Category: 1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament

  • San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 1 (13)

    San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 1 (13)

    GAME #40 (winners’ bracket semifinals): Jerry Martin hit a two-run homer for the Giants in the top of the 13th, finally breaking up what had been an incredible pitchers’ duel to that point. Nolan Ryan retired the first 18 Giant hitters, but Joe Morgan led off the seventh inning with a home run to put…

  • Boston Red Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 6

    Boston Red Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 6

    GAME #39 (winners’ bracket semifinals): Carl Yastrzemski and Dave Stapleton homered and despite being outhit 14-10, the Red Sox advanced. Yastrzemski’s two-run blast made it 2-0 after the first inning and Stapleton’s three-run shot made it 5-2 after five innings. Baltimore scored two in the seventh to close within one run, but Boston countered with…

  • Detroit Tigers 5, San Diego Padres 2

    Detroit Tigers 5, San Diego Padres 2

    GAME #38 (losers’ bracket): Alan Trammell went 4-for-5 with three doubles, two RBI and two runs scored to lead the Tigers to victory. He doubled in the first and scored on Kirk Gibson’s RBI single. Trammell had an RBI single in the third inning, and he then scored on an RBI double by Steve Kemp.…

  • Cincinnati Reds 7, Kansas City Royals 6

    Cincinnati Reds 7, Kansas City Royals 6

    GAME #37 (losers’ bracket): The Reds blew an early 4-0 lead, then got a game-winning two-run home run from Ron Oester in the bottom of the eighth. Ray Knight went 4-for-4 with three doubles and three RBI for Cincinnati. A two-run double by Knight made it 4-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Kansas…

  • Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Texas Rangers 0

    Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Texas Rangers 0

    GAME #36 (losers’ bracket): Fernando Valenzuela pitched a five-hit shutout with zero walks and eight strikeouts to lead the Dodgers. The Rangers only got as far as second base in the fourth inning and third base in the ninth inning. Dusty Baker’s RBI single started the scoring in the fourth. The Dodgers added three more…

  • Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 1

    Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 1

    GAME #35 (losers’ bracket): Rickey Henderson went 4-for-5 with two stolen bases and Matt Keough threw a two-hitter for the Athletics. Oakland scored runs in six of its eight innings at the plate. Dwayne Murphy and Cliff Johnson hit solo home runs, with Murphy finishing with three RBI, and Shooty Babitt went 3-for-3. It was…

  • Detroit Tigers 3, New York Mets 2

    Detroit Tigers 3, New York Mets 2

    GAME #34 (losers’ bracket): A two-run double in the sixth inning by Kirk Gibson proved to be the difference and Dan Petry had a strong pitching performance for the Tigers. The Mets opened the scoring in the bottom of the first as the result of an error. The Tigers quickly evened it up in the…

  • Kansas City Royals 7, Chicago Cubs 5

    Kansas City Royals 7, Chicago Cubs 5

    GAME #33 (losers’ bracket): The Royals plated four runs in the top of the first, which included RBI doubles by George Brett and Hal McRae, and led by multiple runs the entire way. It was 6-3 after four innings when Amos Otis collected his second RBI single of the game. Brett had an RBI single…

  • Los Angeles Dodgers 1, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (15)

    Los Angeles Dodgers 1, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (15)

    GAME #32 (losers’ bracket): After 14 1/2 innings of scoreless play, Steve Garvey finally ended the marathon contest with a two-out RBI single to left-center. Davey Lopes had led off the inning with a single and was sacrificed to second before scoring a batter later. Burt Hooton (10 innings, seven strikeouts, four hits) and Bob…