A wild pitch allowed the winning run to score as the A's rallied for two runs in the bottom of the 12th inning to prevail over the Brewers, 6-5. The Brewers went ahead, 5-4, in the top of the 12th on a sacrifice fly by Ben Oglivie.

Dave Revering, whose eighth-inning homer had tied the score at 4-4, started the winning surge with a single and, after Tony Armas struck out, moved to third on a single by Wayne Gross and scored on a single by Mike Heath. Shooty Babbit then grounded into a forceout and the Brewers walked Jeff Newman intentionally to load the bases. On the first serve to Rob Picciolo, Randy Lerch uncorked a wild pitch and Gross came in with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5
Game Played on Saturday, May       9, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Brewers      0  0  0    1  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   5 13  1
A's          0  3  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  2  -   6 15  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gantner 2b            6   2   3   0     0   0   .284      Murphy cf             3   0   0   0     2   1   .262
C. Moore c            4   1   2   0     1   1   .316      Page dh               3   0   1   1     0   1   .136
Oglivie lf            4   0   0   1     1   0   .237        Johnson ph,dh       2   0   0   0     1   1   .283
Thomas cf             6   2   4   4     0   2   .298      Revering 1b           6   1   4   1     0   0   .270
Cooper dh             6   0   1   0     0   0   .198        McKay pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .222
Simmons 1b            5   0   0   0     0   2   .161      Armas rf              6   0   0   0     0   5   .333
Howell 3b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .200      Gross 3b              6   2   2   0     0   1   .215
  Money 3b            0   0   0   0     1   0   .224      Heath c,lf            6   1   4   1     0   1   .266
  Bando ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Patterson lf          4   0   3   1     0   0   .333
Brouhard rf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .222        Henderson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .299
  Edwards rf          2   0   1   0     0   0   .167        Babitt 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Romero ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .176      Doyle 2b              3   1   0   1     0   0   .091
Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Newman c            1   0   0   0     1   1   .143
  Easterly p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     1   1   .146
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Picciolo pr,ss      1   0   1   0     0   0   .260
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lerch p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44   5  13   5     3   8             Totals               45   6  15   5     5  12

Time of Game: 4:10   Attendance: 27,308
Left on Base: Brewers 9, A's 12
DP: Brewers 2, A's 1
Errors: Gantner
Doubles: Gross (3), Heath (2)
Home Runs: Thomas 2 (8), Revering (2)
Caught Stealing: Romero (2), Patterson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: C. Moore (1), Romero (1), Doyle (2), Stanley (2), Murphy (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Oglivie (2)
GIDP: Cooper (3), Doyle (1), Revering (2)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton                  6     7   3   2   1   7   0  25   3.16
Easterly                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.83
Fingers                 0.2   3   1   1   0   1   1   5   0.89
Cleveland               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   8.74
Lerch L(2-3)            3.2   5   2   2   3   4   0  18   4.63
Totals                 11.2  15   6   5   5  12   1  53

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman                 7.1   7   4   4   1   7   2  30   2.14
Jones                   1     2   0   0   1   0   0   6   1.98
Owchinko W(1-0)         3.2   4   1   1   1   1   0  14   1.04
Totals                 12    13   5   5   3   8   2  50

Wild Pitches: Lerch (2)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Russ Goetz


BREWERS 1ST: On a bunt Gantner popped to first in foul
territory; C. Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy was called out on strikes; Page was called
out on strikes; Revering singled to center; Armas forced
Revering (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Athletics 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Thomas struck out; Cooper singled to left; Simmons
struck out; Howell flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross doubled to right; On a bunt Heath singled
to third [Gross to third]; Patterson singled to right [Gross
scored, Heath to third]; Doyle reached on an error by Gantner on
a sacrifice bunt [Heath scored, Patterson to second]; Stanley
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Patterson to third,
Doyle to second]; Patterson was caught stealing home (catcher to
third); Murphy walked; Page singled to center [Doyle scored
(unearned), Murphy to second]; Revering flied to center; 3 R (2
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Brouhard flied to center; Romero grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gantner singled to left; C. Moore struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas was called out on strikes; Gross popped to
catcher; Heath struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Athletics 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Oglivie popped to third; Thomas homered; Cooper
flied to center; Simmons popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Patterson singled to third; Doyle grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Patterson out at
second]; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Athletics 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Howell struck out; Brouhard was called out on
strikes; Romero flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Murphy flied to center; Page popped to first;
Revering singled to right; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 1, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Gantner grounded out (second to first); C. Moore
singled to left; Oglivie popped to third; Thomas homered [C.
Moore scored]; Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross was called out on strikes; Heath grounded
out (shortstop to first); Patterson grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Simmons struck out; Howell singled to center;
Brouhard struck out; Romero forced Howell (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: EASTERLY REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); On a bunt
Doyle made an out to pitcher; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to
first); Murphy walked; JOHNSON BATTED FOR PAGE; Johnson flied to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Athletics 3.

BREWERS 8TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Gantner
singled to center; C. Moore out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Gantner to second]; Oglivie was walked
intentionally; JONES REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Thomas singled
to left [Gantner scored, Oglivie to second]; Cooper flied to
center [Oglivie to third]; Simmons popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED EASTERLY (PITCHING); MONEY
REPLACED HOWELL (PLAYING 3B); EDWARDS REPLACED BROUHARD (PLAYING
RF); Revering homered; Armas struck out; Gross popped to first
in foul territory; On a bunt Heath singled to third; Patterson
singled to pitcher [Heath to second]; CLEVELAND REPLACED FINGERS
(PITCHING); Doyle popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 4, Athletics 4.

BREWERS 9TH: Money walked; Edwards singled to left [Money to
second]; Romero out on a sacrifice bunt (third unassisted)
[Money to third, Edwards to second]; OWCHINKO REPLACED JONES
(PITCHING); Gantner grounded out (second to first); C. Moore
walked; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LERCH REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Stanley
walked; PICCIOLO RAN FOR STANLEY; Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Picciolo to second]; Johnson was walked
intentionally; Revering grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 4.

BREWERS 10TH: PICCIOLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Thomas
singled to right; Cooper grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Thomas out at second]; Simmons flied to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Armas struck out; Gross grounded out (second to
first); Heath doubled to left; HENDERSON BATTED FOR PATTERSON;
Henderson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 4, Athletics 4.

BREWERS 11TH: BABITT REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING 2B); NEWMAN
REPLACED DOYLE (PLAYING C ); HEATH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); BANDO BATTED FOR MONEY; Bando grounded out (shortstop to
first); Edwards grounded out (second to first); Romero singled
to left; Romero was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 11TH: BANDO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Newman struck
out; Picciolo singled to center; Murphy popped to catcher in
foul territory; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 4, Athletics 4.

BREWERS 12TH: Gantner singled to right; C. Moore singled to
right [Gantner to third]; Oglivie hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Gantner scored]; Thomas struck out; Cooper popped to second; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 12TH: Revering singled to right; MCKAY RAN FOR
REVERING; Armas struck out; Gross singled to right [McKay to
third]; Heath singled to right [McKay scored, Gross to third];
Babitt forced Heath (second unassisted); Newman was walked
intentionally [Babitt to second]; Lerch threw a wild pitch
[Gross scored]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Athletics 6.