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The Blue Jays dealt Oakland its ninth consecutive road loss, defeating the A's, 6-3. The Jays jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a two-run double by Ernie Whitt and upped their margin to 3-0 in the third on a solo homer by Barry Bonnell. Alfredo Griffin stroked a two-run single in the fourth and Danny Ainge capped the Jays' scoring with an eighth-inning squeeze bunt. [The Sporting News] Toronto Blue Jays 6, Oakland Athletics 3Game Played on Friday, May 29, 1981 (Night game) at Exhibition StadiumA's 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Blue Jays 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 x - 6 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .321 Griffin ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 .203 Murphy cf 2 1 1 1 2 0 .250 Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .206 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .180 Bonnell cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Armas rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .248 Spencer 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .126 Moseby rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Heath c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Velez dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .198 Page dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .158 Macha 3b 1 1 0 0 1 1 .295 Drumright 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Ainge 3b 1 0 0 1 0 0 .162 Stanley ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .213 Bell lf 2 2 0 0 2 1 .233 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Whitt c 2 0 1 2 1 0 .220 Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 7 3 3 4 Totals 29 6 8 6 5 4 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 16,509 Left on Base: A's 5, Blue Jays 5 DP: A's 1, Blue Jays 2 Doubles: Stanley (2), Murphy (5), Armas (15), Whitt (4), Velez (2), Moseby (11) Home Runs: Bonnell (4) Caught Stealing: Heath (3) Sacrifice Hits: Ainge (1) GIDP: Heath (5), Moseby (3) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(6-2) 8 8 6 6 5 4 1 35 2.86 Totals 8 8 6 6 5 4 1 35 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy W(3-3) 5.1 5 3 3 3 3 0 23 5.06 Jackson SV(2) 3.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 2.41 Totals 9 7 3 3 3 4 0 35 Wild Pitches: Jackson (3) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Bill Kunkel ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy walked; Gross flied to right; Armas forced Murphy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied to right; Garcia singled to left; Bonnell grounded out (second to first) [Garcia to second]; Mayberry popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Spencer flied out to center; Heath singled to left; Page struck out while Heath was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Moseby struck out; Velez struck out; Macha walked; Bell walked [Macha to second]; Whitt doubled to center [Macha scored, Bell scored]; Griffin flied to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Drumright grounded out (second to first); Stanley grounded out (third to first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell homered; Mayberry popped to third; Moseby flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy walked; Gross flied to right; Armas popped to shortstop; Spencer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez doubled to left; Macha struck out; Bell walked; Ernie Whitt asked HP umpire Terry Cooney to check the ball to see if it had been altered by Matt Keough; Athletics Manager Billy Martin starting yelling from the bench and ignored a warning from Cooney to stop; after Martin was ejected by Cooney he ran onto the field and bumped Cooney; Martin kicked dirt on Cooney's shoes; when the umpire turned to walk away Martin threw two handfuls of dirt on Cooney's back; Whitt walked [Velez to third, Bell to second]; Griffin singled to left [Velez scored, Bell scored, Whitt out at third (left to shortstop), Griffin to second (on throw to 3b)]; Garcia popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 5TH: Heath grounded out (third to first); Page popped to shortstop; Drumright flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bonnell popped to catcher in foul territory; Mayberry walked; Moseby grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 6TH: AINGE REPLACED MACHA (PLAYING 3B); Stanley doubled to right; Henderson singled to left [Stanley to third]; Murphy doubled to right [Stanley scored, Henderson to third]; Gross walked; Armas popped to third; Spencer singled to center [Henderson scored, Murphy scored, Gross to third]; JACKSON REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Heath grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Spencer out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez popped to second; Ainge grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Drumright singled to second; JOHNSON BATTED FOR STANLEY; Jackson threw a wild pitch [Drumright to second]; Johnson struck out; Henderson flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING SS); Whitt grounded out (second to first); Griffin singled to right; Garcia popped to first; Bonnell popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Murphy flied to center; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Armas doubled to center; Spencer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Mayberry singled to first; Moseby doubled to left [Mayberry to third]; Velez popped to third; Ainge out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Mayberry scored, Moseby to third]; Bell struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 6. ATHLETICS 9TH: Heath popped to first; Page flied to right; Drumright flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 6. |
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