Ron Guidry and Rich Gossage combined to pitch the Yankees to a 4-1 triumph over the A's, Oakland's first loss on the road in 12 games this season. Guidry was forced to leave in the eighth inning when he was struck by a hard grounder off his left shin and Gossage came on to record his ninth save.

The Yanks scored twice in the fourth on a solo homer by Bobby Murcer and run-scoring single by Graig Nettles, and added two tallies in the eighth on a run-scoring tripple by Willie Randolph and RBI double by Dave Winfield. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Tuesday, May       12, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  6  0
Yankees      0  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  x  -   4  5  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .298      Randolph 2b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .191
Murphy cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Murcer dh             4   1   1   1     0   1   .304
Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Winfield cf           3   1   1   1     1   0   .350
Armas rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .318      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .188
Heath c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .255      Gamble lf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .292
Newman 1b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .167      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .208
  Revering ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .111
Babitt 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .284      Oates c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .167
McKay 3b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .229      Dent ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .198
Picciolo ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   6   1     1   6             Totals               28   4   5   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 30,959
Left on Base: A's 5, Yankees 3
DP: A's 0, Yankees 1
Doubles: McKay (3), Oates (1), Winfield (8)
Triples: Randolph (2)
Home Runs: Murcer (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Dent (4)
GIDP: Henderson (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(4-3)         8     5   4   4   2   5   1  31   3.30
Totals                  8     5   4   4   2   5   1  31

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(4-2)           7.2   6   1   1   1   4   0  29   3.64
Gossage SV(9)           1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   0.63
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   6   0  33

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Steve Palermo


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

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph flied out to right; Murcer grounded out
(second to first); Winfield grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas flied out to right; Heath grounded out
(third to first); Newman singled to center; Babitt forced Newman
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson struck out; Gamble walked; Nettles forced
Gamble (first to shortstop); Spencer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay made an out to first; Picciolo singled to
right; Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Picciolo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Oates grounded out (pitcher to first); Dent flied
out to left; Randolph grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy singled to center; Johnson grounded out
(third to first) [Murphy to second]; Armas flied out to right;
Heath lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer homered; Winfield walked; Jackson grounded
out (second to first) [Winfield to second]; Gamble flied out to
right [Winfield to third]; Nettles singled to right [Winfield
scored]; Spencer struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman flied out to left; Babitt walked; McKay
struck out; Picciolo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Oates grounded out (pitcher to first); Dent
grounded out (third to first); Randolph grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy
lined to right; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Murcer struck out; Winfield flied out to right;
Jackson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas grounded out (third to first); Heath struck
out; Newman singled to left; Babitt forced Newman (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Gamble grounded out (second to first); Nettles
struck out; Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: McKay doubled to left; Picciolo grounded out
(shortstop to first); Henderson singled to left [McKay scored];
Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first) [Henderson to second];
GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); Johnson grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Oates doubled to left; Dent out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Oates to third]; Randolph tripled to right
[Oates scored]; Murcer flied out to left; Winfield doubled to
left [Randolph scored]; Jackson grounded out (second to first);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas struck out; Heath flied out to right;
REVERING BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Revering was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 4.