GAME #17 (winners’ bracket second round):
Trailing 5-4 heading to the ninth, the Giants roughed up St. Louis closer Bruce Sutter for six runs on six hits to claim the victory. With one out and the bases loaded, San Francisco hit five straight singles. Milt May went 4-for-5 with a double. Reliever Fred Breining threw four scoreless innings to earn the win. The Cardinals’ Tom Herr had a double, a triple and two RBI.
1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament
1981 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (10) AT 1981 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (5) 1981 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1981 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI Joe Morgan 4 1 0 0 Tom Herr 4 1 2 2 Enos Cabell 5 1 1 0 Garry Templeton 5 0 0 0 Jack Clark 5 2 2 1 Keith Hernandez 4 1 2 1 Darrell Evans 4 1 2 2 George Hendrick 5 0 2 1 Jeffrey Leonard 5 1 1 1 Dane Iorg 4 0 1 0 Jerry Martin 4 1 1 2 Ken Oberkfell 3 0 1 0 Larry Herndon 5 1 2 1 Tito Landrum 4 1 2 0 Milt May 5 1 4 2 Sixto Lezcano 4 1 0 0 Johnnie LeMaster 5 1 2 1 Darrell Porter 3 1 1 0 TOTALS 42 10 15 10 TOTALS 36 5 11 4 1981 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 100 100 206 -- 10 1981 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 200 300 000 -- 5 LOB--1981 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 8, 1981 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8. ERR--Jack Clark, Tom Herr. 2B--Darrell Evans, Milt May, Johnnie LeMaster, Darrell Porter, Tom Herr, Keith Hernandez. 3B--Tom Herr. SB--Ken Oberkfell, Tito Landrum. 1981 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Vida Blue 5.00 9 5 2 1 4 0 Fred Breining [W] 4.00 2 0 0 3 2 0 1981 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Bob Forsch 6.00 9 4 4 1 7 0 Jim Kaat 2.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bruce Sutter [L] 1.00 6 6 5 1 2 0 SO--Jerry Martin (2), Milt May, Jeffrey Leonard (2), Joe Morgan (2), Johnnie LeMaster (2), Garry Templeton (2), George Hendrick, Ken Oberkfell, Darrell Porter, Sixto Lezcano. BB--Jerry Martin, Darrell Evans, Joe Morgan, Ken Oberkfell, Darrell Porter, Tom Herr, Keith Hernandez.

