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.