Although needing eighth-inning relief help, Matt Keough received credit for his sixth victory of the year as the A's edged the Yankees, 5-4. The A's tallied in the first inning on a balk and upped their margin to 2-0 in the second on a run-scoring double by Dave McKay.

Fred Stanley stroked an RBI single in the fourth frame and the A's scored twice in the fifth on a solo homer by Cliff Johnson and sacrifice fly by McKay. The Yanks rallied for four runs in the eighth, the outburst being capped by a two-run homer by Reggie Jackson before Bob Owchinko relieved and slammed the door. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, New York Yankees 4
Game Played on Wednesday, May       13, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          1  1  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   4  5  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     1   0   .288      Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .193
Murphy cf             3   1   0   0     2   0   .261      Murcer dh             3   1   1   0     1   0   .308
Johnson dh            5   1   1   1     0   2   .268      Winfield cf           4   1   1   2     0   0   .346
Armas rf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .314      Jackson rf            4   1   1   2     0   0   .191
Heath c               3   1   3   0     0   0   .276      Gamble lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .279
Newman 1b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .161      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .202
  Revering ph,1b      1   0   0   0     1   0   .260      Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .105
Babitt 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .286        Piniella ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
McKay 3b              3   0   1   2     0   1   .235      Foote c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .134
Stanley ss            3   0   1   1     1   0   .159      Dent ss               4   1   1   0     0   2   .200
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      John p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   8   4     6   4             Totals               33   4   5   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 35,419
Left on Base: A's 8, Yankees 5
DP: A's 0, Yankees 1
Errors: McKay
Doubles: McKay (4), Randolph (3), Murcer (2), Winfield (9)
Home Runs: Johnson (7), Jackson (4)
Stolen Bases: Heath 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Murphy (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Heath (4)
Sacrifice Flies: McKay (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough W(6-0)           7.2   5   4   4   2   4   1  31   2.14
Owchinko SV(2)          1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   0.90
Totals                  9     5   4   4   3   5   1  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(4-3)             4     7   5   5   3   0   1  22   3.11
Bird                    3     1   0   0   2   1   0  12   2.01
LaRoche                 1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   1.80
Davis                   1     0   0   0   0   2   0   2   3.38
Totals                  9     8   5   5   6   4   1  40

Wild Pitches: John (4)
Balks: John (1)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Murphy walked; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Murphy
to second]; John threw a wild pitch [Murphy to third]; John
balked [Murphy scored]; Armas grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

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

ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath singled to shortstop; Newman made an out to
catcher [Heath stayed at first]; Jeff Newman called for
interference for being out of the batter's box; Heath stole
second; Babitt grounded out (shortstop to first) [Heath to
third]; McKay doubled to center [Heath scored]; Stanley walked;
Henderson forced Stanley (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Gamble flied out to right; Nettles grounded out
(second to first); Spencer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Armas flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Foote reached on an error by McKay; Dent struck
out; Randolph flied out to right; Murcer flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Heath singled to center; Newman flied out to
center; Babitt singled to left [Heath to second]; McKay forced
Heath (third unassisted) [Babitt to second]; Stanley singled to
left [Babitt scored, McKay to third, Stanley to second (on
throw)]; Henderson was walked intentionally; Murphy flied out to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Winfield made an out to first; Jackson popped to
third in foul territory; Gamble flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Johnson homered; Armas singled to third; BIRD
REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Heath out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Armas to second]; REVERING BATTED FOR NEWMAN;
Revering was walked intentionally; Babitt walked [Armas to
third, Revering to second]; McKay hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Armas scored]; Stanley grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: REVERING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Nettles flied
out to left; Spencer struck out; Foote flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Murphy
lined to first; Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Dent struck out; Randolph doubled to right; Murcer
flied out to center; Winfield flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas popped to catcher in foul territory; Heath
singled to left; Heath stole second; Revering flied out to left;
Babitt grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Jackson grounded out (third to first); Gamble flied
out to center; Nettles walked; Spencer flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); McKay struck
out; Stanley popped to catcher in foul territory; Henderson
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Foote popped to third in foul territory; Dent
singled to left; Randolph flied out to left; Murcer doubled to
left [Dent to third]; Winfield doubled to left [Dent scored,
Murcer scored]; Jackson homered [Winfield scored]; OWCHINKO
REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Gamble walked; Nettles was called
out on strikes; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Murphy walked; DAVIS REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING);
Johnson struck out; Armas struck out while Murphy was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 9TH: PINIELLA BATTED FOR SPENCER; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); Foote made an out to shortstop; Dent
grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Yankees 4.