A sacrifice fly by Dwayne Murphy scored the tie-breaking run in a three-run ninth inning that gave the A's a 9-6 triumph over the Orioles. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Baltimore Orioles 6
Game Played on Thursday, April     29, 1982 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          1  4  1    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   9  9  2
Orioles      1  0  0    1  1  0    0  3  0  -   6 14  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          2   3   1   1     3   1   .227      Bumbry cf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .288
Murphy cf             2   1   1   1     1   0   .128      Dauer 2b              5   1   3   0     0   0   .350
Meyer dh              5   0   1   4     0   1   .273      Singleton dh          5   1   2   2     0   1   .224
Armas rf              4   0   2   1     1   0   .277      Murray 1b             3   0   1   1     2   0   .462
Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .203      Lowenstein lf         3   1   2   2     0   1   .300
Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .224        Roenicke ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Lopes 2b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .277        Dwyer ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  McKay 2b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Ford rf               5   0   0   0     0   2   .177
Heath c               4   2   3   0     0   0   .250      Nolan c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .174
Stanley ss            2   2   0   0     2   0   .129        Dempsey c           2   0   1   0     0   0   .214
McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ripken 3b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .127
  Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sakata ss             4   1   2   0     0   0   .238
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bonner ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                          D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grimsley p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   9   9   8     7   5             Totals               41   6  14   6     3   6

Time of Game: 3:34   Attendance: 10,990
Left on Base: A's 5, Orioles 11
DP: A's 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Henderson, Gross
Doubles: Meyer (3), Dauer (6), Ripken (3)
Home Runs: Lopes (3), Lowenstein (2)
Stolen Bases: Henderson 2 (21), Armas (1), Heath (1)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (4), Gross (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Murphy (1)
GIDP: Stanley (2), Murray (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty                 6.1  10   3   3   2   5   1  31   4.33
Underwood               1     3   3   2   0   1   0   6   1.98
Beard W(2-0)            1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9    14   6   5   3   6   1  44

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez             1.2   3   5   5   4   0   0  12   5.29
Grimsley                5.1   3   1   1   1   3   1  18   0.90
T. Martinez L(0-2)      1     2   3   3   2   1   0   7  10.13
Stanhouse               0     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.14
Davis                   1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     9   9   9   7   5   1  41

Wild Pitches: McCatty (3), Underwood (1), Davis (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Derryl Cousins


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Henderson to third];
Meyer grounded out (shortstop to first) [Henderson scored];
Armas walked; Armas stole second; Gross grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Dauer
singled to left; Singleton singled to right [Dauer to third];
Murray singled to right [Dauer scored, Singleton to second];
Lowenstein struck out; Ford grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Spencer flied out to center; Lopes flied out to
center; Heath singled; Heath stole second; Stanley walked;
Henderson singled [Heath scored, Stanley to third]; Henderson
stole second; Murphy walked; Meyer doubled [Stanley scored,
Henderson scored, Murphy scored]; GRIMSLEY REPLACED D. MARTINEZ
(PITCHING); Armas grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Nolan was called out on strikes; Ripken made an out
to shortstop; Sakata popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross grounded out (second to first); Spencer
grounded out (first unassisted); Lopes homered; Heath grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry walked; Dauer reached on an error by Gross
[Bumbry to third, Dauer to first]; Singleton struck out; Murray
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Dauer out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Stanley lined to right; Henderson walked;
Henderson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Murphy singled to right; Meyer was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Lowenstein homered; Ford struck out; Nolan singled
to right; Ripken flied out to right; Sakata singled to center
[Nolan to second]; Bumbry grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
grounded out (first to pitcher); Spencer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer doubled to left; Singleton reached on a
fielder's choice [Dauer out at third (pitcher to shortstop to
third to pitcher)]; McCatty threw a wild pitch [Singleton to
second]; Murray made an out to shortstop; Lowenstein singled to
center [Singleton scored]; Ford struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Lopes flied out to center; On a bunt Heath
singled; Stanley grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Heath out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
6, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: MCKAY REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING 2B); Nolan flied out
to center; Ripken doubled; Sakata made an out to second; Bumbry
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles
3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: DEMPSEY REPLACED NOLAN (PLAYING C ); Henderson
struck out; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles
3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer singled to right; Singleton flied out to
left; Murray walked [Dauer to second]; UNDERWOOD REPLACED
MCCATTY (PITCHING); ROENICKE BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Underwood
threw a wild pitch [Dauer to third, Murray to second]; Roenicke
struck out; Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 6, Orioles 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); T. MARTINEZ
REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Armas singled to center; Gross out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Armas to second];
Spencer grounded out (second to first) [Armas to third]; McKay
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dempsey singled to left; Ripken forced Dempsey
(shortstop to second); Sakata singled to center [Ripken to
second]; Bumbry singled to left [Ripken scored, Sakata to third,
Bumbry to second (error by Henderson)]; BEARD REPLACED UNDERWOOD
(PITCHING); Dauer popped to first in foul territory; Singleton
singled to left [Sakata scored, Bumbry scored (unearned),
Singleton to second (on throw to home)]; Murray was walked
intentionally; DWYER BATTED FOR ROENICKE; Dwyer flied out to
center; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Orioles 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DWYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Heath singled
to left; Stanley walked [Heath to second]; STANHOUSE REPLACED T.
MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Henderson walked (walk was charged to T.
Martinez) [Heath to third, Stanley to second]; DAVIS REPLACED
STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Heath scored, Stanley to third]; Debut game for Storm Davis
Lenn Sakata split a finger; BONNER REPLACED SAKATA (PLAYING
SS); Davis threw a wild pitch [Stanley scored, Henderson to
second]; Meyer grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to
third]; Armas singled to left [Henderson scored]; Gross struck
out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 9TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Dempsey flied
out to left; Ripken made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 9, Orioles 6.