Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
May 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 2, Oakland Athletics 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 2 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0
Velez dh 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 1
Woods lf 4 0 1 0
Moseby rf 4 1 2 0
Bonnell cf 4 0 2 1
Iorg 3b 3 0 0 0
  Upshaw ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 1 1 0
Murphy cf 3 1 1 2
Spencer 1b 3 1 0 0
Gross 3b 2 1 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 2
Page dh 4 0 1 1
Heath c 4 1 1 0
Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 1 1
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 6 6
Toronto 110 000 000280
Oakland 002 000 04x661
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  L (3-5) 7.2 5 6 6 4 4
  Todd   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
6
6
4
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (5-4) 9.0 8 2 2 0 5
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
5

  E–Heath (4).  2B–Toronto Moseby (10,off Langford); Griffin (11,off Langford), Oakland Heath (3,off Stieb).  3B–Oakland Picciolo (2,off Stieb).  SF–Mayberry (2,off Langford); Murphy (2,off Stieb).  HBP–Gross (2,by Stieb).  SB–Bonnell (3,2nd base off Langford/Heath); Henderson (27,2nd base off Stieb/Martinez).  CS–Henderson (9,3rd base by Stieb/Martinez).  HBP–Stieb (4,Gross).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:21.  A–13,426.
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