Cliff Johnson blasted his 15th homer of the season leading off the top of the 11th inning to snap a 4-4 tie and give the A's a 5-4 triumph over the Orioles. The A's had tied the score in the top of the ninth on a solo homer by Tony Armas, achieving the comeback after spotting the Birds a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Three of Baltimore's runs came on a homer by Doug DeCinces. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Baltimore Orioles 4
Game Played on Friday, September 4, 1981 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  1    0  1  -   5 12  1
Orioles      4  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   4  8  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          5   1   3   0     1   1   .324      Bumbry cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .259
Murphy cf             6   1   2   1     0   3   .271      Dauer 2b              6   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Johnson dh            6   2   2   1     0   0   .250      Singleton rf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .313
Armas rf              4   1   2   3     1   0   .283        Belanger ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .165
Heath c               6   0   2   0     0   0   .244        Crowley ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Klutts 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .286        Ayala ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Gross ph,3b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .187        Ripken ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Moore 1b              3   0   0   0     2   1   .231      Murray 1b             3   1   3   1     2   0   .267
McKay 2b,ss           4   0   0   0     1   1   .213      Lowenstein lf         3   0   0   0     1   2   .254
Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .295
  Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corey rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Picciolo ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .225      DeCinces 3b           5   1   1   3     0   1   .261
  Spencer ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .202      Graham dh             4   0   0   0     1   1   .174
  Babitt pr,2b        1   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Dempsey c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .215
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Royster c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sakata ss             3   0   2   0     0   0   .237
  Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Roenicke rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .298
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Dwyer ph,lf         0   0   0   0     2   0   .236
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44   5  12   5     6   7             Totals               39   4   8   4     7   6

Time of Game: 4:16   Attendance: 15,733
Left on Base: A's 13, Orioles 11
DP: A's 0, Orioles 2
Errors: Gross, Dauer
Doubles: Henderson 2 (16), Johnson (5), Armas (21)
Home Runs: Armas (21), Johnson (15), DeCinces (11)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry (18)
Caught Stealing: Murray (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bumbry 2 (3)
GIDP: Gross (5)
Hit by Pitch: Armas (2,by Stoddard)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman                 6.2   7   4   4   2   2   1  29   3.59
Jones                   1.2   1   0   0   3   2   0   9   2.94
Underwood W(3-5)        1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   6   3.82
Owchinko                0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.55
Beard SV(1)             0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                 11     8   4   4   7   6   1  48

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor                4.2   8   3   3   0   2   0  22   3.59
Stewart                 2.2   1   0   0   6   3   0  15   1.77
T. Martinez             0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.27
Stoddard L(3-2)         3.1   3   2   2   0   1   2  13   4.40
Totals                 11    12   5   5   6   7   2  51

Hit by Pitch: Stoddard (2)
Balks: McGregor (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Larry Barnett


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson doubled to right; Murphy struck out;
Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Armas grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to first; Dauer flied out to center;
Bumbry stole second; Singleton singled to center [Bumbry to
third]; Murray singled to right [Bumbry scored, Singleton to
second]; Lowenstein struck out; DeCinces homered [Singleton
scored, Murray scored]; Graham walked; Dempsey flied out to
right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath singled to left; Klutts reached on an error
by Dauer [Heath to second, Klutts to first]; Moore hit into a
double play (third to second) [Heath out at third, Klutts out at
second]; McGregor balked [Moore to second]; McKay grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 2ND: Sakata singled to left; Bumbry grounded out (third
to first) [Sakata to second]; Dauer grounded out (third to
first); Singleton lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Stanley flied out to left; Henderson struck out;
Murphy singled to shortstop; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 3RD: Murray walked; Murray was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Lowenstein struck out; DeCinces made an out
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Heath
singled to center; Klutts grounded out (third to first) [Heath
to second]; Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Graham flied out to left; Dempsey flied out to
right; Sakata singled to left; Bumbry flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: McKay grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley
grounded out (third to first); Henderson doubled to center;
Murphy singled to left [Henderson scored]; Johnson doubled to
left [Murphy to third]; Armas doubled to left [Murphy scored,
Johnson scored]; STEWART REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Heath
lined to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles
4.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton flied out to
center; Murray singled to first; Lowenstein grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Klutts struck out; Moore walked; McKay walked
[Moore to second]; DAVIS BATTED FOR STANLEY; Davis forced McKay
(shortstop to second) [Moore to third]; Henderson walked [Davis
to second]; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics
3, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING SS); DeCinces
flied out to left; Graham grounded out (first unassisted);
Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Johnson lined to left; Armas walked; Heath made
an out to second; GROSS BATTED FOR KLUTTS; Gross grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles
4.

ORIOLES 7TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Sakata reached
on an error by Gross; Bumbry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Sakata to second]; Dauer flied out to left; JONES
REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Singleton grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BELANGER REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING SS);
ROENICKE REPLACED SAKATA (PLAYING RF); Moore walked; McKay
struck out; SPENCER BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Spencer walked [Moore
to second]; BABITT RAN FOR SPENCER; Henderson singled to right
[Moore to third, Babitt to second]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STEWART
(PITCHING); Murphy struck out; STODDARD REPLACED T. MARTINEZ
(PITCHING); Johnson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: BABITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MCKAY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Murray singled to left; Lowenstein
walked [Murray to second]; DeCinces struck out; Graham forced
Lowenstein (first to shortstop) [Murray to third]; Dempsey
struck out; Rick Dempsey and Orioles Manager Earl Weaver
ejected by HP umpire Nick Bremigan arguing ball on Tony
Armas; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: ROYSTER REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING C ); Armas
homered; Heath grounded out (first to pitcher); Gross popped to
third in foul territory; Moore struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: DWYER BATTED FOR ROENICKE; Dwyer walked; Bumbry
walked [Dwyer to second]; Dauer lined to third; CROWLEY BATTED
FOR BELANGER; UNDERWOOD REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); AYALA BATTED
FOR CROWLEY; Ayala grounded out (pitcher to first) [Dwyer to
third, Bumbry to second]; Murray was walked intentionally;
MORALES BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Morales was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 4, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 10TH: RIPKEN REPLACED AYALA (PLAYING SS); COREY
REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING RF); DWYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
LF); McKay grounded out (second to first); Babitt singled to
center; Henderson forced Babitt (second to shortstop); Murphy
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 10TH: DeCinces flied out to center; Graham struck out;
Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Johnson homered; Armas was hit by a pitch; On a
bunt Heath popped to catcher in foul territory; Gross grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Armas out at
second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 11TH: OWCHINKO REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Dwyer
walked; Bumbry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Dwyer to second]; BEARD REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); Dauer
flied out to left; Ripken popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Orioles 4.