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Orioles
@ Rangers
Arlington Stadium
May 9, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles, played on May 9, 1981 at Arlington Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 9, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 9, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Stone |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave J. Schmidt |
| Ballpark | Arlington Stadium |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 20,188 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Durwood Merrill 1B: Dave Phillips 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: Larry McCoy |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Bumbry | Center Fielder |
| Lenn Sakata | Second Baseman |
| John Lowenstein | Left Fielder |
| Ken Singleton | Right Fielder |
| Terry Crowley | DH |
| Eddie Murray | First Baseman |
| Doug DeCinces | Third Baseman |
| Rick Dempsey | Catcher |
| Mark Belanger | Shortstop |
| Earl Weaver | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Al Oliver | DH |
| Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Grubb | Right Fielder |
| Pat Putnam | First Baseman |
| Dan Duran | Left Fielder |
| Mark Wagner | Shortstop |
| Larry Cox | Catcher |
| Don Zimmer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Orioles
@ Rangers
Arlington Stadium
May 9, 1981
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bumbry vs. Schmidt
Bumbry hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sakata vs. Schmidt
Sakata hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Schmidt
Lowenstein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Singleton vs. Schmidt
There goes Lowenstein. The throw from Cox and he is safe. Lowenstein steals second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Singleton vs. Schmidt
Singleton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Stone
Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Stone
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Stone
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sakata scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowley vs. Schmidt
Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Schmidt
Murray hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeCinces vs. Schmidt
DeCinces hits a fly ball into left field. Duran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dempsey vs. Schmidt
Dempsey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Stone
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Stone
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops it up and throws to first, with Stone covering, for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Stone
Putnam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Duran vs. Stone
Duran hits a fly ball into left field. Lowenstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Schmidt
Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bumbry vs. Schmidt
Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sakata vs. Schmidt
Sakata hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Stone
Wagner strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Stone
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Stone
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sakata scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Schmidt
Lowenstein hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Lowenstein reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Singleton vs. Schmidt
Singleton hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lowenstein moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Crowley vs. Schmidt
Crowley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lowenstein scores. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Schmidt
Murray strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeCinces vs. Schmidt
DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeCinces for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Stone
Rivers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Stone
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sakata scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Stone
There goes Rivers. The throw from Dempsey and he is out, DeCinces applying the tag. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Stone
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dempsey vs. Schmidt
Dempsey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Schmidt
Belanger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bumbry vs. Schmidt
Bumbry bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Belanger moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sakata vs. Schmidt
Sakata hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Duran throws the ball in to Bell who relays the ball to Wills who tags Sakata trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Belanger scores. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Stone
Wayne Krenchicki now playing second base.
Grubb hits a popup, foul, towards third. DeCinces settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Stone
Putnam is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duran vs. Stone
Duran hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dempsey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Schmidt
Lowenstein hits a popup towards short. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Schmidt
Singleton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowley vs. Schmidt
Crowley hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Stone
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces juggles the ball. That's an error on DeCinces. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Stone
Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Stone
Wills strikes out. There goes Wagner. The throw from Dempsey to Belanger, and Wagner is out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Schmidt
Murray hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeCinces vs. Schmidt
DeCinces takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dempsey vs. Schmidt
The umpire calls a balk on Schmidt DeCinces moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dempsey vs. Schmidt
Dempsey strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Belanger vs. Schmidt
Belanger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DeCinces scores. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bumbry vs. Johnson
John Henry Johnson now pitching.
Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Stewart
Sammy Stewart now pitching.
Rivers hits a popup towards first. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Stewart
Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Stewart
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Lowenstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Krenchicki vs. Johnson
Krenchicki hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roenicke vs. Johnson
Gary Roenicke pinch hits for John Lowenstein.
Roenicke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner misplays the ball. That's an error on Wagner. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Singleton vs. Johnson
Singleton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Stewart
Gary Roenicke now playing right field. Jim Dwyer now playing left field.
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Stewart
Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duran vs. Stewart
Duran hits a popup, foul, towards third. DeCinces settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Johnson
Jose Morales pinch hits for Terry Crowley.
Morales hits a fly ball into left field. Duran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Johnson
Murray hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers who is chasing the ball. Murray reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DeCinces vs. Babcock
Bob Babcock now pitching.
DeCinces hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murray tags and scores. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dempsey vs. Babcock
Dempsey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belanger vs. Babcock
Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Orioles, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stein vs. Stewart
Bill Stein pinch hits for Mark Wagner.
Stein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Stewart
Jim Sundberg pinch hits for Larry Cox.
Sundberg takes first base on ball four. Stein moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Stewart
Rick Lisi pinch runs for Jim Sundberg.
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Stein moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rivers vs. Stewart
Rivers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stein scores. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Stewart
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rivers moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Stewart
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers scores. Oliver moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Roberts vs. Martinez
Tippy Martinez now pitching. Leon Roberts pinch hits for Johnny Grubb.
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/9/1981, game 2 -- Baltimore at Texas (N)
Baltimore AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
Bumbry A, cf 4 0 0 0 Wills B, 2b 4 0 0 0
Sakata L, 2b 3 0 1 1 Rivers M, cf 3 1 1 1
Krenchicki W, 2b 1 0 0 0 Oliver A, dh 4 0 1 0
Lowenstein J, lf 3 1 2 0 Bell B, 3b 4 0 1 1
Roenicke G, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Grubb J, rf 3 0 0 0
Singleton K, rf 4 0 0 0 Roberts L, ph 1 0 0 0
Dwyer J, lf 0 0 0 0 Putnam P, 1b 3 0 1 0
Crowley T, dh 3 0 1 1 Duran D, lf 3 0 0 0
Morales J, ph 1 0 0 0 Wagner M, ss 2 0 0 0
Murray E, 1b 4 1 2 0 Stein B, ph 1 1 1 0
DeCinces D, 3b 2 1 0 1 Cox L, c 2 0 0 0
Dempsey R, c 3 0 0 0 Sundberg J, ph 0 0 0 0
Belanger M, ss 4 1 2 1 Lisi R, pr 0 0 0 0
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33 4 8 4 30 2 5 2
Baltimore 000 110 101 -- 4
Texas 000 000 002 -- 2
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Stone S (W) 6.0 1 0 0 1 3
Stewart S 2.2 4 2 2 1 0
Martinez T (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt D (L) 6.2 7 3 3 1 3
Johnson J 1.2 1 1 1 0 0
Babcock B 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
E -- DeCinces D, Wagner M
DP -- Baltimore 2, Texas 1
LOB -- Baltimore 5, Texas 3
2B -- Lowenstein J
3B -- Murray E
SB -- Lowenstein J
CS -- Rivers M, Wagner M
SF -- DeCinces D
Balk -- Schmidt D
T -- 2:23
A -- 20188
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