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A two-run rally in the top of the ninth inning enabled the A's to edge the Blue Jays, 6-5, ending Toronto's four-game winning skein. The A's trailed, 5-4, when pinch-hitter Tim Hosley began the ninth with a walk and was replaced by pinch-runner Dave McKay, who went to second on a single by Rickey Henderson. Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5Game Played on Sunday, May 31, 1981 (Day game) at Exhibition StadiumA's 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 6 12 2 Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .323 Griffin ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .201 Murphy cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .256 Garcia 2b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .213 Gross 3b 4 1 3 3 0 1 .204 Bonnell cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .238 Armas rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Velez dh 4 2 2 1 1 1 .212 Heath rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Upshaw pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Spencer 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .138 Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Johnson dh 3 1 2 0 1 1 .228 Ainge 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Newman c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .210 Iorg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Drumright 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .357 Macha 3b,1b 2 0 0 0 3 0 .260 Stanley ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Moseby rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .238 Page ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Bell lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Martinez c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .200 Hosley ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .111 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McKay pr,ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .232 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood 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 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Owchinko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 12 5 4 7 Totals 32 5 7 5 7 3 Time of Game: 3:07 Attendance: 24,079 Left on Base: A's 7, Blue Jays 10 DP: A's 1, Blue Jays 2 Errors: Gross, Stanley, Todd Doubles: Newman (6), Martinez (2), Garcia (4), Velez 2 (5) Home Runs: Gross (4) Stolen Bases: Henderson (31), Griffin 2 (6) Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (6), Griffin (4), Bonnell (3) Sacrifice Flies: Gross (2) GIDP: Drumright (1), Heath (6) Hit by Pitch: Mayberry (6,by Underwood) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood 4.2 6 5 3 4 3 0 25 4.57 Jones 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 2.70 Owchinko W(3-1) 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 1.29 Totals 9 7 5 3 7 3 0 42 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Todd 5.1 5 2 2 3 5 1 23 3.56 Jackson 2.1 4 2 2 0 1 0 10 2.72 McLaughlin L(0-4) 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 4 2.70 Garvin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.68 Totals 9 12 6 6 4 7 1 40 Hit by Pitch: Underwood (1) Wild Pitches: Todd 2 (3), Garvin (3) Balks: Underwood (2) Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - John Shulock ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to third]; Gross struck out; Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin singled to right; Griffin stole second; Garcia struck out; Bonnell hit into a double play (right to right to third) [Griffin out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson walked; Todd threw a wild pitch [Johnson to second]; Newman flied to left; Johnson was picked off second but was safe on an error by Todd [Johnson to third]; Drumright struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez walked; Mayberry was hit by a pitch [Velez to second]; Macha forced Mayberry (third to second) [Velez to third]; Moseby forced Macha (first to shortstop) [Velez scored, Moseby to second (error by Stanley)]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Henderson struck out; Murphy singled to right; Gross homered [Murphy scored]; Armas popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Martinez doubled to center; Griffin grounded out (second to first); Garcia doubled to right [Martinez to third]; Bonnell popped to right; Velez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Spencer singled to first; Johnson singled to center [Spencer to second]; Newman flied to left; Drumright grounded into a double play (second to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry struck out; Macha walked; Moseby popped to third; Bell flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Stanley flied to center; Henderson grounded out (second to first); Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: HEATH REPLACED ARMAS (PLAYING RF); Martinez walked; Griffin reached on an error by Gross on a sacrifice bunt [Martinez to third, Griffin to second]; Garcia singled to center [Martinez scored, Griffin scored (unearned)]; Underwood balked [Garcia to second]; Bonnell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Garcia to third]; Velez doubled to right [Garcia scored]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted) [Velez to third]; Macha walked; Moseby singled to right [Velez scored (unearned), Macha to second]; JONES REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Bell forced Moseby (shortstop to second); 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross singled to center; Heath forced Gross (third to second); Todd threw a wild pitch [Heath to second]; Spencer walked; JACKSON REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Johnson struck out; Newman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Martinez popped to second; Griffin walked; Griffin stole second; Garcia flied to right; Bonnell walked; Velez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: AINGE REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING 3B); MACHA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Drumright singled to left; PAGE BATTED FOR STANLEY; Page flied to left; Henderson flied to left; Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING SS); OWCHINKO REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Ainge grounded out (shortstop to first); Macha walked; Moseby grounded out (second to first) [Macha to second]; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross singled to right; Heath grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gross out at second]; Spencer singled to right; Johnson singled to center [Spencer to second]; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Newman doubled to right [Spencer scored, Johnson to third]; Drumright singled to center [Johnson scored, Newman out at home (center to catcher)]; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Martinez flied to left; Griffin flied to left; Garcia flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: HOSLEY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Hosley walked; MCKAY RAN FOR HOSLEY; Henderson singled to center [McKay to second]; GARVIN REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [McKay to third, Henderson to second]; Garvin threw a wild pitch [McKay scored, Henderson to third]; Gross hit a sacrifice fly to right [Henderson scored]; Heath struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 9TH: MCKAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez doubled to center; UPSHAW RAN FOR VELEZ; IORG BATTED FOR AINGE; Iorg grounded out (third to first); Macha flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Blue Jays 5. |
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