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Athletics 6 @ Blue Jays 5
Exhibition Stadium
May 31, 1981

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 31, 1981 at Exhibition Stadium. The home team Blue Jays were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 31, 1981 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 6 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 5 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherBob Owchinko  
Losing PitcherJoey McLaughlin  
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Game Winning RBIWayne Gross 

Game Info

DateMay 31, 1981 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Visiting Starting PitcherTom Underwood  
Home Starting PitcherJackson Todd  
BallparkExhibition Stadium 
CityToronto 
StateONT 
Attendance24,079 
Time of Game3 hours 7 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Vic Voltaggio
1B: Bill Kunkel
2B: Terry Cooney
3B: John Shulock

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 
Cliff Johnson  DH 
Jeff Newman  Catcher 
Keith Drumright  Second Baseman 
Fred Stanley  Shortstop 
Billy Martin  Manager 

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Alfredo Griffin  Shortstop 
Damaso Garcia  Second Baseman 
Barry Bonnell  Center Fielder 
Otto Velez  DH 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Ken Macha  Third Baseman 
Lloyd Moseby  Right Fielder 
George Bell  Left Fielder 
Buck Martinez  Catcher 
Bobby Mattick  Manager 

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Athletics 6 @ Blue Jays 5
Exhibition Stadium
May 31, 1981

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         Game of 5/31/1981 -- Oakland at Toronto (D)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Toronto            AB  R  H RBI
Henderson R, lf       4  1  1  0   Griffin A, ss         3  1  1  0   
Murphy D, cf          4  1  1  0   Garcia D, 2b          5  1  2  2   
Gross W, 3b           4  1  3  3   Bonnell B, cf         3  0  0  0   
Armas T, rf           2  0  0  0   Velez O, dh           4  2  2  1   
Heath M, rf           3  0  0  0   Upshaw W, pr          0  0  0  0   
Spencer J, 1b         3  1  2  0   Mayberry J, 1b        2  0  0  0   
Johnson C, dh         3  1  2  0   Ainge D, 3b           1  0  0  0   
Newman J, c           4  0  1  1   Iorg G, ph            1  0  0  0   
Drumright K, 2b       4  0  2  1   Macha K, 3b-1b        2  0  0  0   
Stanley F, ss         2  0  0  0   Moseby L, rf          4  0  1  2   
Page M, ph            1  0  0  0   Bell G, lf            4  0  0  0   
Picciolo R, ss        0  0  0  0   Martinez B, c         3  1  1  0   
Hosley T, ph          0  0  0  0                                      
McKay D, pr-ss        0  1  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  6 12  5                        32  5  7  5

Oakland          002 000 022 --  6
Toronto          010 040 000 --  5

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Underwood T           4.2  6  5  3  4  3
Jones J               1.1  0  0  0  2  0
Owchinko B (W)        3.0  1  0  0  1  0

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Todd J                5.1  5  2  2  3  5
Jackson R             2.1  4  2  2  0  1
McLaughlin J (L)*     0.1  3  2  2  1  0
Garvin J              1.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Todd J, Stanley F, Gross W
DP -- Oakland 1, Toronto 2
LOB -- Oakland 7, Toronto 10
2B -- Martinez B, Garcia D, Velez O 2, Newman J
HR -- Gross W
SB -- Henderson R, Griffin A 2
SH -- Griffin A, Bonnell B, Murphy D
SF -- Gross W
HBP -- by Underwood T (Mayberry J)
WP -- Todd J 2, Garvin J
Balk -- Underwood T
T -- 3:07
A -- 24079

    

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