A four-run uprising in the eighth inning enabled the A's to end their eight-game losing streak with a 6-2 decision over the Blue Jays. The score was 2-2 when Rickey Henderson began the winning surge with a single, stole second and scored on a single by Dwayne Murphy. A walk and a hit batsman then loaded the bases and Tony Armas drove in two runs with a single. Mitchell Page capped the outburst with a run-scoring single. Rick Langford recorded his eighth complete game, tops in the league. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Friday, May       22, 1981 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Blue Jays    1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
A's          0  0  2    0  0  0    0  4  x  -   6  6  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   1   2   0     0   0   .205      Henderson lf          2   1   1   0     2   0   .295
Garcia 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .217      Murphy cf             3   1   1   2     0   0   .255
Velez dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .195      Spencer 1b            3   1   0   0     1   1   .136
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   1     0   0   .261      Gross 3b              2   1   0   0     1   0   .190
Woods lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .212      Armas rf              4   0   1   2     0   1   .298
Moseby rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .264      Page dh               4   0   1   1     0   2   .154
Bonnell cf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .232      Heath c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .230
Iorg 3b               3   0   0   0     0   2   .250      Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .139
  Upshaw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Picciolo ss           3   1   1   1     0   0   .250
Martinez c            3   0   0   0     0   2   .185      Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stieb p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   8   2     0   5             Totals               28   6   6   6     4   4

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 13,426
Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, A's 4
DP: Blue Jays 0, A's 0
Errors: Heath
Doubles: Moseby (10), Griffin (11), Heath (3)
Triples: Picciolo (2)
Stolen Bases: Bonnell (3), Henderson (27)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Mayberry (2), Murphy (2)
Hit by Pitch: Gross (2,by Stieb)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stieb L(3-5)            7.2   5   6   6   4   4   0  32   3.27
Todd                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.80
Totals                  8     6   6   6   4   4   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(5-4)         9     8   2   2   0   5   0  35   2.92
Totals                  9     8   2   2   0   5   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Stieb (4)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Larry McCoy


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin singled to center; Garcia singled to left
[Griffin to third]; Velez struck out; Mayberry hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Griffin scored]; Woods grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Murphy flied out to left;
Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher) [Henderson to second];
Henderson was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Moseby doubled to right; Bonnell singled to right
[Moseby scored]; Bonnell stole second [Bonnell to third (error
by Heath)]; Iorg struck out; Martinez struck out; Griffin flied
out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross flied out to center; Armas flied out to
right; Page was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia flied out to center; Velez grounded out
(third to first); Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Heath doubled to left; Doyle grounded out (second
to first) [Heath to third]; Picciolo tripled to center [Heath
scored]; Henderson walked; Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Picciolo scored]; Spencer popped to third in foul territory; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Woods popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Moseby grounded out (second to first); Bonnell flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross popped to third in foul territory; Armas
lined to shortstop; Page flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Iorg flied out to left; Martinez flied out to
right; Griffin doubled to right; Garcia popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: On a bunt Heath grounded out (catcher to first);
Doyle grounded out (second to first); Picciolo flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez made an out to second; Mayberry made an out
to second; Woods singled to right; Moseby flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Murphy popped to first in foul territory; Spencer struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bonnell flied out to left; Iorg struck out;
Martinez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross walked; Armas struck out; Page struck out;
Heath flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Griffin flied out to right; Garcia made an out to
second; Velez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Doyle popped to first; Picciolo grounded out
(pitcher to first); Henderson singled to right; Henderson stole
second; Murphy singled to center [Henderson scored]; Spencer
walked [Murphy to second]; Gross was hit by a pitch [Murphy to
third, Spencer to second]; Armas singled to center [Murphy
scored, Spencer scored, Gross to third]; TODD REPLACED STIEB
(PITCHING); Page singled to left [Gross scored, Armas to
second]; Heath forced Armas (third unassisted); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 6.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Mayberry popped to catcher; Woods flied out to
right; Moseby singled to center; Bonnell singled to left [Moseby
to second]; UPSHAW BATTED FOR IORG; Upshaw flied out to left; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 6.