Scott McGregor struck out 11 batters in twirling the Orioles to a 1-0 blanking of the Yankees. Baltimore scored in the fifth inning on a walk to Doug DeCinces and two-out singles by Al Bumbry and Rich Dauer. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 1, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Friday, September 25, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Orioles      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .278      Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .236
Dauer 2b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .260      Brown cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .222
Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Winfield lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .296
  Lowenstein lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Piniella dh           3   0   0   0     1   2   .278
Murray 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .289      Jackson rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .238
Roenicke lf,rf        3   0   0   0     0   2   .287      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .242
Ayala dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Watson 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .210
Dempsey c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .222      Foote c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .177
DeCinces 3b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .266      Robertson ss          2   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Sakata ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .244        Cerone ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .248
McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Milbourne ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .309
                                                          John p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   9   1     2   3             Totals               31   0   6   0     1  11

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 33,427
Left on Base: Orioles 8, Yankees 5
DP: Orioles 1, Yankees 2
Doubles: Dauer (22), Winfield (24)
Triples: Cerone (2)
Caught Stealing: Brown (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Roenicke (5)
GIDP: Roenicke (11), DeCinces (12), Watson (7)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor W(12-4)        9     6   0   0   1  11   0  32   3.35
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1  11   0  32

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(9-7)             9     9   1   1   2   3   0  36   2.49
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   3   0  36

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Larry Barnett


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Dauer grounded out (third to
first); Singleton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph struck out; Brown singled to center; Brown
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first);
Winfield doubled; Piniella walked; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray flied out to center; Roenicke struck out;
Ayala singled to right; Dempsey grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles flied out to right; Watson grounded out
(second to first); Foote flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: DeCinces flied out to center; Sakata grounded out
(third to first); Bumbry singled to left; Dauer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Robertson struck out; Randolph struck out; Brown
singled to center; Winfield popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton flied out to right; Murray walked;
Roenicke out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Murray to
second]; Ayala grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella flied out to left; Jackson popped to third
in foul territory; Nettles singled to right; Watson struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); DeCinces
walked; Sakata flied out to right; Bumbry singled to pitcher
[DeCinces to second]; Dauer singled to right [DeCinces scored,
Bumbry to second]; Singleton forced Dauer (third to second); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Foote flied out to center; Robertson flied out to
center; Randolph struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Murray singled to third; Roenicke grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murray out at
second]; Ayala flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Brown flied out to left; Winfield struck out;
Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey singled to right; DeCinces grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dempsey out at
second]; Sakata flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Jackson singled to right; Nettles struck out;
Watson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Dauer
doubled to left; Singleton grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Dauer to third]; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF);
ROENICKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Foote struck out;
CERONE BATTED FOR ROBERTSON; Cerone tripled to left; Randolph
grounded out (pitcher to first); Brown grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: MILBOURNE REPLACED CERONE (PLAYING SS); Roenicke
struck out; Ayala grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey
singled to center; DeCinces singled to third [Dempsey to
second]; Sakata forced DeCinces (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Winfield flied out to center; Piniella struck out;
Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.