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Tuesday September 29, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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.



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