GAME #28 (winners’ bracket quarterfinals):
Ken Singleton blasted two home runs and drove in four runs to lead the Orioles to the victory. He had a two-run homer in the top of the first, then had an RBI single in the third. Eddie Murray followed with a RBI double to make it 4-2 in Baltimore’s favor. Texas’ Billy Sample homered in the fourth inning to cut the lead to one, and it stayed that way for several innings. The Rangers had the bases loaded with one out in the sixth but hit into an inning-ending double play. Singleton homered again when leading off the eighth inning for some breathing room, and the Orioles scored twice in the ninth with Rich Dauer collecting an RBI single.
1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament
1981 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI 1981 TEXAS RANGERS AB R H BI Al Bumbry 5 1 3 0 Mickey Rivers 5 0 0 0 Rich Dauer 5 2 3 1 Bump Wills 5 1 3 0 Ken Singleton 5 2 3 4 Al Oliver 4 1 1 0 Eddie Murray 4 0 1 1 Buddy Bell 4 0 1 1 John Lowenstein 4 0 0 0 Pat Putnam 3 0 1 1 Doug DeCinces 4 0 0 0 Jim Sundberg 4 0 1 0 Gary Roenicke 3 0 0 0 Billy Sample 4 1 1 1 Rick Dempsey 4 0 1 0 Leon Roberts 3 0 1 0 Lenn Sakata 4 2 2 0 Mario Mendoza 4 0 2 0 TOTALS 38 7 13 6 TOTALS 36 3 11 3 1981 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 202 000 012 -- 7 1981 TEXAS RANGERS 200 100 000 -- 3 LOB--1981 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 5, 1981 TEXAS RANGERS 8. 2B--Rich Dauer, Eddie Murray, Jim Sundberg. HR--Ken Singleton (2), Billy Sample. SACF--Pat Putnam. SB--Al Bumbry. 1981 BALTIMORE ORIOLES IP H R ER BB SO HR Scott McGregor [W] 6.00 10 3 3 1 3 1 Sammy Stewart 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 Tim Stoddard [S] 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 1981 TEXAS RANGERS Rick Honeycutt [L] 7.00 10 5 5 0 2 2 Charlie Hough 2.00 3 2 2 1 0 0 PB--Jim Sundberg. SO--Lenn Sakata, John Lowenstein, Al Oliver, Jim Sundberg, Buddy Bell (2), Bump Wills, Mickey Rivers. BB--Gary Roenicke, Leon Roberts.
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