Four solo home runs lifted the A's to a 5-3 victory over the Tigers. Matt Keough became the first A's starter to go fewer than 5 1/3 innings -- a first-inning homer by Kirk Gibson and consecutive RBI singles by Rick Leach and Tom Brookens in the third inning sent him to the showers. The A's came back with homers by Cliff Johnson in the fifth, by pinch-hitter Mitchell Page in the sixth and Tony Armas and Jeff Newman in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Thursday, May       7, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  1
A's          0  1  0    0  1  1    2  0  x  -   5  7  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gibson rf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .259      Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .304
Trammell ss           3   0   1   0     2   0   .245      Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Kemp lf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .323      Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .239
Summers dh            2   1   0   0     1   1   .242      Armas rf              3   2   2   1     0   0   .345
  Wockenfuss ph,dh    0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Gross 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .203
  Hebner ph,dh        1   0   1   0     1   0   .167      Johnson dh            2   1   1   2     0   0   .309
  Peters pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Newman c              3   1   1   1     0   1   .135
Parrish c             5   1   1   0     0   0   .220      Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .105
Cowens cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .328      Stanley ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Leach 1b              3   0   2   1     1   1   .400        Page ph             1   1   1   1     0   0   .122
Brookens 3b           3   0   2   1     0   0   .400        Picciolo ss         1   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Whitaker 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .305      Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Petry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Minetto p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   9   3     5   5             Totals               28   5   7   5     1   4

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 15,902
Left on Base: Tigers 11, A's 1
DP: Tigers 1, A's 2
Errors: Whitaker, Revering
Home Runs: Gibson (3), Johnson (5), Page (2), Armas (9), Newman (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Whitaker (2), Cowens (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (1)
GIDP: Whitaker (1), Parrish (7), Johnson (2)
Hit by Pitch: Brookens (1,by Owchinko)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Petry L(0-2)            6     5   4   3   1   2   3  23   3.24
Lopez                   1.1   2   1   1   0   1   1   5   2.70
Saucier                 0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.79
Totals                  8     7   5   4   1   4   4  30

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough                  2.1   8   3   3   1   1   1  17   1.72
Owchinko                4     0   0   0   1   3   0  13   0.00
Jones W(2-0)            2     0   0   0   3   1   0   8   2.13
Minetto                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
McLaughlin SV(1)        0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.75
Totals                  9     9   3   3   5   5   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Owchinko (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Derryl Cousins


TIGERS 1ST: Gibson homered; Trammell singled to right; Kemp
singled to right [Trammell to second]; Summers struck out;
Parrish flied out to right; Cowens made an out to shortstop; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy
made an out to second; Revering grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Leach singled to center; Brookens singled to center
[Leach to second]; Whitaker reached on an error by Revering on a
sacrifice bunt [Leach to third, Brookens to second, Whitaker to
first]; Gibson forced Leach (third unassisted) [Brookens to
third, Whitaker to second, Gibson to first]; Trammell made an
out to second; Kemp flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to left [Armas to second (error by
Whitaker; assist by Kemp)]; Gross grounded out (first
unassisted) [Armas to third]; Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Armas scored (unearned)]; Newman grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Summers walked; Parrish singled to left [Summers to
second]; Cowens out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Summers to third, Parrish to second]; Leach singled to left
[Summers scored, Parrish to third]; Brookens singled to left
[Parrish scored, Leach to second]; OWCHINKO REPLACED KEOUGH
(PITCHING); Whitaker grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Brookens out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Doyle flied out to left; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Henderson singled to center; Henderson was
picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Gibson struck out; Trammell grounded out (second to
first); Kemp flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Revering
flied out to right; Armas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Summers flied out to right; Parrish grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cowens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson
homered; Newman struck out; Doyle struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Leach struck out; Brookens was hit by a pitch;
Whitaker forced Brookens (first to shortstop); Gibson made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: PAGE BATTED FOR STANLEY; Page homered; Henderson
flied out to right; Murphy flied out to center; Revering flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 3.

TIGERS 7TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING SS); Trammell
walked; Kemp flied out to left [Trammell to second]; WOCKENFUSS
BATTED FOR SUMMERS; JONES REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); HEBNER
BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS; Hebner was walked intentionally; Parrish
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hebner
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HEBNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Armas
homered; Gross walked; LOPEZ REPLACED PETRY (PITCHING); Johnson
grounded into a double play (catcher to shortstop to first)
[Gross out at second]; Newman homered; Doyle flied out to left;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Cowens made an out to shortstop; Leach walked;
Brookens made an out to catcher; Whitaker struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Picciolo singled to center; Henderson struck out;
SAUCIER REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); Murphy made an out to
catcher; Revering struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Gibson grounded out (second to first); Trammell
walked; MINETTO REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Kemp flied out to
right; Hebner singled to right [Trammell to third]; PETERS RAN
FOR HEBNER; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); Parrish made
an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 5.