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Athletics
@ Brewers
County Stadium
May 16, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 16, 1981 at County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 16, 1981 |
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Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Home Team |
Milwaukee Brewers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 16, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
Home Team | Milwaukee Brewers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brian Kingman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Randy Lerch |
Ballpark | County Stadium |
City | Milwaukee |
State | WI |
Attendance | 33,937 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 16 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Terry Cooney 1B: John Shulock 2B: Dallas Parks 3B: Bill Kunkel |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
Cliff Johnson | DH |
Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Jeff Newman | First Baseman |
Shooty Babitt | Second Baseman |
Dave McKay | Third Baseman |
Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
Billy Martin | Manager |
Milwaukee Brewers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Gantner | Second Baseman |
Roy Howell | Third Baseman |
Cecil Cooper | First Baseman |
Gorman Thomas | Center Fielder |
Ben Oglivie | Left Fielder |
Ted Simmons | DH |
Charlie Moore | Catcher |
Mark Brouhard | Right Fielder |
Ed Romero | Shortstop |
Buck Rodgers | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Brewers
County Stadium
May 16, 1981
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Lerch
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Lerch
There goes Henderson. The throw from Moore and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Lerch
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Lerch
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Lerch
Armas hits a fly ball towards left. Oglivie settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Oglivie. Henderson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Lerch
Heath hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Armas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newman vs. Lerch
Newman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Armas scores. Heath moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Babitt vs. Lerch
Babitt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heath scores. Newman moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McKay vs. Lerch
McKay hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Kingman
Gantner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt misplays the ball. That's an error on Babitt. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Kingman
Howell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gantner moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Kingman
Cooper hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Armas. Cooper reaches second base with a double. Gantner scores. Howell moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thomas vs. Kingman
Thomas hits a popup towards short. Picciolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oglivie vs. Kingman
Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Kingman drops the ball. Howell scores. Cooper moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Simmons vs. Kingman
Simmons hits a popup towards third. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moore vs. Kingman
Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooper scores. Oglivie moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brouhard vs. Kingman
Brouhard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oglivie scores. Moore moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Romero vs. Kingman
Romero strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Lerch
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lerch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Lerch
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Lerch
Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Lerch
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Henderson tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Lerch
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Cleveland
Reggie Cleveland now pitching.
There go the runners. The throw from Moore and he throws it away. That's a double steal and an error. Murphy scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heath vs. Cleveland
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Kingman
Gantner hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Kingman
Howell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Kingman
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Kingman
Thomas takes first base on ball four. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oglivie vs. Kingman
There's a wild pitch. Cooper moves to third. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oglivie vs. Kingman
Oglivie strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Cleveland
Newman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Babitt vs. Cleveland
Babitt strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Cleveland
McKay hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Picciolo vs. Cleveland
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner fields it and throws to second for the out. Newman moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Cleveland
Henderson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gantner reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Kingman
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Kingman
Moore hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brouhard vs. Kingman
Brouhard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Romero vs. Kingman
Romero hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Cleveland
Murphy hits a line drive to right field. Brouhard throws towards first. Cooper fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cooper. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Cleveland
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Cleveland
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Cleveland
Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Kingman
Gantner hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Kingman
Howell hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Kingman
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Cleveland
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Babitt vs. Cleveland
Babitt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cleveland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Cleveland
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Kingman
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Kingman
Oglivie hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Kingman
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Cleveland
Picciolo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Cleveland
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romero fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Cleveland
There goes Henderson. The throw from Moore and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Cleveland
There goes Henderson. The throw from Moore and he is out, Howell applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Cleveland
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murphy for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Kingman
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kingman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brouhard vs. Kingman
There goes Moore. The throw from Heath and he is out, Picciolo applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brouhard vs. Kingman
Brouhard hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Kingman
Romero hits a popup towards short. Picciolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Cleveland
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Cleveland
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Cleveland
Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantner vs. Kingman
Gantner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Owchinko
Bob Owchinko now pitching.
Howell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Owchinko
Cooper hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Armas who is chasing the ball. Cooper reaches third base with a triple. Gantner goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Owchinko
Marshall Edwards pinch runs for Cecil Cooper.
Thomas is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oglivie vs. Owchinko
Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt fields it and throws to second for the out. Edwards scores. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Owchinko
Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Fingers
Marshall Edwards now playing center field. Sal Bando now playing first base. Rollie Fingers now pitching. Dave Revering pinch hits for Jeff Newman
Revering hits a fly ball into right field. Brouhard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Fingers
Wayne Gross pinch hits for Shooty Babitt.
Gross hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Fingers
McKay strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Owchinko
Dave Revering now playing first base. Wayne Gross now playing third base. Dave McKay now playing second base.
Moore hits a popup towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brouhard vs. Owchinko
Brouhard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Owchinko
Romero hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Fingers
Mike Patterson pinch hits for Rob Picciolo.
Patterson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Fingers
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Fingers
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Brewers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Fingers
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/16/1981 -- Oakland at Milwaukee (N) Oakland AB R H RBI Milwaukee AB R H RBI Henderson R, lf 3 2 0 0 Gantner J, 2b 4 2 1 0 Murphy D, cf 4 1 2 0 Howell R, 3b 3 1 1 0 Johnson C, dh 4 0 0 1 Cooper C, 1b 4 1 2 2 Armas T, rf 4 1 1 0 Edwards M, pr-cf 0 1 0 0 Heath M, c 4 1 1 0 Thomas G, cf 2 0 0 0 Newman J, 1b 3 0 2 1 Bando S, 1b 0 0 0 0 Revering D, ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Oglivie B, lf 4 1 0 2 Babitt S, 2b 3 0 1 1 Simmons T, dh 4 0 0 0 Gross W, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Moore C, c 4 0 2 1 McKay D, 3b-2b 4 0 1 0 Brouhard M, rf 4 0 2 1 Picciolo R, ss 2 0 0 0 Romero E, ss 4 0 0 0 Patterson M, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 5 8 3 33 6 8 6 Oakland 320 000 000 -- 5 Milwaukee 400 000 20x -- 6 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Kingman B* 6.0 7 5 1 2 2 Owchinko B (L) 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO Lerch R 1.2 5 5 1 2 1 Cleveland R (W) 5.1 3 0 0 1 2 Fingers R (S) 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th E -- Oglivie B, Babitt S, Kingman B, Moore C, Cooper C LOB -- Oakland 7, Milwaukee 6 2B -- Cooper C 3B -- Cooper C SB -- Henderson R 2, Armas T, Murphy D CS -- Henderson R, Moore C SF -- Johnson C WP -- Kingman B T -- 3:16 A -- 33937
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