Scoring four runs in the first inning while knocking out Jim Palmer, the Brewers went on to a 6-3 victory over the Orioles. Paul Molitor began the opening outburst with a single and went to third on a double by Cecil Cooper. A single by Ted Simmons then delivered both runners.

Simmons reached third on a single by Ben Oglivie and scored on a single by Gorman Thomas. After Scott McGregor relieved Palmer, Roy Howell stroked an RBI single. Rollie Fingers came on in the ninth to notch his 24th save. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 6, Baltimore Orioles 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 12, 1981 (Night game) at County Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
Brewers      4  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   6 13  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sakata ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Molitor cf            3   1   2   0     0   1   .264
Dauer 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Yount ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .251
Singleton rf          4   1   3   0     0   0   .310      Cooper 1b             4   2   3   1     0   0   .311
Murray 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .284      Simmons c             4   1   3   3     0   0   .216
Ayala dh              2   0   1   1     1   0   .258      Oglivie lf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .249
  Dwyer ph,dh         0   0   0   0     1   0   .224      Thomas rf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .261
DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   1     1   0   .266      Howell 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Roenicke cf           2   1   1   1     0   0   .301      Gantner 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Lowenstein ph,lf    2   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Bosley dh             2   1   1   0     0   0   .230
Corey lf              1   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Hisle ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Bumbry cf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Lerch p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dempsey c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .217        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGregor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   8   3     4   0             Totals               34   6  13   6     0   5

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 25,398
Left on Base: Orioles 5, Brewers 5
DP: Orioles 1, Brewers 5
Errors: Gantner
Doubles: Ayala (1), Cooper 2 (29), Thomas (16)
Home Runs: Roenicke (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Molitor (4)
GIDP: DeCinces (11), Dauer (5), Ayala (2), Murray (9), Lowenstein (7), Gantner (6)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(5-8)           0.1   5   4   4   0   0   0   6   3.89
McGregor                7.2   8   2   2   0   5   0  29   3.47
Totals                  8    13   6   6   0   5   0  35

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch W(5-8)            5.1   7   3   3   2   0   1  23   4.75
Cleveland               2.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   9   4.22
Fingers SV(24)          1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.13
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   0   1  35

Passed Balls: Simmons (3)

Umpires: HP - Rick Reed, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Dave Phillips


ORIOLES 1ST: Sakata grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer
flied out to right; Singleton grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor singled to third; Yount flied out to
center; Cooper doubled to left [Molitor to third]; Simmons
singled to right [Molitor scored, Cooper scored]; Oglivie
singled to center [Simmons to third]; Thomas singled to left
[Simmons scored, Oglivie to second]; MCGREGOR REPLACED PALMER
(PITCHING); Howell singled to right [Oglivie scored, Thomas to
second]; Gantner grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Howell out at second]; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 4.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray singled to left; Simmons allowed a passed
ball [Murray to second]; Ayala walked; DeCinces grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murray to third,
Ayala out at second]; Roenicke flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 2ND: Bosley singled to center; Molitor out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Bosley to second]; Yount
flied out to center; Cooper singled to center [Bosley scored];
Simmons popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Brewers 5.

ORIOLES 3RD: Corey walked; Dempsey flied to left in foul
territory; Sakata reached on an error by Gantner (assist by
Yount) [Corey to second]; Dauer grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to shortstop to first) [Sakata out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 3RD: Oglivie struck out; Thomas grounded out (shortstop
to first); Howell popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Brewers 5.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton singled to right; Murray forced Singleton
(third to second); Ayala grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Murray out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 4TH: Gantner grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosley
flied out to left; Molitor singled to left [Molitor out at
second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Brewers 5.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first);
Roenicke homered; Corey flied out to right; Dempsey singled to
center; Sakata forced Dempsey (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 5TH: Yount was called out on strikes; Cooper doubled to
left; Simmons singled to center [Cooper scored]; Oglivie flied
out to center; Thomas doubled to left [Simmons to third]; Howell
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 1, Brewers 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton singled to
right; Murray singled to center [Singleton to second]; Ayala
doubled to left [Singleton scored, Murray to third]; CLEVELAND
REPLACED LERCH (PITCHING); DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Murray scored, Ayala to third]; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR
ROENICKE; Lowenstein popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 3, Brewers 6.

BREWERS 6TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BUMBRY
REPLACED COREY (PLAYING CF); Gantner grounded out (first to
pitcher); HISLE BATTED FOR BOSLEY; Hisle grounded out (shortstop
to first); Molitor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3,
Brewers 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: HISLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bumbry grounded
out (shortstop to first); Dempsey grounded out (third to first);
Sakata flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3,
Brewers 6.

BREWERS 7TH: Yount grounded out (pitcher to first); Cooper
grounded out (first to pitcher); Simmons singled to center;
Oglivie struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dauer flied out to right; Singleton singled to
right; Murray grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, Brewers 6.

BREWERS 8TH: Thomas was called out on strikes; Howell grounded
out (first unassisted); Gantner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 6.

ORIOLES 9TH: DWYER BATTED FOR AYALA; Dwyer walked; FINGERS
REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); DeCinces walked [Dwyer to
second]; Lowenstein grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Dwyer to third, DeCinces out at second];
Bumbry lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3,
Brewers 6.