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.

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