Sunday October 4, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
The Orioles closed out their season by beating the playoff-bound Yankees, 5-2. The Birds tallied three times in the third inning on consecutive doubles by Rich Dauer and Ken Singleton, followed by a two-run homer by Eddie Murray. Al Bumbry drilled a run-scoring two-bagger in the fourth and Doug DeCinces led off the sixth with a circuit clout. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 5, New York Yankees 2

Game Played on Sunday, October 4, 1981 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium

Yankees 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Orioles 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 x - 5 10 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Bumbry cf,lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .273 Ashford 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dauer 2b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .263 Mumphrey cf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .307 Singleton rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .278 Brown cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Shelby cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Winfield lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .294 Murray 1b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .294 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Lowenstein lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .249 Piniella dh 3 0 1 2 1 0 .277 Roenicke ph,lf,rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Nettles 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Crowley dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .346 Morales ph,dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Watson 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .212 DeCinces 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .263 Werth 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .109 Sakata ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Milbourne ss 2 0 2 0 0 0 .313 Dempsey c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Robertson pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cerone c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Stoddard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reuschel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frazier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 7 2 2 5 Totals 31 5 10 5 2 7 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 29,169 Left on Base: Yankees 5, Orioles 5 DP: Yankees 1, Orioles 1 Doubles: Winfield (25), Dauer 2 (27), Singleton (16), Lowenstein (7), Bumbry (18) Home Runs: Murray (22), DeCinces (13) Caught Stealing: Robertson (1), Bumbry (15) Sacrifice Hits: Dempsey (3) GIDP: Nettles (5), Sakata (5) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel L(4-4) 2.2 7 3 3 1 1 1 14 3.11 May 2.1 2 1 1 1 2 0 10 4.14 Gossage 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 7 0.77 Frazier 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.63 Totals 8 10 5 5 2 7 2 34 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan W(9-6) 7 6 2 2 1 2 0 26 4.19 Stoddard SV(7) 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 8 3.86 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 5 0 34 Wild Pitches: Flanagan (6) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Steve Palermo YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); Dauer doubled to left; Singleton flied out to left; Murray walked; Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to pitcher); Piniella flied out to center; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley singled to center; DeCinces flied out to center; Sakata grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Crowley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. YANKEES 3RD: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne singled to left; Flanagan threw a wild pitch [Milbourne to second]; Cerone flied out to left; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Bumbry singled; Bumbry was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Dauer doubled to left; Singleton doubled to right [Dauer scored]; Murray homered [Singleton scored]; Lowenstein doubled to right; MAY REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); MORALES BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Morales grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. YANKEES 4TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Mumphrey walked; Winfield doubled [Mumphrey to third]; Jackson struck out; Piniella singled to left [Mumphrey scored, Winfield scored]; Nettles grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Piniella out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces singled to center; Sakata flied out to right; Dempsey out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [DeCinces to second]; Bumbry doubled to center [DeCinces scored]; Dauer walked; Singleton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 4. YANKEES 5TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne singled to shortstop; ROBERTSON RAN FOR MILBOURNE; Robertson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to pitcher to third); Cerone singled to right; Randolph grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 5TH: ROBERTSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Murray popped to first; ROENICKE BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Roenicke struck out; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 4. YANKEES 6TH: ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Winfield flied out to left; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 6TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); RODRIGUEZ REPLACED NETTLES (PLAYING 3B); BROWN REPLACED MUMPHREY (PLAYING CF); WERTH REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 1B); DeCinces homered; Sakata grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey struck out; Bumbry was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 5. YANKEES 7TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded out (first to pitcher); Werth singled to right; Robertson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer struck out; Singleton flied out to center; Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 5. YANKEES 8TH: STODDARD REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); SHELBY REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); BUMBRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ROENICKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cerone was called out on strikes; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 8TH: FRAZIER REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); ASHFORD REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); Roenicke made an out to catcher; Morales struck out; DeCinces popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 5. YANKEES 9TH: Winfield struck out; Jackson grounded out (second to first); Piniella walked; Rodriguez singled to third [Piniella to second]; Werth forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 5.

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