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May 31, 1981

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Athletics	6	12	2
Blue Jays	5	7	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Athletics	6	12	2
Blue Jays	5	7	1

Ken Macha Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.265
OBP	.750	.333
At Bats	1	49
Hits	0	13
• Singles	0	11
• Doubles	0	2
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	3	5
RBI’s	0	4

Bob Owchinko Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	1	2

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Exhibition Stadium - May 31, 1981

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Out

Bob Owchinko

Jeff Newman

Jim Spencer

Keith Drumright

Wayne Gross

Dave McKay

Rickey Henderson

Dwayne Murphy

Mike Heath

Ken Macha

Willie Upshaw

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Oakland Athletics	6	12	2	7
Toronto Blue Jays	5	7	1	10
Winning Pitcher	Bob Owchinko
Losing Pitcher	Joey McLaughlin
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Wayne Gross
Attendance	24,079
Time of Game	3 hours 7 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Macha hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Willie Upshaw pinch runs for Otto Velez. Garth Iorg pinch hits for Danny Ainge. Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Velez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Velez reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 9 Dave McKay now playing shortstop. Bonnell hits a ball on the ground towards short. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Heath strikes out.

Top 9 Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Henderson tags and scores.

Top 9 There's a wild pitch. McKay scores. Henderson moves to third.

Top 9 Jerry Garvin now pitching. Murphy bunts towards first. Macha scoops it up and throws to first, with Garcia covering, for the out. McKay moves to third. Henderson moves to second.

Top 9 Dave McKay pinch runs for Tim Hosley. Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McKay moves to second.

Top 9 Tim Hosley pinch hits for Rob Picciolo. Hosley takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Griffin hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Drumright hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. There goes Newman trying to get to home. Bonnell throws the ball in to Martinez who tags Newman who's trying to score from second, for the out.

Top 8 Joey McLaughlin now pitching. Newman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moseby. Newman reaches second base with a double. Spencer scores. Johnson moves to third.

Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second.

Top 8 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 8 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 8 Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Macha moves to second.

Bottom 7 Macha takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Rob Picciolo now playing shortstop. Bob Owchinko now pitching. Ainge hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Macha scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murphy for the out.

Top 7 Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Mitchell Page pinch hits for Fred Stanley. Page hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Danny Ainge now playing third base. Ken Macha now playing first base. Drumright hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Velez hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Bonnell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 There goes Griffin. The throw from Newman and he is safe. Griffin steals second.

Bottom 6 Griffin takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Drumright settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macha fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Roy Lee Jackson now pitching. Johnson strikes out.

Top 6 Spencer takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Heath moves to second.

Top 6 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macha fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 6 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Jeff Jones now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 5 Moseby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Velez scores. Macha moves to second. That run is unearned.

Bottom 5 Macha takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. Velez moves to third.

Bottom 5 Velez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heath. Velez reaches second base with a double. Garcia scores.

Bottom 5 Bonnell bunts towards the mound. Underwood fields it and throws to first for the out. Garcia moves to third.

Bottom 5 The umpire calls a balk on Underwood Garcia moves to second.

Bottom 5 Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martinez scores. Griffin scores.

Bottom 5 Griffin bunts towards third. Gross juggles the ball. That's an error on Gross. Martinez moves to third. Griffin moves to second.

Bottom 5 Mike Heath now playing right field. Martinez takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Murphy strikes out.

Top 5 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Bonnell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Moseby hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Macha takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Mayberry strikes out.

Top 4 Drumright hits a ball on the ground towards second. Garcia scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Top 4 Newman hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second.

Top 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields the ball and throws to Todd covering. Safe.

Bottom 3 Velez is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 Bonnell hits a popup into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Garcia hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Armas. Garcia reaches second base with a double. Martinez moves to third.

Bottom 3 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Martinez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Martinez reaches second base with a double.

Top 3 Armas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Gross hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 3 Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 3 Henderson strikes out.

Top 3 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macha fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer throws to second for one, and Stanley throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Velez scores. Moseby moves to second.

Bottom 2 Macha hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. Velez moves to third.

Bottom 2 Mayberry is hit by the pitch. Velez moves to second.

Bottom 2 Velez takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Drumright strikes out.

Top 2 Todd spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Todd. Johnson moves to third.

Top 2 Newman hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Johnson moves to second.

Top 2 Johnson takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Todd fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Bonnell hits a fly ball towards right. Armas catches it and throws to third to double up .

Bottom 1 Garcia strikes out.

Bottom 1 There goes Griffin. The throw from Newman and he is safe. Griffin steals second.

Bottom 1 Griffin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Armas strikes out.

Top 1 Gross strikes out.

Top 1 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Henderson moves to third.

Top 1 There goes Henderson. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Henderson steals second.

Top 1 Henderson takes first base on ball four.

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