Milwaukee Brewers vs Oakland Athletics
May 8, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 0, Oakland Athletics 2

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Gantner 2b 4 0 0 0
Howell 1b 3 0 0 0
Hisle dh 3 0 1 0
Oglivie lf 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 0 1 0
Money 3b 4 0 0 0
Brouhard rf 3 0 1 0
Romero ss 3 0 0 0
Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 1 0 0 0
  Hosley 1b 2 0 0 0
  Revering 1b 1 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 1
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 1 2 0
Heath c,lf 4 0 2 0
Newman 1b,c 3 0 1 1
Babitt 2b 3 0 1 0
McKay 3b 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Milwaukee 000 000 000042
Oakland 100 100 00x271
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell  L (3-3) 8.0 7 2 2 1 5
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
1
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (4-2) 9.0 4 0 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
6

  E–Romero 2 (3), Hosley (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Milwaukee Oglivie (5,off McCatty), Oakland Armas (8,off Caldwell).  HR–Oakland Murphy (6,1st inning off Caldwell 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Picciolo (2,off Caldwell).  SF–Newman (1,off Caldwell).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:44.  A–28,708.
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