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Blue Jays 2 @ Athletics 3
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 23, 1981

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on May 23, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Blue Jays with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 23, 1981 
Visiting Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 2 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 3 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherJeff Jones  
Losing PitcherLuis Leal  
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Game Winning RBIRickey Henderson 

Game Info

DateMay 23, 1981 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Home TeamOakland Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherMark Bomback  
Home Starting PitcherMatt Keough  
BallparkOakland-Alameda County Stadium 
CityOakland 
StateCA 
Attendance27,147 
Time of Game4 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dave Phillips
1B: Jerry Neudecker
2B: Larry McCoy
3B: Durwood Merrill

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Alfredo Griffin  Shortstop 
Al Woods  Left Fielder 
Otto Velez  DH 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Lloyd Moseby  Right Fielder 
Barry Bonnell  Center Fielder 
Damaso Garcia  Second Baseman 
Garth Iorg  Third Baseman 
Ernie Whitt  Catcher 
Bobby Mattick  Manager 

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rickey Henderson  Left Fielder 
Dwayne Murphy  Center Fielder 
Wayne Gross  Third Baseman 
Tony Armas  Right Fielder 
Jim Spencer  First Baseman 
Mike Heath  Catcher 
Mitchell Page  DH 
Fred Stanley  Shortstop 
Brian Doyle  Second Baseman 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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Blue Jays 2 @ Athletics 3
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 23, 1981

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         Game of 5/23/1981 -- Toronto at Oakland (D)

  Toronto            AB  R  H RBI    Oakland            AB  R  H RBI
Griffin A, ss         7  0  1  0   Henderson R, lf       6  0  3  1   
Woods A, lf           6  1  1  0   Murphy D, cf          4  1  1  0   
Velez O, dh           5  1  2  0   Gross W, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Mayberry J, 1b        4  0  1  1   McKay D, 3b           2  0  0  0   
Bosetti R, pr         0  0  0  0   Armas T, rf           6  0  1  1   
Macha K, 1b           3  0  3  0   Spencer J, 1b         6  0  0  0   
Moseby L, rf          7  0  0  0   Heath M, c            5  1  2  1   
Bonnell B, cf         5  0  0  0   Page M, dh            4  1  1  0   
Garcia D, 2b          6  0  0  0   Stanley F, ss         3  0  0  0   
Iorg G, 3b            2  0  0  0   Picciolo R, ss        3  0  1  0   
Upshaw W, ph          1  0  0  0   Doyle B, 2b           4  0  0  0   
Ainge D, 3b           1  0  0  0   Hosley T, ph          1  0  0  0   
Whitt E, c            5  0  1  0   Babitt S, 2b          1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     52  2  9  1                        49  3 11  3

Toronto          000 000 002 000 000 --  2
Oakland          110 000 000 000 001 --  3
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bomback M             7.1  8  2  2  1  5
Willis M              0.2  0  0  0  1  0
McLaughlin J          3.0  1  0  0  2  3
Leal L (L)            3.1  2  1  1  1  6

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Keough M*             8.0  5  2  2  1  5
Owchinko B            0.2  1  0  0  1  0
Jones J (W)           6.1  3  0  0  4  3
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Gross W, Heath M
DP -- Toronto 1, Oakland 1
LOB -- Toronto 12, Oakland 9
HR -- Heath M
SB -- Ainge D
CS -- Henderson R, Griffin A, Murphy D
SH -- Whitt E
SF -- Henderson R
WP -- Bomback M
T -- 4:24
A -- 27147

    

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