The A's won both ends of a doubleheader from the Blue Jays, 6-5 in a 12-inning first game and 5-0 in the second game as Mike Norris became the league's first seven game winner. After the Jays went ahead, 5-4, in the top of the 11th inning of the opener on a run-scoring single by Garth Iorg, the A's knotted the count in the bottom of the frame on a solo homer by Tony Armas. Rob Picciolo opened the A's 12th with a walk, reached second on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Rickey Henderson.

The A's got all of their runs in the second game in the third inning on singles by Picciolo, Henderson and Dwayne Murphy and back-to-back homers by Cliff Johnson and Armas. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, May       24, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   5  6  1
A's          2  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   6 15  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            5   1   1   0     1   1   .202      Henderson lf          5   1   4   1     2   0   .317
Garcia 2b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Murphy cf             3   0   1   0     2   0   .256
Bonnell rf,lf         4   2   2   3     1   0   .231      Gross 3b              5   1   1   0     1   0   .194
Velez dh              1   0   0   0     3   0   .204      Armas rf              6   1   4   3     0   0   .306
Macha 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Spencer 1b            5   0   1   0     1   0   .130
  Moseby ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Johnson dh            4   1   1   0     2   1   .227
Bell lf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Heath c               6   0   1   0     0   1   .233
  Upshaw ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Stanley ss            3   1   1   1     1   0   .203
  Iorg ph,1b          2   0   1   1     0   0   .250        Hosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .111
Bosetti cf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .244        Picciolo ss         0   1   0   0     1   0   .253
Ainge 3b              5   0   0   0     0   3   .164      Doyle 2b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Martinez c            5   1   1   1     0   2   .188        Babitt 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jackson 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

Totals               40   5   6   5     5   9             Totals               43   6  15   5    10   3

Time of Game: 4:00
Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, A's 15
DP: Blue Jays 2, A's 1
Errors: Martinez
Doubles: Heath (4)
Home Runs: Bonnell (2), Armas (10)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (28), Gross (2), Johnson (2)
Caught Stealing: Henderson 2 (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Velez (1), Babitt (2)
GIDP: Macha (2), Babitt (2), Heath (4)
Hit by Pitch: Murphy (1,by Willis)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy                  5.2   8   4   3   6   2   0  28   5.06
Willis                  2     2   0   0   2   0   0  11   4.50
Jackson                 2.2   4   1   1   1   1   1  12   2.83
McLaughlin L(0-3)       1     1   1   1   1   0   0   4   2.25
Totals                 11.1  15   6   5  10   3   1  55

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood               8     4   4   4   4   6   1  31   4.43
McLaughlin              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   8.53
Owchinko W(2-1)         3.2   2   1   1   1   3   0  14   1.50
Totals                 12     6   5   5   5   9   1  46

Hit by Pitch: Willis (1)
Wild Pitches: Clancy (8)
Balks: Underwood (1)

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Garcia
popped to third in foul territory; Bonnell made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to center; Murphy flied out to
left; Clancy threw a wild pitch [Henderson to second]; Gross
walked; Henderson stole third and Gross stole second; Armas
singled to left [Henderson scored, Gross scored]; Spencer flied
out to right; Johnson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: BABITT REPLACED DOYLE (PLAYING 2B); Velez walked;
Macha grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Velez out at second]; Bell lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath grounded out (catcher to first); Stanley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Babitt grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Ainge was
called out on strikes; Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson walked; Henderson was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Murphy walked; Gross forced
Murphy (second to shortstop); Armas singled to left [Gross to
second]; Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin struck out; On a bunt Garcia grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bonnell grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Johnson singled to center; Johnson stole second;
Heath struck out; Stanley singled to center [Johnson scored];
Babitt grounded into a double play (third to shortstop to first)
[Stanley out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Athletics 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Velez flied out to left; Macha flied out to
right; Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson walked; Henderson was caught stealing
second (catcher to first to shortstop); Murphy singled to
center; Gross singled to right [Murphy to third]; Armas made an
out to second; Spencer walked [Gross to second]; Johnson forced
Spencer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Athletics 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti singled to center; Underwood balked
[Bosetti to second]; Ainge grounded out (third to first)
[Bosetti to third]; Martinez singled to left [Bosetti scored];
Griffin singled to center [Martinez to second]; Garcia grounded
out (second to first) [Martinez to third, Griffin to second];
Bonnell homered [Martinez scored, Griffin scored]; Velez walked;
Macha was called out on strikes; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 4, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Heath lined to third; Stanley walked; Babitt
flied out to center; Henderson singled to left [Stanley to
second]; WILLIS REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Murphy walked
[Stanley to third, Henderson to second]; Stanley was picked off
third but was safe on an error by Martinez [Stanley scored
(unearned)]; Gross grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R (0 ER),
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Athletics 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bell popped to first; Bosetti flied out to left;
Ainge was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer
grounded out (first to pitcher); Johnson walked; Heath grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Athletics 4.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Martinez struck out; Griffin flied out to center;
Garcia grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Stanley flied out to center; Babitt singled to
second; Henderson singled to center [Babitt to second]; Murphy
was hit by a pitch [Babitt to third, Henderson to second]; Gross
popped to catcher in foul territory; JACKSON REPLACED WILLIS
(PITCHING); Armas was credited with a single when a runner was
hit by the batted ball [Babitt stayed at third, Henderson out at
third (shortstop unassisted), Murphy to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Athletics 4.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bonnell walked; Velez walked [Bonnell to second];
MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); MOSEBY BATTED FOR
MACHA; On a bunt Moseby made an out to pitcher; UPSHAW BATTED
FOR BELL; OWCHINKO REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); IORG BATTED
FOR UPSHAW; Iorg grounded out (third to first) [Bonnell to
third, Velez to second]; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: MOSEBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); IORG STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Spencer flied out to left; Johnson flied out to left; Heath
doubled to left; HOSLEY BATTED FOR STANLEY; Hosley struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Athletics 4.

BLUE JAYS 10TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED HOSLEY (PLAYING SS); Ainge
grounded out (second to first); Martinez was called out on
strikes; Griffin walked; Garcia grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Babitt popped to first in foul territory;
Henderson flied out to left; Murphy grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Athletics 4.

BLUE JAYS 11TH: Bonnell singled to left; Velez out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bonnell to second]; Moseby
grounded out (second to first) [Bonnell to third]; Iorg singled
to center [Bonnell scored]; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Gross flied out to right; Armas homered; Spencer
singled to right; Johnson walked [Spencer to second]; MCLAUGHLIN
REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Heath grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 5.

BLUE JAYS 12TH: Ainge was called out on strikes; Martinez flied
out to center; Griffin popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 12TH: Picciolo walked; Babitt out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Picciolo to second]; Henderson singled to
right [Picciolo scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5,
Athletics 6.