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JUNE
1981

Monday, June 1st

PLAYERS BORN ON JUNE 1, 1981
ť Carlos Zambrano in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 1, 1981
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Atlanta Braves 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 49,136)
W: Fernando Valenzuela L: Tommy Boggs
Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 27,631)
W: Sparky Lyle L: Neil Allen S: Tug McGraw
Cincinnati Reds 8, San Francisco Giants 5 at Candlestick Park (att. 4,620)
W: Tom Hume L: Greg Minton
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Montreal Expos 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 14,224)
W: John Martin L: Charlie Lea S: Bruce Sutter
New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 30,198)
W: Doug Bird L: Wayne Garland S: Rich Gossage
Detroit Tigers 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (12 inn.) at Tiger Stadium (att. 14,495)
W: Dave Rozema L: Reggie Cleveland
Kansas City Royals 3, Seattle Mariners 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 28,419)
W: Paul Splittorff L: Larry Andersen S: Dan Quisenberry
California Angels 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 12,268)
W: Ken Forsch L: Dave Stieb
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, June 2nd

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 2, 1981
Atlanta Braves 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 (10 inn.) at Dodger Stadium (att. 37,448)
W: Gaylord Perry L: Dave Stewart S: Rick Camp
Philadelphia Phillies 9, New York Mets 7 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 25,375)
W: Mike Proly L: Ed Lynch S: Ron Reed
Pittsburgh Pirates 16, Chicago Cubs 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 6,437)
W: Eddie Solomon L: Bill Caudill
Houston Astros 2, San Diego Padres 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 9,671)
W: Frank LaCorte L: Chris Welsh S: Joe Sambito
San Francisco Giants 15, Cincinnati Reds 7 at Candlestick Park (att. 19,007)
W: Ed Whitson L: Mike LaCoss S: Al Holland
Montreal Expos 8, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 14,697)
W: Ray Burris L: Bob Shirley
Oakland Athletics 6, Chicago White Sox 2 at Comiskey Park I (att. 40,045)
W: Steve McCatty L: Ross Baumgarten
Boston Red Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 0 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 6,315)
W: Dennis Eckersley L: Bert Blyleven
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Detroit Tigers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 14,079)
W: Mike Caldwell L: Dan Petry S: Rollie Fingers
Seattle Mariners 4, Kansas City Royals 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 25,678)
W: Floyd Bannister L: Juan Berenguer S: Dick Drago
Texas Rangers 5, Minnesota Twins 3 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 3,655)
W: Danny Darwin L: Jerry Koosman S: Steve Comer
New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 3 (11 inn.) at Yankee Stadium (att. 25,057)
W: Rich Gossage L: Sammy Stewart
California Angels 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 12,617)
W: Dave Frost L: Luis Leal S: Andy Hassler
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, June 3rd

IN THE NEWS: Royals C Jerry Grote hits a grand slam (his first home run since 1976) and goes 3-for-4 with a club-record seven RBI to lead Kansas City to a 129 win over Seattle. Grote had returned from a 2-year retirement to win a spot with the Royals as a free agent during spring training.

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 3, 1981
Atlanta Braves 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 42,649)
W: Phil Niekro L: Burt Hooton S: Rick Camp
New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 27,588)
W: Greg Harris L: Dick Ruthven S: Neil Allen
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Chicago Cubs 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 5,003)
W: Jim Bibby L: Randy Martz S: Enrique Romo
Houston Astros 6, San Diego Padres 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 10,023)
W: Don Sutton L: Rick Wise
Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 7,114)
W: Frank Pastore L: Vida Blue
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Montreal Expos 2 (11 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 13,085)
W: Bruce Sutter L: Elias Sosa
Oakland Athletics 8, Chicago White Sox 3 at Comiskey Park I (att. 42,358)
W: Brian Kingman L: Francisco Barrios
Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 9,710)
W: Rick Waits L: John Tudor S: Sid Monge
Detroit Tigers 4, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 13,392)
W: Dan Schatzeder L: Jim Slaton S: Kevin Saucier
Kansas City Royals 12, Seattle Mariners 9 at Royals Stadium (att. 23,025)
W: Rich Gale L: Bryan Clark S: Ken Brett
Texas Rangers 6, Minnesota Twins 3 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 3,789)
W: Rick Honeycutt L: Roger Erickson
New York Yankees 2, Baltimore Orioles 0 (11 inn.) at Yankee Stadium (att. 30,162)
W: Ron Davis L: Tippy Martinez
California Angels 17, Toronto Blue Jays 6 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 12,401)
W: Geoff Zahn L: Jim Clancy
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, June 4th

IN THE NEWS: In his first game for the Cubs, Bobby Bonds trips on a seam in the field carpet at Three Rivers Stadium and breaks a bone in his right hand. Bonds goes on the 21-day DL.

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 4, 1981
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 4 (10 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 6,740)
W: Kent Tekulve L: Lynn McGlothen
San Diego Padres 7, Houston Astros 5 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 12,403)
W: Steve Mura L: Joe Niekro S: Gary Lucas
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Montreal Expos 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 18,958)
W: Lary Sorensen L: Bill Gullickson
Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 2 at Comiskey Park I (att. 37,706)
W: Richard Dotson L: Rick Langford S: Ed Farmer
Boston Red Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 5 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 11,797)
W: Mike Torrez L: Dan Spillner S: Tom Burgmeier
Minnesota Twins 7, Texas Rangers 3 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 4,793)
W: Fernando Arroyo L: Jon Matlack
New York Yankees 12, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 37,954)
W: Gene Nelson L: Dave Ford
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, June 5th

IN THE NEWS: Houston's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as baseball's all-time walk leader, walking two batters in a 30 win over the Mets to raise his total to 1,777. Ryan also fans 10 batters while pitching a 5-hitter.

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 5, 1981
Atlanta Braves 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 17,059)
W: Rick Mahler L: Steve Carlton S: Rick Camp
Chicago Cubs 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 7,815)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Jerry Reuss S: Dick Tidrow
Cincinnati Reds 6, Montreal Expos 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 21,298)
W: Mario Soto L: Steve Rogers
Houston Astros 3, New York Mets 0 at Astrodome (att. 28,085)
W: Nolan Ryan L: Randy Jones
San Francisco Giants 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 8,361)
W: Fred Breining L: Enrique Romo S: Gary Lavelle
St. Louis Cardinals 2, San Diego Padres 1 (13 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 16,832)
W: Jim Kaat L: John Curtis
Baltimore Orioles 6, California Angels 4 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 27,457)
W: Scott McGregor L: Mike Witt S: Tippy Martinez
Detroit Tigers 2, Minnesota Twins 0 at Tiger Stadium (att. 23,133)
W: Jack Morris L: Brad Havens
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Kansas City Royals 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 31,300)
W: Moose Haas L: Larry Gura
New York Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 5 (12 inn.) at Yankee Stadium (att. 35,707)
W: Dave LaRoche L: Kevin Hickey
Boston Red Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 30,251)
W: Frank Tanana L: Matt Keough S: Bill Campbell
Cleveland Indians 8, Seattle Mariners 1 at Kingdome (att. 15,634)
W: Len Barker L: Mike Parrott
Texas Rangers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (12 inn.) at Arlington Stadium (att. 11,495)
W: Steve Comer L: Luis Leal
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, June 6th

IN THE NEWS: The Cubs score four runs in the 4th inning, three on a pinch home run from Mike Tyson, to knock rookie phenom Fernando Valenzuela out of the game. The Cubs are victorious over the Dodgers 115 at Wrigley.

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 6, 1981
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Atlanta Braves 0 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 15,291)
W: Larry Christenson L: Tommy Boggs S: Mike Proly
Chicago Cubs 11, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 at Wrigley Field (att. 30,556)
W: Lynn McGlothen L: Fernando Valenzuela
Cincinnati Reds 9, Montreal Expos 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 26,016)
W: Tom Seaver L: Charlie Lea
Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 2 at Astrodome (att. 42,478)
W: Vern Ruhle L: Pat Zachry S: Dave Smith
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, San Francisco Giants 6 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 11,362)
W: Rod Scurry L: Tom Griffin S: Kent Tekulve
St. Louis Cardinals 11, San Diego Padres 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 20,662)
W: John Martin L: Tim Lollar
California Angels 10, Baltimore Orioles 0 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 35,064)
W: Ken Forsch L: Mike Flanagan
Detroit Tigers 5, Minnesota Twins 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 15,218)
W: Dan Petry L: Pete Redfern
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Kansas City Royals 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 37,468)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Dennis Leonard S: Rollie Fingers
New York Yankees 2, Chicago White Sox 0 at Yankee Stadium (att. 36,255)
W: Doug Bird L: Steve Trout S: Rich Gossage
Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 40,122)
W: Mike Norris L: Steve Crawford
Cleveland Indians 5, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 26,780)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Shane Rawley S: Mike Stanton
Texas Rangers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Arlington Stadium (att. 24,312)
W: Fergie Jenkins L: Dave Stieb
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, June 7th

IN THE NEWS: Andre Dawson's 4th inning single is Montreal's only hit off Bruce Berenyi as the Reds win, 20, at Riverfront.

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 7, 1981
Philadelphia Phillies 7, Atlanta Braves 5 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 23,482)
W: Sparky Lyle L: Gaylord Perry S: Ron Reed
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 0 at Wrigley Field (att. 20,024)
W: Bob Welch L: Randy Martz
Cincinnati Reds 2, Montreal Expos 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 40,010)
W: Bruce Berenyi L: Ray Burris
New York Mets 3, Houston Astros 1 at Astrodome (att. 29,873)
W: Mike Scott L: Bob Knepper S: Neil Allen
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, San Francisco Giants 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 32,244)
W: Eddie Solomon L: Vida Blue S: Enrique Romo
San Diego Padres 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 23,997)
W: Chris Welsh L: Bob Shirley
Baltimore Orioles 4, California Angels 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 29,494)
W: Dennis Martinez L: Dave Frost
Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 0 at Tiger Stadium (att. 21,857)
W: Milt Wilcox L: Jerry Koosman
Kansas City Royals 7, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 32,429)
W: Paul Splittorff L: Randy Lerch S: Renie Martin
New York Yankees 3, Chicago White Sox 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 52,367)
W: Ron Guidry L: Ross Baumgarten S: Rich Gossage
Oakland Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 3 (11 inn.) at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 27,384)
W: Dave Heaverlo L: Mark Clear
Seattle Mariners 5, Cleveland Indians 4 (11 inn.) at Kingdome (att. 15,004)
W: Dick Drago L: Mike Stanton
Texas Rangers 9, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Arlington Stadium (att. 14,857)
W: Danny Darwin L: Jackson Todd
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, June 8th

IN THE NEWS: The Seattle Mariners take Oral Roberts University righthander Mike Moore with the first pick overall in the annual amateur draft. The Cubs take Wichita State's Joe Carter with the 2nd pick while the Angels take Dick Schofield, son of a former major leaguer, with the 3rd pick. The Mets take Terry Blocker with the 4th and Toronto takes Matt Williams with the #5. San Diego selects Kevin McReynolds with #6 and use their 3rd round pick to take San Diego State outfielder Tony Gwynn. Later in the day the San Diego Clippers will select Gwynn in the 10th round of the NBA draft. The Yankees use their first round pick to take Stanford QB John Elway while the Ranger pick Yale's Ron Darling with #9. Darling is the 4th Ivy Leaguer to be picked in the 1st round. The Braves fare worst in the draft as their #1 pick Jay Roberts will never hit above .208 in the minors, and no other picks make it to the bigs.

The Reds swap !B Harry Spilman to Houston for Rafael Landestoy.

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 8, 1981
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Houston Astros 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 31,664)
W: Dick Ruthven L: Don Sutton S: Tug McGraw
California Angels 10, Cleveland Indians 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 22,703)
W: Geoff Zahn L: Dan Spillner
Chicago White Sox 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Comiskey Park I (att. 8,301)
W: Dennis Lamp L: Jim Clancy S: Kevin Hickey
New York Yankees 8, Kansas City Royals 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 36,922)
W: Dave Righetti L: Rich Gale
Minnesota Twins 1, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 11,978)
W: Roger Erickson L: Mike Caldwell S: Doug Corbett
Seattle Mariners 2, Boston Red Sox 0 at Kingdome (att. 9,771)
W: Floyd Bannister L: John Tudor
Texas Rangers 8, Detroit Tigers 1 at Arlington Stadium (att. 13,753)
W: Rick Honeycutt L: Dan Schatzeder
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, June 9th

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 9, 1981
Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco Giants 1
W: Frank Robinson L: Joey Amalfitano S: Mike Krukow
Montreal Expos 12, Atlanta Braves 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 28,986)
W: Scott Sanderson L: Phil Niekro
Cincinnati Reds 8, New York Mets 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 12,313)
W: Tom Hume L: Pete Falcone
Philadelphia Phillies 10, Houston Astros 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 33,978)
W: Marty Bystrom L: Joe Niekro S: Ron Reed
San Diego Padres 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 9,145)
W: Steve Mura L: Rick Rhoden S: Gary Lucas
St. Louis Cardinals 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 19,654)
W: Bob Forsch L: Burt Hooton S: Bruce Sutter
California Angels 4, Cleveland Indians 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 22,490)
W: Andy Hassler L: Len Barker S: Don Aase
Chicago White Sox 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Comiskey Park I (att. 8,534)
W: Richard Dotson L: Luis Leal
New York Yankees 8, Kansas City Royals 5 at Royals Stadium (att. 36,496)
W: Dave LaRoche L: Renie Martin S: Rich Gossage
Minnesota Twins 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 9,731)
W: Fernando Arroyo L: Jim Slaton S: Doug Corbett
Oakland Athletics 4, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
W: Steve McCatty L: Jim Palmer
Oakland Athletics 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 31,520)
W: Jeff Jones L: Sammy Stewart
Boston Red Sox 10, Seattle Mariners 1 at Kingdome (att. 9,968)
W: Mike Torrez L: Bryan Clark
Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 0 at Arlington Stadium (att. 37,350)
W: Aurelio Lopez L: Jon Matlack S: Kevin Saucier
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, June 10th

IN THE NEWS: Phillies 1B Pete Rose singles off Nolan Ryan in the first inning to tie Stan Musial as the National League's all-time hit leader with 3,630, then strikes out in his next three at bats. Rose's single is the only hit off Ryan until the 8th inning, when Philadelphia scores five times for a 54 win over Houston.

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 10, 1981
Chicago Cubs 7, San Francisco Giants 4 at Wrigley Field (att. 6,299)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Doyle Alexander S: Dick Tidrow
Montreal Expos 11, Atlanta Braves 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 24,292)
W: Bill Gullickson L: Rick Mahler
Cincinnati Reds 2, New York Mets 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 9,732)
W: Mario Soto L: Randy Jones
Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 57,386)
W: Steve Carlton L: Frank LaCorte S: Tug McGraw
San Diego Padres 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 9,450)
W: Juan Eichelberger L: Pascual Perez S: Gary Lucas
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 17,779)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Lary Sorensen
California Angels 4, Cleveland Indians 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 23,744)
W: Steve Renko L: Bert Blyleven S: Don Aase
Chicago White Sox 6, New York Yankees 5 at Comiskey Park I (att. 33,647)
W: Britt Burns L: Rudy May S: Ed Farmer
Texas Rangers 12, Milwaukee Brewers 5 at County Stadium (att. 19,189)
W: Doc Medich L: Moose Haas
Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 2 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 5,495)
W: Jack Morris L: Brad Havens
Baltimore Orioles 3, Oakland Athletics 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 18,329)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Rick Langford S: Tim Stoddard
Boston Red Sox 4, Seattle Mariners 2 at Kingdome (att. 8,574)
W: Frank Tanana L: Brian Allard S: Bill Campbell
Kansas City Royals 7, Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 19,098)
W: Dennis Leonard L: Mark Bomback
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, June 11th

IN THE NEWS: The White Sox beat the Yankees 32, handing pitcher Doug Bird his first loss since August 16, 1978. The journeyman righthander had won 12 consecutive decisions.

In St. Louis, the Cardinals beat Fernando Valenzuela 21, but the Dodgers still are a half-game in front of Cincinnati a day before the players' strike begins.

The Reds (35-21) win their 7th straight, topping the Mets, 21.

SCOREBOARD: JUNE 11, 1981
Chicago Cubs 6, San Francisco Giants 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 5,017)
W: Randy Martz L: Tom Griffin
Montreal Expos 7, Atlanta Braves 0 at Stade Olympique (att. 25,200)
W: Steve Rogers L: Tommy Boggs
Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Mets 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 18,612)
W: Tom Seaver L: Pat Zachry
St. Louis Cardinals 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 39,250)
W: Silvio Martinez L: Fernando Valenzuela S: Bruce Sutter
California Angels 7, Boston Red Sox 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 28,191)
W: Ken Forsch L: Chuck Rainey
Chicago White Sox 3, New York Yankees 2 at Comiskey Park I (att. 33,777)
W: Steve Trout L: Doug Bird S: La Marr Hoyt
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Texas Rangers 3 at County Stadium (att. 15,259)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Fergie Jenkins S: Rollie Fingers
Detroit Tigers 7, Minnesota Twins 2 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 4,623)
W: Dan Petry L: Pete Redfern
Seattle Mariners 8, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Kingdome (att. 7,478)
W: Mike Parrott L: Dennis Martinez
Kansas City Royals 10, Toronto Blue Jays 5 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 16,498)
W: Renie Martin L: Mike Willis S: Dan Quisenberry
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, June 12th

IN THE NEWS: At 12:30 A.M., after meeting with the owners for most of the previous day, players' union chief Marvin Miller announces, "We have accomplished nothing. The strike is on," thus beginning the longest labor action to date in American sports history. By the time the season resumes on August 10th, 706 games (38 percent of the ML schedule) will have been canceled.

Tuesday, June 16th

IN THE NEWS: Cubs owner Bill Rigney announces his plan to sell the team to the Tribune Company for $20.5 million. The sale will end 65 years of the Wrigley family ownership of the team.

Tuesday, June 23rd

IN THE NEWS: Dave Koza scores Marty Barrett with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 33rd inning, giving Pawtucket a 32 win over Rochester and ending the longest game in professional baseball history. The game had been suspended April 19th after 32 innings and eight hours, seven minutes of play, but the continuation took only 18 minutes to complete. Bob Ojeda pitches one inning to earn the win. Future ML stars Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken go a combined 6-for-25.

Sunday, June 28th

PLAYERS BORN ON JUNE 28, 1981
ť Brandon Phillips in Raleigh, NC