| Tom Underwood recorded his first complete game of the season on a four-hitter as the A's downed the Blue Jays, 5-1. Oakland picked up a pair of markers in the fifth inning on Mike Heath's grounder which was fumbled by Jays shortstop Alfredo Griffin, and a squeeze bunt by Dave McKay. Jim Spencer cracked an RBI double in the sixth and the A's scored two runs in the seventh on singles by Keith Drumright, McKay, Fred Stanley and Rickey Henderson. [The Sporting News] |
Oakland Athletics 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 29, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 A's 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 x - 5 9 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Henderson lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .324 Woods lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Murphy cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .251 Barfield rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .259 Spencer 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .194 Mayberry 1b 2 1 1 1 1 0 .248 Armas rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .257 Upshaw pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .208 Wells ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Drumright dh 3 1 1 0 0 0 .295 Velez dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .216 Sexton pr,dh 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Cox 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .310 Heath c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .241 Moseby cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 McKay 2b 3 1 2 2 0 0 .259 Iorg 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Stanley ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .199 Martinez c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .232 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 4 1 2 10 Totals 31 5 9 5 3 4 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 10,998 Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, A's 6 DP: Blue Jays 1, A's 0 Errors: Griffin Doubles: Velez (9), Spencer (8) Home Runs: Mayberry (16) Stolen Bases: Sexton (2) Sacrifice Hits: McKay (2) GIDP: Gross (7) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy L(6-12) 6.1 6 5 4 2 2 0 27 4.90 Murray 1.2 3 0 0 1 2 0 8 1.50 Totals 8 9 5 4 3 4 0 35 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood W(4-6) 9 4 1 1 2 10 1 33 3.67 Totals 9 4 1 1 2 10 1 33 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - George Maloney BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Woods grounded out (third to first); Barfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson made an out to second; Murphy struck out; Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to right; Velez struck out; Cox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to center; Gross grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Armas out at second]; Drumright grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Moseby grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg struck out; Martinez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay grounded out (second to first); Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Woods flied out to right; Barfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy grounded out (second to first); Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry homered; Velez doubled to left; Cox grounded out (third to first) [Velez to third]; Moseby made an out to shortstop; Iorg grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas singled to right; Gross walked [Armas to second]; Drumright forced Gross (second unassisted) [Armas to third]; Heath reached on an error by Griffin [Armas scored, Drumright to third]; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Drumright scored (unearned), Heath to second]; suicide squeeze; Stanley made an out to second; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Martinez walked; Griffin made an out to first; Woods flied out to left; Barfield grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson walked; Murphy grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to second]; Spencer doubled to left [Henderson scored]; Armas struck out; Gross made an out to catcher; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry walked; UPSHAW RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Velez flied out to left; Cox flied out to right; Moseby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: UPSHAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Drumright singled to right; SEXTON RAN FOR DRUMRIGHT; Sexton stole second; Heath made an out to shortstop; McKay singled to right [Sexton scored]; Stanley singled to left [McKay to second]; MURRAY REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Henderson singled to center [McKay scored, Stanley to second]; Murphy walked [Stanley to third, Henderson to second]; Spencer struck out; Armas flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: SEXTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Iorg grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez singled to left; Griffin flied out to center; Woods singled to left [Martinez to second]; Barfield struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross struck out; Sexton grounded out (third to first); Heath singled to right; McKay singled to right [Heath to third, McKay out at second (right to third to second)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 5. BLUE JAYS 9TH: WELLS BATTED FOR UPSHAW; Wells struck out; Velez struck out; Cox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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