GAME #48 (championship #1):
Shooty Babbit tripled to lead off the top of the ninth and scored on Dave McKay’s sacrifice fly, and the A’s got another strong pitching performance from Rick Langford to force a second championship game. Oakland’s Dwayne Murphy hit a solo home run in the top of the first inning to make it 1-0, and it stayed that way until late in the contest. After seven innings, San Francisco had yet to advance a runner to second base. Finally, in the bottom of the eighth, the Giants broke through. Larry Herndon led off with a single and was sacrificed to second base. Johnnie LeMaster doubled to left-center, tying the game. But, the Giants couldn’t move LeMaster along any further. Babitt’s triple got the A’s started in the top of the ninth, and McKay’s fly out to left was deep enough to plate Babitt. In the bottom of the ninth, Jack Clark led off with a single. Langford (who went eight innings with five hits, one run, one walk and two strikeouts), gave way to reliever Jeff Jones. Clark was sacrificed to second base, but Jones got the final two outs to end it.
1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament
1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2) AT 1981 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1) 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1981 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Rickey Henderson 4 0 1 0 Joe Morgan 3 0 0 0 Dwayne Murphy 4 1 1 1 Enos Cabell 4 0 1 0 Cliff Johnson 4 0 1 0 Jack Clark 4 0 1 0 Tony Armas 4 0 1 0 Darrell Evans 3 0 1 0 Mike Heath 4 0 1 0 Jeffrey Leonard 4 0 0 0 Jim Spencer 3 0 0 0 Jerry Martin 4 0 0 0 Shooty Babitt 4 1 1 0 Larry Herndon 3 1 1 0 Dave McKay 3 0 1 1 Milt May 2 0 0 0 Rob Picciolo 4 0 0 0 Johnnie LeMaster 3 0 1 1 TOTALS 34 2 7 2 TOTALS 30 1 5 1 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 000 001 -- 2 1981 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 010 -- 1 LOB--1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8, 1981 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 5. ERR--Tom Griffin, Jeffrey Leonard. 2B--Johnnie LeMaster. 3B--Shooty Babitt, Rickey Henderson. HR--Dwayne Murphy. SACF--Dave McKay. SACB--Darrell Evans, Milt May. 1981 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR Rick Langford [W] 8.00 5 1 1 1 2 0 Jeff Jones [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 1981 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Tom Griffin [L] 8.00 7 2 2 2 9 1 Fred Breining 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 SO--Cliff Johnson, Dwayne Murphy, Rob Picciolo, Dave McKay, Mike Heath, Shooty Babitt, Tony Armas, Rickey Henderson (3), Jeffrey Leonard, Joe Morgan (2). BB--Jim Spencer, Rickey Henderson, Joe Morgan.
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