Saturday May 9, 1981
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Baltimore Orioles 4, Texas Rangers 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, May 9, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Orioles 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 - 4 8 1 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 5 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Wills 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Sakata 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .350 Rivers cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .286 Krenchicki 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Oliver dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .314 Lowenstein lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .211 Bell 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .316 Roenicke ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Grubb rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Singleton rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .388 Roberts ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Dwyer lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Putnam 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .288 Crowley dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .314 Duran lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Morales ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Wagner ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Murray 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .141 Stein ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .444 DeCinces 3b 2 1 0 1 1 0 .178 Cox c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Dempsey c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .167 Sundberg ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Belanger ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .116 Lisi pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schmidt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stewart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Babcock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 4 8 4 2 3 Totals 30 2 5 2 2 3 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 20,188 Left on Base: Orioles 5, Rangers 3 DP: Orioles 2, Rangers 1 Errors: DeCinces, Wagner Doubles: Lowenstein (2) Triples: Murray (1) Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (1) Caught Stealing: Rivers (1), Wagner (1) Sacrifice Flies: DeCinces (1) GIDP: Singleton (4), Wills (4) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone W(2-3) 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 19 5.01 Stewart 2.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 12 1.66 T. Martinez SV(4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.59 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 3 0 32 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Schmidt L(0-1) 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 0 27 3.38 J. Johnson 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 2.19 Babcock 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.93 Totals 9 8 4 4 2 3 0 36 Balks: Schmidt (1) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Larry McCoy ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to center; Sakata flied out to center; Lowenstein singled to right; Lowenstein stole second; Singleton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to center; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Rangers 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley grounded out (second to first); Murray singled to right; DeCinces flied out to left; Dempsey popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Putnam singled to left; Duran flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Rangers 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger grounded out (second to first); Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Sakata grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Wagner struck out; Cox grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Rangers 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Lowenstein doubled to center; Singleton flied out to center [Lowenstein to third]; Crowley singled to left [Lowenstein scored]; Murray struck out; DeCinces grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Rivers walked; Oliver grounded out (second to first) [Rivers to second]; Rivers was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Rangers 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger singled to left; On a bunt Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first) [Belanger to second]; Sakata singled to left [Belanger scored, Sakata out at second (left to third to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: KRENCHICKI REPLACED SAKATA (PLAYING 2B); Grubb popped to third in foul territory; Putnam was called out on strikes; Duran popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Lowenstein popped to shortstop; Singleton grounded out (second to first); Crowley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Wagner reached on an error by DeCinces; Cox flied out to center; Wills struck out while Wagner was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Murray popped to third; DeCinces walked; Schmidt balked [DeCinces to second]; Dempsey struck out; Belanger singled to center [DeCinces scored]; J. JOHNSON REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: STEWART REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Rivers popped to first; Oliver flied out to center; Bell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 0. ORIOLES 8TH: Krenchicki grounded out (pitcher to first); ROENICKE BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Roenicke reached on an error by Wagner; Singleton grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Roenicke out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 8TH: ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DWYER REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF); Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); Duran popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 0. ORIOLES 9TH: MORALES BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Morales flied out to left; Murray tripled to center; BABCOCK REPLACED J. JOHNSON (PITCHING); DeCinces hit a sacrifice fly to right [Murray scored]; Dempsey walked; Belanger grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 9TH: STEIN BATTED FOR WAGNER; Stein singled to center; SUNDBERG BATTED FOR COX; Sundberg walked [Stein to second]; LISI RAN FOR SUNDBERG; Wills grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Stein to third, Lisi out at second]; Debut game for Rick Lisi; Rivers singled to left [Stein scored]; Oliver singled to third [Rivers to second]; Bell singled to right [Rivers scored, Oliver to third]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); ROBERTS BATTED FOR GRUBB; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Rangers 2.

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