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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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