Pushing across a run in the bottom of the 15th inning, the A's edged the Blue Jays, 3-2. Mitchell Page began the A's 15th with a walk and advanced to second on a single by Rob Picciolo. Shooty Babitt then bunted safely to load the bases and Rickey Henderson ended the game with a sacrifice fly to center. The Jays had deadlocked the contest with two runs in the ninth, one scoring on a single by John Mayberry and the other on a double-play grounder. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Game Played on Saturday, May 23, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 A's 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 11 2 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 7 0 1 0 0 0 .202 Henderson lf 6 0 3 1 0 2 .302 Woods lf 6 1 1 0 1 1 .210 Murphy cf 4 1 1 0 2 2 .255 Velez dh 5 1 2 0 2 1 .207 Gross 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .193 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .261 McKay 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .208 Bosetti pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Armas rf 6 0 1 1 0 2 .294 Macha 1b 3 0 3 0 0 0 .308 Spencer 1b 6 0 0 0 0 3 .125 Moseby rf 7 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Heath c 5 1 2 1 1 0 .236 Bonnell cf 5 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Page dh 4 1 1 0 2 2 .159 Garcia 2b 6 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Stanley ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Iorg 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Upshaw ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Doyle 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Ainge 3b 1 0 0 0 2 0 .171 Hosley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Whitt c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .189 Babitt 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Bomback p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Owchinko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 52 2 9 1 6 8 Totals 49 3 11 3 5 14 Time of Game: 4:24 Attendance: 27,147 Left on Base: Blue Jays 12, A's 9 DP: Blue Jays 1, A's 1 Errors: Gross, Heath Home Runs: Heath (3) Stolen Bases: Ainge (5) Caught Stealing: Griffin (3), Henderson (10), Murphy (3) Sacrifice Hits: Whitt (2) Sacrifice Flies: Henderson (1) GIDP: Moseby (2) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bomback 7.1 8 2 2 1 5 1 28 3.51 Willis 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4.85 McLaughlin 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 12 2.03 Leal L(2-5) 3.1 2 1 1 1 6 0 13 3.33 Totals 14.1 11 3 3 5 14 1 55 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough 8 5 2 2 1 5 0 30 2.42 Owchinko 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.26 Jones W(3-1) 6.1 3 0 0 4 3 0 26 3.00 Totals 15 9 2 2 6 8 0 59 Wild Pitches: Bomback (3) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Durwood Merrill BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin lined to first; Woods was called out on strikes; Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to center; Henderson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Murphy walked; Bomback threw a wild pitch [Murphy to second]; Gross grounded out (first unassisted) [Murphy to third]; Armas singled to left [Murphy scored]; Spencer struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to right; Moseby flied out to left; Bonnell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath homered; Page struck out; Stanley made an out to second; Doyle grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia flied out to center; Iorg was called out on strikes; Whitt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson struck out; Murphy struck out; Gross singled to second [Gross out at second (second to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin singled to left; Woods grounded out (shortstop to first) [Griffin to second]; Griffin was caught stealing third but was safe at third (error by Gross; assist by Heath); Velez walked; Mayberry popped to catcher; Moseby grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer grounded out (second to first); Heath singled to left; Page flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Garcia lined to pitcher; Iorg grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: On a bunt Stanley grounded out (catcher to first); Doyle popped to first in foul territory; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Whitt made an out to third; Griffin grounded out (second to first); Woods made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy singled to right; Murphy was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Gross popped to catcher in foul territory; Armas made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez singled to third; Mayberry flied out to right; Moseby flied out to left; Bonnell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Spencer flied out to left; Heath flied out to center; Page singled to right; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Garcia flied out to left; UPSHAW BATTED FOR IORG; Upshaw flied out to left; Whitt singled to third; Griffin flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: AINGE REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING 3B); Doyle grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson singled to right; WILLIS REPLACED BOMBACK (PITCHING); Murphy walked [Henderson to second]; Gross hit into a double play (center to second) [Henderson out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: MCKAY REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Woods singled to shortstop; Velez singled to left [Woods to second]; OWCHINKO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Mayberry singled to right [Woods scored, Velez to third]; BOSETTI RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Moseby grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Velez scored, Bosetti out at second]; PICCIOLO REPLACED STANLEY (PLAYING SS); Bonnell walked; Fred Stanley hurt by take out slide on DP; JONES REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); Garcia struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: MACHA REPLACED BOSETTI (PLAYING 1B); MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Armas struck out; Spencer flied out to right; Heath walked; Page walked [Heath to second]; Picciolo popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 10TH: Ainge walked; Whitt out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ainge to second]; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first) [Ainge to third]; Woods was walked intentionally; Velez forced Woods (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 10TH: Doyle flied out to left; Henderson singled to left; Murphy grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to second]; McKay struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 11TH: Macha singled to third; Moseby grounded out (second to first) [Macha to second]; Bonnell popped to catcher in foul territory; Garcia grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 11TH: Armas popped to third in foul territory; Spencer struck out; Heath grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 12TH: Ainge popped to first in foul territory; Whitt made an out to second; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 12TH: LEAL REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); Page struck out; Picciolo flied out to center; HOSLEY BATTED FOR DOYLE; Hosley made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 13TH: BABITT REPLACED HOSLEY (PLAYING 2B); Woods grounded out (first unassisted); Velez walked; Macha singled to right [Velez to third]; Moseby struck out; Bonnell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 13TH: Henderson struck out; Murphy struck out; McKay was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 14TH: Garcia flied out to left; Ainge walked; Ainge stole second [Ainge to third (error by Heath)]; Whitt grounded out (second to first); Griffin made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 14TH: Armas struck out; Spencer struck out; Heath popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 15TH: Woods lined to first; Velez flied out to left; Macha singled to right; Moseby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 15TH: Page walked; Picciolo singled to right [Page to second]; On a bunt Babitt singled to third [Page to third, Picciolo to second]; Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Page scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 3.

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