Knocking out Jim Palmer in the second inning, the Angels routed the Orioles, 7-1. Palmer issued a walk to Rod Carew and hit Fred Lynn with a pitch in the first inning before giving up a three-run homer to Don Baylor. Butch Hobson belted a round-tripper in the second inning after a one-out walk to Juan Beniquez. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 7, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Sunday, August    30, 1981 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Angels       3  2  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   7  5  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Carew 1b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .312      Bumbry cf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .261
Burleson ss           1   0   0   0     1   1   .309      Dauer 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Campaneris ss       2   1   1   1     0   0   .234      Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .327
Lynn cf               4   1   0   0     0   2   .236      Murray 1b             1   0   0   0     1   0   .266
Ford rf               3   0   0   1     2   2   .276        Ripken ph,3b        2   0   1   0     0   0   .118
Baylor dh             4   1   2   3     1   0   .220      DeCinces 3b,1b        4   1   1   0     0   0   .265
Grich 2b              5   0   1   0     0   2   .309      Dwyer lf              1   0   0   0     2   0   .243
Ott c                 4   0   0   0     0   2   .224        Roenicke ph,lf      1   0   1   0     0   0   .297
Beniquez lf           2   2   0   0     2   1   .193      Graham dh             2   0   0   0     0   0   .185
Hobson 3b             3   1   1   2     1   0   .261        Morales ph,dh       2   0   0   0     0   1   .327
Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .230
  Hassler p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           1   0   0   0     2   0   .171
                                                            Ayala ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
                                                          Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Schneider p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   7   5   7     8  11             Totals               32   1   6   1     6   5

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 13,727
Left on Base: Angels 8, Orioles 10
DP: Angels 1, Orioles 0
Errors: Ripken
Doubles: Dempsey (10)
Home Runs: Baylor (11), Hobson (4), Campaneris (1)
Stolen Bases: Belanger (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Burleson (7), Carew (7)
GIDP: DeCinces (10)
Hit by Pitch: Lynn (3,by Palmer)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko                   4     0   0   0   6   2   0  18   3.42
Hassler W(4-1)          5     6   1   1   0   3   0  20   3.05
Totals                  9     6   1   1   6   5   0  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(4-6)           1.1   2   5   5   2   1   2   9   3.29
T. Martinez             5.2   3   2   2   4   9   1  25   2.40
Schneider               2     0   0   0   2   1   0   8   4.85
Totals                  9     5   7   7   8  11   3  42

Hit by Pitch: Palmer (2)

Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - George Maloney


ANGELS 1ST: Carew walked; Burleson out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Carew to second]; Lynn was hit by a pitch;
Ford struck out; Baylor homered [Carew scored, Lynn scored];
Grich lined to shortstop; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to left; Dauer flied out to left;
Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Orioles 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Ott flied out to right; Beniquez walked; Hobson
homered [Beniquez scored]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED PALMER
(PITCHING); Carew flied out to center; Burleson struck out; 2 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray walked; DeCinces made an out to second;
Dwyer walked [Murray to second]; Graham popped to third in foul
territory; Dempsey lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels
5, Orioles 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Lynn struck out; Ford struck out; Baylor singled to
right; Grich singled to left [Baylor to second]; Ott grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger walked; Belanger stole second; Bumbry
struck out; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton
walked; Murray popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5, Orioles 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Beniquez walked; Hobson walked [Beniquez to second];
Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Beniquez to
third, Hobson to second]; Burleson was walked intentionally;
Lynn made an out to first; Ford walked [Beniquez scored, Hobson
to third, Burleson to second]; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: CAMPANERIS REPLACED BURLESON (PLAYING SS); DeCinces
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dwyer walked; Graham popped
to third in foul territory; Dempsey grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Grich struck out; Ott struck out; Beniquez struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger walked; HASSLER REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING);
Bumbry singled to right [Belanger to second]; Dauer flied out to
center; Singleton flied out to left; Eddie Murray fouled a
ball into his eye on 0-1 count; RIPKEN BATTED FOR MURRAY;
Ripken forced Belanger (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ANGELS 6TH: RIPKEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DECINCES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Hobson grounded out (third to first);
Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris homered; Lynn
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 7, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces singled to left; Dwyer grounded out (first
to second to pitcher) [DeCinces to second]; MORALES BATTED FOR
GRAHAM; Morales struck out; Dempsey doubled [DeCinces scored];
Belanger grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 7, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 7TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Ford reached on
an error by Ripken; Baylor lined to shortstop; Grich struck out;
Ott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 7, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Bumbry struck out; Dauer flied out to right;
Singleton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 7, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 8TH: SCHNEIDER REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Beniquez
flied out to center; Hobson grounded out (third to first); Carew
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 7, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Ripken singled to left; DeCinces grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ripken out at
second]; ROENICKE BATTED FOR DWYER; Roenicke singled to left;
Morales grounded out (catcher unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Angels 7, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 9TH: ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Campaneris
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn flied out to left; Ford
walked; Baylor walked [Ford to second]; Grich forced Baylor
(third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 7, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Dempsey singled to center; AYALA BATTED FOR
BELANGER; Ayala struck out; Bumbry grounded out (first
unassisted) [Dempsey to second]; Dauer reached on a fielder's
choice [Dempsey out at third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 7, Orioles 1.