GAME #46 (losers’ bracket):
In an elimination game between the two #1 seeds, the Athletics’ Matt Keough fired a one-hit shutout. He walked two and struck out just one. The A’s scored first in the top of the third on a solo home run by Rob Picciolo. The Reds’ only hit came in the fourth inning, but a one-out single by Dave Concepcion was followed by a double play. Oakland had batters reach base in every inning, but didn’t capitalize often, leaving a total of 12 runners on base. But, the A’s added a second run in the sixth inning on a two-out single by Dave McKay. A sacrifice fly by Tony Armas in the seventh inning was unearned after a Cincinnati error prolonged the inning. Keough retired the final 14 batters he faced.
1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament
1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1981 CINCINNATI REDS (0) 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1981 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI Rickey Henderson 4 0 2 0 Dave Collins 4 0 0 0 Dwayne Murphy 4 1 1 0 Ken Griffey 4 0 0 0 Cliff Johnson 4 0 0 0 Dave Concepcion 2 0 1 0 Tony Armas 3 0 0 1 George Foster 3 0 0 0 Mike Heath 4 1 2 0 Johnny Bench 3 0 0 0 Jim Spencer 4 0 1 0 Dan Driessen 2 0 0 0 Shooty Babitt 4 0 2 0 Ray Knight 3 0 0 0 Dave McKay 4 0 2 1 Joe Nolan 3 0 0 0 Rob Picciolo 4 1 1 1 Ron Oester 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 3 11 3 TOTALS 27 0 1 0 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 001 001 100 -- 3 1981 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 000 -- 0 LOB--1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 12, 1981 CINCINNATI REDS 2. ERR--Ron Oester, Ken Griffey. 2B--Rickey Henderson. HR--Rob Picciolo. HBP--Tony Armas. SACF--Tony Armas. SACB--Jim Spencer. SB--Dave McKay, Rickey Henderson. 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR Matt Keough [W] 9.00 1 0 0 2 1 0 1981 CINCINNATI REDS Bruce Berenyi [L] 6.67 9 3 2 3 7 1 Frank Pastore 0.33 2 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Price 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 SO--Cliff Johnson (3), Dwayne Murphy, Dave McKay, Shooty Babitt, Tony Armas, Rickey Henderson, Ron Oester. BB--Cliff Johnson, Dwayne Murphy, Mike Heath, Rickey Henderson, Dave Concepcion, Dan Driessen.
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