Cincinnati Reds 4, Baltimore Orioles 2

GAME #44 (losers’ bracket):

The Reds scored three runs in the first two innings and took a 4-0 lead after five innings. Dave Collins walked to lead off the first and eventually scored on an RBI groundout by George Foster. An error prolonged the second inning, and Ken Griffey capitalized with a single that scored two unearned runs, making it 3-0. Dave Concepcion had an RBI single in the fifth. Baltimore’s only offense came in the sixth inning when Rich Dauer blasted a two-run homer. The Orioles had two runners on in both the eighth and ninth innings, but couldn’t get them home. With two outs and runners on first and third in the eighth, Mario Soto was pulled for reliever Joe Price, who got the next batter to fly out. Facing closer Tom Hume, Baltimore put runners on first and second with one out, but Hume coaxed a game-ending double play out of the next hitter.

1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament

1981 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (2) AT 1981 CINCINNATI REDS (4)

1981 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB  R  H BI  1981 CINCINNATI REDS AB  R  H BI
Al Bumbry             4  1  1  0  Dave Collins          3  2  1  0  
Rich Dauer            3  1  1  2  Ken Griffey           3  0  1  2  
Ken Singleton         4  0  1  0  Dave Concepcion       3  0  2  1  
Eddie Murray          3  0  1  0  George Foster         3  0  0  1  
John Lowenstein       4  0  0  0  Johnny Bench          4  0  1  0  
Doug DeCinces         4  0  0  0  Dan Driessen          4  0  0  0  
Gary Roenicke         3  0  0  0  Ray Knight            4  0  0  0  
Rick Dempsey          4  0  2  0  Joe Nolan             3  1  1  0  
Lenn Sakata           4  0  0  0  Ron Oester            3  1  0  0  
TOTALS               33  2  6  2  TOTALS               30  4  6  4

1981 BALTIMORE ORIOLES        000 002 000 -- 2  
1981 CINCINNATI REDS          120 010 00x -- 4  

LOB--1981 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 7, 1981 CINCINNATI REDS 8.
ERR--Dennis Martinez, Ray Knight, Ron Oester. 2B--Rick
Dempsey. HR--Rich Dauer. HBP--George Foster. SACB--Ken
Griffey. SB--Dave Collins.

 1981 BALTIMORE ORIOLES          IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Dennis Martinez [L]            8.00    6    4    2    4    3    0
 1981 CINCINNATI REDS       
Mario Soto [W]                 7.67    5    2    2    2    3    1
Joe Price                      0.33    0    0    0    0    0    0
Tom Hume [S]                   1.00    1    0    0    1    1    0

SO--Ken Singleton, Gary Roenicke, Doug DeCinces, Rick
Dempsey, Johnny Bench, Dan Driessen (2). BB--Gary Roenicke,
Rich Dauer, Eddie Murray, Dave Collins, Dave Concepcion, Ron
Oester, Joe Nolan.