Air-tight relief pitching by Rollie Fingers enabled the Brewers to prevail over the A's, 6-5, in a loosely played game. The veteran righthander preserved the victory by hurling hitless ball and striking out four batters in the final two frames. The Brewers trailed, 5-4, in the seventh but rallied on a single by Jim Gantner, run-scoring triple by Cecil Cooper and RBI infield out by Ben Oglivie. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 6, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Saturday, May       16, 1981 (Night game) at County Stadium
A's          3  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  2
Brewers      4  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   6  8  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   2   0   0     2   1   .292      Gantner 2b            4   2   1   0     0   0   .283
Murphy cf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .264      Howell 3b             3   1   1   0     1   1   .260
Johnson dh            4   0   0   1     0   2   .256      Cooper 1b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .232
Armas rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .311        Edwards pr,cf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .136
Heath c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .256      Thomas cf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .280
Newman 1b             3   0   2   1     0   0   .206        Bando 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Revering ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Oglivie lf            4   1   0   2     0   1   .244
Babitt 2b             3   0   1   1     0   1   .286      Simmons dh            4   0   0   0     0   0   .178
  Gross ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .203      C. Moore c            4   0   2   1     0   0   .378
McKay 3b,2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .233      Brouhard rf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .270
Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .254      Romero ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .158
  Patterson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .348      Lerch p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   8   3     4   7             Totals               33   6   8   6     3   3

Time of Game: 3:16   Attendance: 33,937
Left on Base: A's 7, Brewers 6
DP: A's 0, Brewers 0
Errors: Babitt, Kingman, Cooper, Oglivie, C. Moore
Doubles: Cooper (6)
Triples: Cooper (1)
Stolen Bases: Henderson 2 (23), Murphy (7), Armas (2)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (8), C. Moore (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman                 6     7   5   1   2   2   0  28   2.06
Owchinko L(1-1)         2     1   1   1   1   1   0   8   1.46
Totals                  8     8   6   2   3   3   0  36

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch                   1.2   5   5   1   2   1   0  13   4.68
Cleveland W(2-0)        5.1   3   0   0   1   2   0  19   4.95
Fingers SV(6)           2     0   0   0   1   4   0   7   1.11
Totals                  9     8   5   1   4   7   0  39

Wild Pitches: Kingman (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Dallas Parks, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy
struck out; Johnson flied out to left; Armas reached on an error
by Oglivie [Henderson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Heath singled
to left [Armas to second]; Newman singled to right [Armas scored
(unearned), Heath to third]; Babitt singled to right [Heath
scored (unearned), Newman to third]; McKay flied out to left; 3
R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Gantner reached on an error by Babitt; Howell
singled to center [Gantner to second]; Cooper doubled to right
[Gantner scored (unearned), Howell to third]; Thomas made an out
to shortstop; Oglivie reached on an error by Kingman (assist by
Newman) [Howell scored (unearned) (RBI), Cooper to third];
Simmons made an out to third; C. Moore singled to center [Cooper
scored (unearned), Oglivie to second]; Brouhard singled to right
[Oglivie scored (unearned), C. Moore to third]; Romero struck
out; 4 R (0 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Brewers 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first);
Henderson walked; Murphy singled to right [Henderson to third];
Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Henderson scored]; Armas
singled to third [Murphy to second]; CLEVELAND REPLACED LERCH
(PITCHING); Murphy stole third and Armas stole second [Murphy
scored (error by C. Moore) (unearned), Armas to third]; Heath
grounded out (third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 2ND: Gantner flied out to left; Howell walked; Cooper
forced Howell (shortstop to second); Thomas walked [Cooper to
second]; Kingman threw a wild pitch [Cooper to third, Thomas to
second]; Oglivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Brewers 4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman singled to left; Babitt struck out; McKay
singled to right [Newman to second]; Picciolo forced McKay
(second to shortstop) [Newman to third]; Henderson lined to
second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 3RD: Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); C. Moore
popped to catcher in foul territory; Brouhard singled to left;
Romero flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Brewers 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy singled to right [Murphy to second (error
by Cooper)]; Johnson flied out to left; Armas flied out to
center; Heath flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Gantner flied out to left; Howell flied out to
right; Cooper grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Babitt
grounded out (pitcher to first); McKay grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Oglivie flied
out to center; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo walked; Henderson forced Picciolo
(shortstop to second); Henderson stole second; Henderson was
caught stealing third (catcher to third); Murphy grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers
4.

BREWERS 6TH: C. Moore singled to pitcher; C. Moore was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Brouhard flied out to
center; Romero made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Brewers 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Johnson struck out; Armas grounded out (third to
first); Heath flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Gantner singled to center; OWCHINKO REPLACED
KINGMAN (PITCHING); Howell was called out on strikes; Cooper
tripled to right [Gantner scored]; EDWARDS RAN FOR COOPER;
Thomas was walked intentionally; Oglivie forced Thomas (second
to shortstop) [Edwards scored]; Simmons flied out to right; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BANDO
REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING 1B); FINGERS REPLACED CLEVELAND
(PITCHING); REVERING BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Revering flied out to
right; GROSS BATTED FOR BABITT; Gross popped to first in foul
territory; McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Brewers 6.

BREWERS 8TH: REVERING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GROSS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MCKAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); C.
Moore made an out to first; Brouhard grounded out (shortstop to
first); Romero made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Brewers 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: PATTERSON BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Patterson struck
out; Henderson struck out; Murphy walked; Johnson was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Brewers 6.