Solo homers by Tony Armas, Rob Picciolo, Rickey Henderson and Cliff Johnson helped A's starter Matt Keough remain undefeated and led Oakland to their second straight victory over the Yankees, 6-3. Armas' eighth homer of the season gave the A's a 1-0 lead in the second and the Yanks' Dave Winfield tied it with an RBI single in the third before the A's scored three in the bottom of the inning on successive homers by Picciolo and Henderson and Tim Hosley's run-scoring single. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Saturday, May       2, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      0  0  1    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  7  0
A's          0  1  3    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   6  9  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .176      Henderson lf          4   1   1   1     0   1   .319
Mumphrey cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .289      Murphy cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .305
Winfield lf           4   0   1   1     1   0   .314      Johnson 1b            3   2   1   2     1   1   .349
Jackson dh            3   0   0   0     2   1   .239      Armas rf              4   1   3   1     0   1   .355
Gamble rf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .348      Hosley dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  Piniella ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .160      Heath c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .243
Nettles 3b            2   0   1   0     2   0   .215      McKay 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .257
Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Babitt 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Foote c               3   1   1   1     1   0   .114      Picciolo ss           3   1   1   1     0   1   .225
Dent ss               2   1   0   0     1   0   .193      Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murcer ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .214        Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Milbourne ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   7   2     7   5             Totals               33   6   9   6     2   5

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 48,179
Left on Base: Yankees 11, A's 5
DP: Yankees 0, A's 0
Errors: McKay
Doubles: Mumphrey (2), Heath (1)
Triples: Armas (1)
Home Runs: Foote (3), Armas (8), Picciolo (2), Henderson (3), Johnson (4)
Stolen Bases: Murphy (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Mumphrey (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry L(2-2)           2.2   5   4   4   1   2   3  14   4.30
Bird                    4.1   4   2   2   1   3   1  18   1.88
Castro                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.91
Totals                  8     9   6   6   2   5   4  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough W(5-0)           8.2   7   3   2   7   5   1  40   1.21
Owchinko SV(1)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9     7   3   2   7   5   1  41

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Don Denkinger


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph struck out; Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher
to first); Winfield walked; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy lined to right;
Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Gamble made an out to first; Nettles walked; Watson
made an out to third; Foote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas homered; Hosley grounded out (third to
first); Heath made an out to shortstop; McKay grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent walked; Randolph singled to first [Dent to
second]; Mumphrey out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Dent to third, Randolph to second]; Winfield singled to left
[Dent scored, Randolph to third]; Jackson walked [Winfield to
second]; Gamble struck out; Nettles flied out to right; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Babitt flied out to right; Picciolo homered;
Henderson homered; Murphy struck out; Johnson walked; Armas
singled to left [Johnson to second]; Hosley singled to left
[Johnson scored, Armas to second]; BIRD REPLACED GUIDRY
(PITCHING); Heath popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); Foote
homered; Dent made an out to shortstop; Randolph grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: McKay popped to third in foul territory; Babitt
flied out to center; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Mumphrey doubled to right; Winfield popped to
first; Jackson flied out to left; Gamble flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson flied out to center; Murphy grounded
out (second to first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 2, Athletics 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles walked; Watson struck out; Foote forced
Nettles (pitcher to shortstop); Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas struck out; Hosley made an out to
shortstop; Heath doubled to left; McKay walked; Babitt grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph flied out to right; Mumphrey made an out
to shortstop; Winfield made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo popped to first in foul territory;
Henderson made an out to second; Murphy singled to right; Murphy
stole second; Johnson homered [Murphy scored]; Armas tripled to
right; Hosley grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Jackson flied out to center; Gamble singled to
right; Nettles singled to center [Gamble scored (error by McKay)
(unearned) (no RBI), Nettles to second]; Watson flied out to
center; Foote walked; MURCER BATTED FOR DENT; Murcer struck out;
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MILBOURNE REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING SS); CASTRO
REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Heath grounded out (shortstop to
first); McKay grounded out (second to first); Babitt grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Athletics 6.

YANKEES 9TH: Randolph flied out to center; Mumphrey singled to
center; Winfield flied out to center; Jackson walked [Mumphrey
to second]; OWCHINKO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED
FOR GAMBLE; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 3, Athletics 6.