Rick Langford recorded his 17th complete game in pitching the A's to a 6-0 shutout of the Blue Jays. The A's scored twice in the second inning on singles by Tony Armas and Wayne Gross and Keith Drumright's two-run double. Drumright had an RBI groundout and Dave McKay delivered a run-scoring single in the fourth. Gross belted a solo homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 0

Game Played on Wednesday, September 23, 1981 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

A's 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 - 6 10 0 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 3 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 5 0 1 1 0 4 .326 Griffin ss,2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .211 Murphy cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 .261 Moseby cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .234 Spencer 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Barfield rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .292 Armas rf 4 2 1 0 0 1 .260 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Gross 3b 4 3 3 1 0 1 .206 Velez dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Drumright dh 4 0 1 3 0 0 .288 Bell lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 McKay 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .251 Whitt c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .227 Newman c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Iorg 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Stanley ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .197 Macha pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Manrique 3b,ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mirabella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Espinosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 6 10 6 1 10 Totals 31 0 5 0 2 6 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 14,114 Left on Base: A's 6, Blue Jays 7 DP: A's 1, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Griffin, Manrique 2 Triples: Drumright (1), Griffin (6) Home Runs: Gross (10) Stolen Bases: Stanley (2) GIDP: Newman (6), Barfield (3) Hit by Pitch: Iorg (1,by Langford) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(11-9) 9 5 0 0 2 6 0 34 2.71 Totals 9 5 0 0 2 6 0 34 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy L(6-11) 6 6 5 4 1 6 1 26 4.85 Todd 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4.03 Mirabella 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6.23 Espinosa 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 6.15 Totals 9 10 6 5 1 10 1 39 Hit by Pitch: Langford (2) Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Ted Hendry ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson was called out on strikes; Murphy was called out on strikes; Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to right; Moseby grounded out (first to pitcher); Barfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to center; Gross singled to right [Armas to second]; Drumright tripled to right [Armas scored, Gross scored]; McKay flied out to left; Newman struck out; Stanley lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (third to first); Velez struck out; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson struck out; Murphy struck out; Spencer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Whitt walked; Iorg flied out to right; Manrique forced Whitt (third to second); Griffin singled to right [Manrique to second]; Moseby singled to right [Manrique to third, Griffin to second]; Barfield struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas reached on an error by Griffin; Gross singled to right [Armas to third, Gross to second (error by Manrique)]; Drumright grounded out (second to first) [Armas scored (unearned), Gross to third]; McKay singled to center [Gross scored]; Newman popped to second; Stanley flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry flied out to left; Velez popped to second; Bell singled to shortstop; Whitt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson struck out; Murphy popped to shortstop; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Iorg grounded out (second to first); Manrique struck out; Griffin tripled to center; Moseby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross homered; Drumright grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay walked; Newman flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Barfield flied out to right; Mayberry popped to third; Velez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: TODD REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Stanley reached on an error by Manrique; Henderson struck out; Murphy struck out; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bell struck out; Whitt walked; Iorg was hit by a pitch [Whitt to second]; MACHA RAN FOR IORG; Manrique flied out to center; Griffin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: GRIFFIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); MACHA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MANRIQUE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MIRABELLA REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Armas struck out; Gross struck out; Drumright grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Moseby singled to left; Barfield grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Moseby out at second]; Mayberry flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: ESPINOSA REPLACED MIRABELLA (PITCHING); McKay singled to right; Newman grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [McKay out at second]; Stanley singled to right; Stanley stole second; Henderson singled to center [Stanley scored]; Murphy singled to second [Henderson to second]; Spencer flied out to left; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez flied out to center; Bell grounded out (third to first); Whitt flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Blue Jays 0.

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