The Brewers snapped their four-game losing streak by edging the Blue Jays, 5-4, in 12 innings. With the game tied, 4-4, Cecil Cooper led off the 12th with a single and Ben Oglivie followed with a triple. Winning pitcher Randy Lerch struck out the side in the bottom of the 12th to preserve the victory. The Brewers had tied the game with three runs in the ninth on an RBI single by Gorman Thomas, a bases-loaded hit batsman and a walk. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Game Played on Monday, April 20, 1981 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Brewers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 5 9 1 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 2 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor cf 5 0 0 1 0 0 .161 Griffin ss 6 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Yount ss 4 0 1 1 2 0 .143 Garcia 2b 6 0 1 0 0 1 .205 Cooper 1b 6 1 1 0 0 1 .214 Velez dh 6 0 0 0 0 3 .219 Oglivie lf 5 0 1 1 1 1 .200 Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .269 Simmons dh 6 1 1 0 0 1 .214 Stieb pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Howell 3b 5 1 1 0 1 1 .200 Whitmer c 3 0 1 0 0 2 .333 Thomas rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .333 Woods lf 3 1 2 0 2 0 .219 Edwards pr,rf 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Bonnell rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .194 Gantner 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .211 Moseby cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Hisle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Bosetti cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .167 Romero 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ainge 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Yost c 2 1 1 1 1 0 .500 Iorg ph,3b 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 Money ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Whitt c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .188 C. Moore pr,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Macha ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Upshaw ph,1b 2 0 1 3 1 0 .214 Easterly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lerch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barlow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 44 5 9 5 6 4 Totals 43 4 8 4 5 12 Time of Game: 3:39 Attendance: 12,298 Left on Base: Brewers 11, Blue Jays 9 DP: Brewers 0, Blue Jays 2 Errors: Thomas, Griffin, Iorg Doubles: Yount (2), Gantner (1), Thomas (1), Upshaw (2), Whitmer (1) Triples: Oglivie (1) Home Runs: Yost (1) Sacrifice Hits: Gantner (2), Bonnell (1) Hit by Pitch: Molitor (1,by Barlow) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich 6 4 3 3 2 4 0 24 9.31 Easterly 0.1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2.84 Fingers 3.2 3 0 0 2 4 0 16 1.08 Lerch W(1-0) 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 0.00 Totals 12 8 4 4 5 12 0 49 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Todd 8 6 3 3 2 3 1 33 6.94 Jackson 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1.59 Barlow 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6.75 Willis L(0-1) 3.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 14 6.48 Totals 12 9 5 5 6 4 1 52 Passed Balls: Yost (1) Hit by Pitch: Barlow (1) Wild Pitches: Lerch (1), Jackson (1) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Derryl Cousins BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (third to first); Yount doubled to left; Cooper was called out on strikes; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin was called out on strikes; Garcia grounded out (third to first); Velez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Blue Jays 0. BREWERS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell struck out; Thomas made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); Woods grounded out (second to first); Bonnell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Blue Jays 0. BREWERS 3RD: Gantner grounded out (first to pitcher); Yost homered; Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount walked; Cooper lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Moseby grounded out (second to first); Ainge struck out; Whitt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BREWERS 4TH: Oglivie struck out (catcher to first); Simmons flied out to right; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin grounded out (first unassisted); Garcia singled to left; Velez struck out; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BREWERS 5TH: Thomas flied out to right; Gantner doubled; Yost walked; Molitor forced Yost (shortstop to second) [Gantner to third]; Yount flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: On a bunt Woods singled; Bonnell out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Woods to second]; Moseby walked; Ainge flied out to right [Woods to third]; Whitt flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BREWERS 6TH: Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie reached on an error by Griffin; Simmons grounded out (second to first) [Oglivie to second]; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin grounded out (first unassisted); Garcia flied out to right; Velez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BREWERS 7TH: Thomas doubled to left; Gantner out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Thomas to third]; Yost reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Thomas out at home (shortstop to catcher to third), Yost out at second (second to first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry singled to center; STIEB RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Woods walked [Stieb to second]; Bonnell singled to right [Stieb scored, Woods to third (error by Thomas)]; EASTERLY REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Moseby grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bonnell to second]; IORG BATTED FOR AINGE; Iorg was walked intentionally; MACHA BATTED FOR WHITT; FINGERS REPLACED EASTERLY (PITCHING); UPSHAW BATTED FOR MACHA; Upshaw doubled to left [Woods scored, Bonnell scored, Iorg scored]; Griffin flied out to left; Garcia grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 4. BREWERS 8TH: UPSHAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); IORG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); BOSETTI REPLACED MOSEBY (PLAYING CF); WHITMER REPLACED STIEB (PLAYING C ); Molitor reached on an error by Iorg; Yount flied out to right; Cooper forced Molitor (shortstop to second); Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Velez struck out; Whitmer struck out; Woods singled to left; Yost allowed a passed ball [Woods to second]; Bonnell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Blue Jays 4. BREWERS 9TH: Simmons singled to right; Howell singled to right [Simmons to third]; JACKSON REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Thomas singled to left [Simmons scored, Howell to second]; EDWARDS RAN FOR THOMAS; HISLE BATTED FOR GANTNER; Jackson threw a wild pitch [Howell to third, Edwards to second]; Hisle flied out to left; MONEY BATTED FOR YOST; Money walked; C. MOORE RAN FOR MONEY; BARLOW REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Molitor was hit by a pitch [Howell scored, Edwards to third, C. Moore to second]; Yount walked [Edwards scored, C. Moore to third, Molitor to second]; WILLIS REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); Cooper reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [C. Moore out at home (first to catcher), Molitor out at home (third to catcher to shortstop), Yount to second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ROMERO REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING 2B); C. MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Bosetti was called out on strikes; Iorg was called out on strikes; Upshaw walked; Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Blue Jays 4. BREWERS 10TH: Oglivie walked; Simmons struck out; Howell walked [Oglivie to second]; Edwards flied out to right; Romero forced Howell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 10TH: Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez flied out to center; Whitmer doubled to left; Woods was walked intentionally; Bonnell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Blue Jays 4. BREWERS 11TH: C. Moore flied out to left; Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 11TH: LERCH REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Bosetti singled to right; Lerch threw a wild pitch [Bosetti to second]; Iorg struck out; Upshaw flied out to left; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Blue Jays 4. BREWERS 12TH: Cooper singled to right; Oglivie tripled to left [Cooper scored]; Simmons made an out to first; Howell flied out to right; Edwards grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 5, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 12TH: Garcia struck out; Velez struck out; Whitmer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Blue Jays 4.

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