With Tony Armas belting two home runs and driving in three runs and Wayne Gross contributing a two-run homer, the A's walloped the Orioles, 10-0. The round-trip blows were the 19th and 20th of the season for Armas, the American League leader. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 10, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 3, 1981 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          0  0  5    2  0  3    0  0  0  -  10 14  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          5   3   2   0     0   0   .320      Bumbry cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .258
Murphy cf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .270      Dauer 2b              5   0   2   0     0   0   .279
Johnson dh            4   0   1   3     0   1   .247      Singleton dh          3   0   0   0     1   3   .314
Armas rf              4   2   2   3     1   2   .280      Murray 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .259
Spencer 1b            4   2   2   1     1   0   .202      Lowenstein lf         4   0   2   0     0   0   .259
Gross 3b              5   1   1   2     0   1   .190      DeCinces 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Newman c              5   0   2   0     0   1   .256        Ripken 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .114
McKay 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Dwyer rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .236
Picciolo ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .225      Dempsey c             1   0   0   0     1   0   .220
McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Royster c           2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
                                                          Belanger ss           1   0   0   0     0   1   .165
                                                            Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
                                                            Sakata ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .214
                                                          Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ford p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Schneider p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  10  14  10     2   6             Totals               34   0   7   0     4   8

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 14,915
Left on Base: A's 6, Orioles 11
DP: A's 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Murphy, Dauer
Doubles: Picciolo (4), Johnson (4), McKay (8), Henderson (14), Dauer (20)
Home Runs: Armas 2 (20), Gross (7), Spencer (3)
Stolen Bases: Murphy (10), Henderson (41)
Sacrifice Flies: Murphy (3), Johnson (5)
GIDP: Murray (7)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty W(10-6)         9     7   0   0   4   8   0  38   2.34
Totals                  9     7   0   0   4   8   0  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(4-7)           2.2   5   5   5   1   1   2  15   3.65
Ford                    3     7   4   4   0   3   1  16   6.27
Schneider               3.1   2   1   1   1   2   1  12   4.41
Totals                  9    14  10  10   2   6   4  43

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Greg Kosc


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Murphy singled to center; Johnson made an out to second; Murphy
stole second; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry lined to left; Dauer singled to right;
Singleton walked [Dauer to second]; Murray grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Spencer popped to third in foul territory; Gross
grounded out (first to pitcher); Newman singled to right; McKay
forced Newman (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Lowenstein singled to right; DeCinces flied out to
right; Dwyer walked [Lowenstein to second]; Dempsey grounded out
(second to first) [Lowenstein to third, Dwyer to second];
Belanger struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles
0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo doubled; Henderson reached on a
fielder's choice [Picciolo to third]; Henderson stole second;
Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to left [Picciolo scored, Henderson
to third]; Johnson popped to second; Armas homered [Henderson
scored]; Spencer walked; Gross homered [Spencer scored]; FORD
REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Newman flied out to right; 5 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry lined to pitcher; Dauer doubled; Singleton
struck out; Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo
lined to right; Henderson singled to right; Murphy singled to
right [Henderson to third]; Johnson doubled to center [Henderson
scored, Murphy scored, Johnson to third (error by Dauer)]; Armas
was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Lowenstein singled to right; DeCinces singled to
left [Lowenstein to second]; Dwyer flied out to left; Dempsey
walked [Lowenstein to third, DeCinces to second]; CROWLEY BATTED
FOR BELANGER; Crowley made an out to second; Bumbry struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 7, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: SAKATA REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING SS); Spencer
flied out to left; Gross was called out on strikes; Newman
singled to left; McKay doubled to left [Newman to third];
Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer grounded out (third to first); Singleton
struck out; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
7, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson doubled to left; Murphy flied out to
left [Henderson to third]; Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Henderson scored]; Armas homered; SCHNEIDER REPLACED FORD
(PITCHING); Spencer homered; Gross made an out to second; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 10, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Lowenstein flied out to right; DeCinces lined to
third; Dwyer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 10, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: RIPKEN REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING 3B); ROYSTER
REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING C ); Newman struck out; Debut game
for Willie Royster; McKay grounded out (shortstop to first);
Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 10, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Royster struck out; Sakata flied out to left;
Bumbry singled to right; Dauer forced Bumbry (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); Murphy
made an out to shortstop; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 10, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton struck out; Murray walked; Lowenstein
forced Murray (second to shortstop); Ripken reached on an error
by Murphy [Lowenstein to third, Ripken to second]; Dwyer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
10, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas walked; Spencer singled to right [Armas to
third]; Gross lined into a double play (third to first) [Spencer
out at first]; Newman grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: Royster struck out; Sakata singled to center;
Bumbry forced Sakata (second to shortstop); Dauer flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10, Orioles 0.