A three-run pinch-homer by Bobby Murcer in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Yankees to a 6-4 victory over the Orioles. Trailing, 4-3, the Yanks began their winning surge when Rick Cerone walked and was sacrificed to second by Bobby Brown. New York Yankees 6, Baltimore Orioles 4Game Played on Saturday, September 26, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IOrioles 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 4 8 2 Yankees 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 - 6 6 3 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry cf 5 0 0 1 0 0 .274 Randolph 2b 3 2 0 0 2 0 .234 Dauer 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .260 Milbourne ss 3 0 1 2 1 1 .310 Singleton rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Murcer ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 .280 Corey rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Winfield lf 1 0 0 0 3 0 .295 Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Piniella dh 2 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Gamble ph,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Morales dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .269 Balboni ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 2 .286 DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .269 Jackson rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .238 Sakata ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .244 Nettles 3b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .244 Roenicke lf,rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .291 Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Dempsey c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .223 Cerone c 3 2 1 0 1 0 .249 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Stewart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stoddard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 4 8 4 1 3 Totals 28 6 6 6 9 5 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 31,993 Left on Base: Orioles 7, Yankees 7 DP: Orioles 3, Yankees 0 Errors: DeCinces, Stewart, Milbourne 3 Doubles: Dauer (23), DeCinces (23), Milbourne (7) Triples: DeCinces (2) Home Runs: Roenicke (3), Morales (2), Jackson (13), Murcer (6) Sacrifice Hits: Brown (1) GIDP: Watson 2 (9) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan 4.1 5 3 3 3 1 1 20 4.29 Stewart 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.11 T. Martinez 4 0 1 1 5 4 0 15 2.67 Stone L(4-7) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.47 Stoddard 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4.36 Totals 8.1 6 6 5 9 5 2 38 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA May 6.2 6 3 3 1 1 1 29 4.15 Davis W(4-5) 2.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 9 2.79 Totals 9 8 4 4 1 3 2 38 Wild Pitches: Flanagan (5), May (6) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Nick Bremigan ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton struck out (catcher to first); Ken Singleton fouled a ball off his toe; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: COREY REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Randolph grounded out (third to first); Milbourne grounded out (third to first); Winfield walked; Flanagan threw a wild pitch [Winfield to second]; Piniella singled to second [Winfield to third]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray flied out to left; Morales flied out to left; DeCinces flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Sakata flied out to left; Roenicke flied out to left; Dempsey popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Brown flied out to left; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne walked; Winfield flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Bumbry flied out to left; Dauer walked; Corey reached on an error by Milbourne [Dauer to second]; Murray flied out to center; Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Piniella struck out; Jackson homered; Nettles singled to left; Watson grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Nettles out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces grounded out (pitcher to first); Sakata singled to left; On a bunt Roenicke singled [Sakata to second]; May threw a wild pitch [Sakata to third, Roenicke to second]; Dempsey singled to shortstop [Sakata scored, Roenicke to third]; Bumbry reached on an error by Milbourne [Roenicke scored, Dempsey to second]; Dauer lined to shortstop [Dempsey to third (error by Milbourne), Bumbry to second]; Corey grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Cerone singled to left; Brown flied out to right; Randolph walked [Cerone to second]; Milbourne doubled [Cerone scored, Randolph scored]; STEWART REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Milbourne was picked off second but was safe on an error by Stewart [Milbourne to third]; Winfield was walked intentionally; GAMBLE BATTED FOR PINIELLA; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); BALBONI BATTED FOR GAMBLE; Balboni struck out; Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 3. ORIOLES 6TH: BALBONI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Murray grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); DeCinces tripled; Sakata grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 3. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles walked; Watson lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Nettles out at first]; Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Yankees 3. ORIOLES 7TH: Roenicke homered; Dempsey flied out to right; Bumbry flied out to left; Dauer doubled to left; DAVIS REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR COREY; Lowenstein popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 3. YANKEES 7TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ROENICKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Brown flied out to center; Randolph walked; Milbourne struck out; Winfield walked [Randolph to second]; Balboni struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 3. ORIOLES 8TH: Murray flied out to right; Morales homered; DeCinces doubled; Sakata was called out on strikes; Roenicke flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: Jackson struck out; Nettles walked; Watson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Yankees 3. ORIOLES 9TH: Dempsey struck out; Bumbry flied out to center; Dauer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Yankees 3. YANKEES 9TH: Cerone walked; Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cerone to second]; STONE REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Randolph reached on an error by DeCinces; STODDARD REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); MURCER BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Murcer homered [Cerone scored, Randolph scored (unearned)]; 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Yankees 6. |
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