Milwaukee Brewers vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 20, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1981 at Exhibition Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Milwaukee Brewers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor cf 5 0 0 1
Yount ss 4 0 1 1
Cooper 1b 6 1 1 0
Oglivie lf 5 0 1 1
Simmons dh 6 1 1 0
Howell 3b 5 1 1 0
Thomas rf 4 0 2 1
  Edwards pr,rf 2 1 0 0
Gantner 2b 2 0 1 0
  Hisle ph 1 0 0 0
  Romero 2b 1 0 0 0
Yost c 2 1 1 1
  Money ph 0 0 0 0
  Moore pr,c 1 0 0 0
Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Lerch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 9 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 6 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 6 0 1 0
Velez dh 6 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
  Stieb pr 0 1 0 0
  Whitmer c 3 0 1 0
Woods lf 3 1 2 0
Bonnell rf 4 1 1 1
Moseby cf 2 0 0 0
  Bosetti cf 2 0 1 0
Ainge 3b 2 0 0 0
  Iorg ph,3b 2 1 0 0
Whitt c 2 0 0 0
  Macha ph 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw ph,1b 2 0 1 3
Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 8 4
Milwaukee 001 000 003 001591
Toronto 000 000 400 000482
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich   6.0 4 3 3 2 4
  Easterly   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Fingers   3.2 3 0 0 2 4
  Lerch  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
12.0
8
4
4
5
12
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Todd   8.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Jackson   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Barlow   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Willis  L (0-1) 3.2 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
12.0
9
5
5
6
4

  E–Thomas (1), Griffin (2), Iorg (1).  DP–Toronto 2.  PB–Yost (1).  2B–Milwaukee Yount (2,off Todd); Gantner (1,off Todd); Thomas (1,off Todd), Toronto Upshaw (2,off Fingers); Whitmer (1,off Fingers).  3B–Milwaukee Oglivie (1,off Willis).  HR–Milwaukee Yost (1,3rd inning off Todd 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Gantner (2,off Todd); Bonnell (1,off Vuckovich).  HBP–Molitor (1,by Barlow).  IBB–Iorg (1,by Easterly); Woods (1,by Fingers).  WP–Lerch (1), Jackson (1).  HBP–Barlow (1,Molitor).  IBB–Easterly (1,Iorg); Fingers (3,Woods).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:39.  A–12,298.
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