Athletics 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: DEMPSEY BATTED FOR GRAHAM; Dempsey flied out to
center; Sakata grounded out (shortstop to first); BELANGER
BATTED FOR KRENCHICKI; Belanger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: DAUER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); DEMPSEY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SAKATA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); BELANGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Picciolo popped to
second; Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Athletics 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Bumbry walked; Dauer flied out to center; Singleton
walked [Bumbry to second]; JONES REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING);
Murray flied out to left; Morales lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Johnson flied out to left; Armas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Heath popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Athletics 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Lowenstein walked; Dempsey walked [Lowenstein to
second]; Sakata forced Dempsey (shortstop to second) [Lowenstein
to third]; Lowenstein was caught stealing home (catcher
unassisted); Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: On a bunt Newman singled; McKay out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Newman to second]; HOSLEY
BATTED FOR BABITT; Hosley flied out to left; Picciolo doubled to
right [Newman scored]; Henderson was walked intentionally;
Murphy walked [Picciolo to third, Henderson to second]; STEWART
REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Johnson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 2, Athletics 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: DRUMRIGHT REPLACED HOSLEY (PLAYING 2B); Bumbry
struck out; Dauer grounded out (third to first); Singleton
walked; Orioles Coach Cal Ripken Sr ejected by HP umpire Dale
Ford; DWYER RAN FOR SINGLETON; Murray grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); DWYER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Armas flied out to left; Heath
walked; Newman singled to right [Heath to second]; GROSS BATTED
FOR MCKAY; Gross forced Newman (first to shortstop) [Heath to
third]; Drumright singled to left [Heath scored, Gross to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Athletics 3.



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