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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 2Game Played on Friday, May 22, 1981 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumBlue 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. |
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