Wednesday August 12, 1981
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Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 12, 1981 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Royals       3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Orioles      2  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   4 10  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .280      Bumbry cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
Washington ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .215      Dauer 2b              3   1   2   0     1   0   .279
  Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Singleton rf          3   1   1   0     1   1   .343
G. Brett 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .298        Dwyer rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
McRae dh              4   1   2   0     0   0   .260      Murray 1b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .268
Otis cf               3   1   1   2     0   1   .266      Roenicke lf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Aikens 1b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .260        Lowenstein ph,lf    1   0   0   0     1   0   .278
Motley rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Morales dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .292
Wathan c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Ripken 3b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .270        Crowley ph          0   0   0   1     0   0   .236
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        DeCinces 3b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .224
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .205
  Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           4   0   1   0     0   2   .185
                                                          McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   5   3     0   6             Totals               32   4  10   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 19,352
Left on Base: Royals 1, Orioles 8
DP: Royals 1, Orioles 1
Doubles: Belanger (3), Murray (11), Dauer (11)
Home Runs: Wilson (1), Otis (5), Murray (10), Dempsey (4)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Crowley (1)
GIDP: Aikens (6), Singleton (13)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              5     5   3   3   1   3   2  20   4.40
Wright L(1-1)           2.2   5   1   1   2   2   0  15   2.78
Quisenberry             0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.56
Totals                  8    10   4   4   3   5   2  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor W(7-2)         6     3   3   3   0   4   2  21   3.25
Stoddard SV(3)          3     2   0   0   0   2   0  10   3.78
Totals                  9     5   3   3   0   6   2  31

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Dallas Parks


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson homered; Washington struck out; G. Brett
flied out to left; McRae singled to left; Otis homered [McRae
scored]; Aikens struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Dauer walked; Singleton struck
out; Murray homered [Dauer scored]; Roenicke flied out to
center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Motley flied out to left; Wathan flied out to right;
White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Ripken
grounded out (second to first); Dempsey homered; Belanger
doubled; Bumbry made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson flied out to left; Washington made an out to
second; G. Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer singled to left; Singleton grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dauer out at
second]; Murray flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to center; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Aikens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Roenicke grounded out (third to first); Morales
grounded out (third to first); Ripken popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Motley flied out to center; Wathan grounded out
(first unassisted); White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Belanger
struck out; Bumbry singled to left; Dauer popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington
flied out to left; G. Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: WRIGHT REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Singleton
singled to right; Murray doubled to right [Singleton to third];
LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR ROENICKE; Lowenstein was walked
intentionally; Morales struck out; CROWLEY BATTED FOR RIPKEN;
Crowley hit a sacrifice fly to right [Singleton scored, Murray
to third]; Dempsey flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 3, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 7TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DECINCES
REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING 3B); STODDARD REPLACED MCGREGOR
(PITCHING); McRae singled; Otis struck out; Aikens grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [McRae out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger struck out (catcher to first); Bumbry
flied out to left; Dauer doubled to left; Singleton was walked
intentionally; Murray popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 8TH: DWYER REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Motley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan grounded out (pitcher
to first); White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: Lowenstein flied out to right; Morales made an out
to second; DeCinces singled to left; Dempsey singled to right
[DeCinces to second]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING);
Belanger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 3, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Wilson singled to second; QUIRK BATTED FOR
WASHINGTON; Wilson stole second; Quirk lined to shortstop; G.
Brett flied out to right [Wilson to third]; McRae grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 4.



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