Category: 1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament

  • San Francisco Giants 5, Oakland Athletics 3

    San Francisco Giants 5, Oakland Athletics 3

    GAME #49 (championship #2): Jerry Martin went 4-for-5 and smacked a two-run double in the top of the ninth, breaking a 3-3 tie and lifting the Giants to the championship, while ending the A’s six-game winning streak. For the second straight game, Dwayne Murphy gave the A’s a 1-0 lead with a solo home run,…

  • Oakland Athletics 2, San Francisco Giants 1

    Oakland Athletics 2, San Francisco Giants 1

    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…

  • Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 1

    Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 1

    GAME #47 (losers’ bracket): In the first and only rematch of the tournament, the Athletics avenged their earlier loss to the Red Sox behind another dominant pitching performance by Steve McCatty and a three-hit, three-RBI game by Rob Picciolo. After pitching a no-hitter the last time out, McCatty was perfect for the first five innings…

  • Oakland Athletics 3, Cincinnati Reds 0

    Oakland Athletics 3, Cincinnati Reds 0

    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…

  • San Francisco Giants 4, Boston Red Sox 2

    San Francisco Giants 4, Boston Red Sox 2

    GAME #45 (winners’ bracket final): The Giants overcame a shaky performance from Vida Blue, who gave up seven hits and six walks in 7 1/3 innings. Blue repeatedly pitched out of trouble, as the Red Sox left 11 runners on base. Boston opened the scoring on an RBI single by Carney Lansford in the top…

  • Cincinnati Reds 4, Baltimore Orioles 2

    Cincinnati Reds 4, Baltimore Orioles 2

    GAME #44 (losers’ bracket): The Reds scored three runs in the first two innings and took a 4-0 lead after five innings. Dave Collins walked to lead off the first and eventually scored on an RBI groundout by George Foster. An error prolonged the second inning, and Ken Griffey capitalized with a single that scored…

  • Oakland Athletics 5, Houston Astros 3

    Oakland Athletics 5, Houston Astros 3

    GAME #43 (losers’ bracket): The A’s scored a run in each of the first four innings to go up 4-0, nearly gave up the entire lead, but held on behind a complete-game effort by Rick Langford and three hits apiece from Tony Armas and Dave McKay. Oakland got an RBI single from Cliff Johnson in…

  • Cincinnati Reds 2, Detroit Tigers 0

    Cincinnati Reds 2, Detroit Tigers 0

    GAME #42 (losers’ bracket): Johnny Bench hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and Tom Seaver and Tom Hume combined on a two-hit shutout. The Reds had eight hits and advanced runners to at least second base in all eight innings that they came to bat. But the only runs came in the fourth…

  • Oakland Athletics 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

    Oakland Athletics 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

    GAME #41 (losers’ bracket): NO-HITTER! The Athletics’ Steve McCatty pitched to the minimum 27 hitters en route to the near-perfect game. He retired the first 21 batters, then issued a leadoff walk to Steve Garvey in the eighth inning. But an A’s double play ended the inning, and McCatty finished off the no-hitter with his…