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MAY
1981

Friday, May 1st

IN THE NEWS: Frank White's 4th-inning sacrifice fly off Steve Comer ends the Rangers' consecutive-scoreless-inning streak at 39, and Kansas City goes on to a 4–0 win. Texas pitchers had tossed four consecutive shutouts, one shy of the American League record.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 1, 1981
Atlanta Braves 2, Chicago Cubs 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 2,656)
W: Gaylord Perry L: Bill Caudill
Montreal Expos 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 8 (13 inn.) at Stade Olympique (att. 28,179)
W: Bill Lee L: Bobby Castillo
San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 7,181)
W: John Urrea L: Pat Zachry S: Gary Lucas
Houston Astros 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 7,012)
W: Joe Sambito L: Eddie Solomon
St. Louis Cardinals 7, Cincinnati Reds 6 at Busch Stadium II (att. 21,315)
W: Bob Forsch L: Mario Soto S: Bruce Sutter
Minnesota Twins 6, Boston Red Sox 1 at Fenway Park (att. 15,715)
W: Fernando Arroyo L: Dennis Eckersley
California Angels 8, Milwaukee Brewers 4 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 26,031)
W: Mike Witt L: Randy Lerch
Cleveland Indians 10, Chicago White Sox 2 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 9,142)
W: John Denny L: Britt Burns
Oakland Athletics 8, New York Yankees 6 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 44,105)
W: Rick Langford L: Tom Underwood S: Jeff Jones
Detroit Tigers 7, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 13,233)
W: Milt Wilcox L: Mike Parrott S: Kevin Saucier
Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 0 at Arlington Stadium (att. 26,520)
W: Larry Gura L: Steve Comer
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, May 2nd

SCOREBOARD: MAY 2, 1981
Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta Braves 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 16,936)
W: Randy Martz L: Phil Niekro S: Dick Tidrow
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Montreal Expos 0 at Stade Olympique (att. 22,820)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Scott Sanderson
New York Mets 6, San Diego Padres 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 6,276)
W: Pete Falcone L: Chris Welsh
San Francisco Giants 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium
W: Doyle Alexander L: Nino Espinosa S: Greg Minton
Philadelphia Phillies 3, San Francisco Giants 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 27,376)
W: Marty Bystrom L: Ed Whitson
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Houston Astros 4 (12 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 21,993)
W: Eddie Solomon L: Dave Smith
St. Louis Cardinals 7, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 16,677)
W: Bob Shirley L: Bruce Berenyi
Baltimore Orioles 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Memorial Stadium
W: Jim Palmer L: Mike Willis
Baltimore Orioles 8, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Memorial Stadium (att. 16,402)
W: Scott McGregor L: Luis Leal
Minnesota Twins 11, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park (att. 16,940)
W: Albert Williams L: Mike Torrez
Milwaukee Brewers 8, California Angels 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 32,348)
W: Moose Haas L: Ken Forsch S: Jamie Easterly
Cleveland Indians 3, Chicago White Sox 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 11,618)
W: Len Barker L: Francisco Barrios
Oakland Athletics 6, New York Yankees 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 48,179)
W: Matt Keough L: Ron Guidry S: Bob Owchinko
Seattle Mariners 3, Detroit Tigers 1 at Kingdome (att. 10,111)
W: Floyd Bannister L: Dan Petry S: Dick Drago
Kansas City Royals 7, Texas Rangers 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 30,628)
W: Dennis Leonard L: Doc Medich
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, May 3rd

IN THE NEWS: The Blue Jays end a 19-game losing streak at Memorial Stadium, beating the Orioles 4–2. It is their first win in Baltimore since July 1978.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 3, 1981
Atlanta Braves 9, Chicago Cubs 7 at Wrigley Field (att. 10,852)
W: Preston Hanna L: Ken Kravec S: Rick Camp
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Montreal Expos 1 (10 inn.) at Stade Olympique (att. 46,405)
W: Fernando Valenzuela L: Bill Gullickson
San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 1 at Shea Stadium
W: Rick Wise L: Dave Roberts S: Gary Lucas
New York Mets 7, San Diego Padres 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 26,392)
W: Mike Scott L: Tim Lollar S: Neil Allen
Philadelphia Phillies 7, San Francisco Giants 5 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 41,283)
W: Dick Ruthven L: Gary Lavelle S: Tug McGraw
Houston Astros 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 10,438)
W: Don Sutton L: Jim Bibby S: Dave Smith
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Cincinnati Reds 4 (11 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 21,855)
W: Joe Edelen L: Tom Hume
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 23,898)
W: Mark Bomback L: Steve Stone S: Joey McLaughlin
Minnesota Twins 3, Boston Red Sox 1 at Fenway Park (att. 15,608)
W: Pete Redfern L: Steve Crawford S: Doug Corbett
Milwaukee Brewers 4, California Angels 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 27,114)
W: Mike Caldwell L: Steve Renko S: Rollie Fingers
Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 0 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 31,287)
W: Richard Dotson L: Wayne Garland
New York Yankees 3, Oakland Athletics 2 (10 inn.) at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
W: Ron Davis L: Steve McCatty
New York Yankees 2, Oakland Athletics 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 48,592)
W: Tommy John L: Brian Kingman S: Rich Gossage
Detroit Tigers 8, Seattle Mariners 5 at Kingdome (att. 10,377)
W: Jack Morris L: Larry Andersen
Texas Rangers 9, Kansas City Royals 8 (10 inn.) at Arlington Stadium (att. 12,974)
W: John Henry Johnson L: Juan Berenguer
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, May 4th

IN THE NEWS: Yankee reliever Ron Davis strikes out the last eight batters of the game in a 4–2 win over the Angels, tying Nolan Ryan's American League record (done twice) for consecutive strikeouts and setting a new record for consecutive strikeouts by a reliever.

In the battle of the Cruz brothers, Astro Jose Cruz launches a 3-run missile in the 1st inning of Chicago's Mike Krukow, while brother Hector Cruz answers with a solo shot off Joaquin Andujar in the 6th inning. The Astros edge the Cubs 5–4.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 4, 1981
Houston Astros 5, Chicago Cubs 4 at Wrigley Field (att. 2,941)
W: Joaquin Andujar L: Mike Krukow S: Joe Sambito
Montreal Expos 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Stade Olympique (att. 21,527)
W: Steve Rogers L: Rick Sutcliffe S: Elias Sosa
Philadelphia Phillies 6, San Francisco Giants 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 25,492)
W: Steve Carlton L: Allen Ripley
Atlanta Braves 9, St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Busch Stadium II (att. 9,260)
W: Larry Bradford L: Bruce Sutter S: Rick Camp
Baltimore Orioles 4, Minnesota Twins 3 (10 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 9,717)
W: Dennis Martinez L: Jerry Koosman
New York Yankees 4, California Angels 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 30,897)
W: Gene Nelson L: Geoff Zahn S: Ron Davis
Boston Red Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 7 (12 inn.)
W: Ralph Houk L: Jim Frey S: Tom Burgmeier
Milwaukee Brewers 9, Seattle Mariners 5 at Kingdome (att. 5,075)
W: Jamie Easterly L: Brian Allard S: Rollie Fingers
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, May 5th

SCOREBOARD: MAY 5, 1981
Houston Astros 4, Chicago Cubs 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 2,092)
W: Dave Smith L: Lee Smith
Montreal Expos 4, San Diego Padres 3 at Stade Olympique (att. 15,909)
W: Woodie Fryman L: Steve Mura
San Francisco Giants 9, New York Mets 7 at Shea Stadium (att. 6,031)
W: Tom Griffin L: Randy Jones S: Greg Minton
Philadelphia Phillies 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 7 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 27,241)
W: Sparky Lyle L: Bobby Castillo
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 7,531)
W: Lary Sorensen L: Tommy Boggs
Baltimore Orioles 3, Minnesota Twins 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 11,096)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Roger Erickson S: Tippy Martinez
California Angels 6, New York Yankees 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 35,629)
W: Jesse Jefferson L: Tom Underwood S: Don Aase
Kansas City Royals 2, Boston Red Sox 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 21,708)
W: Larry Gura L: Frank Tanana
Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 18,925)
W: Mike Norris L: Dave Rozema
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Seattle Mariners 1 at Kingdome (att. 5,044)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Jerry Don Gleaton S: Rollie Fingers
Texas Rangers 6, Chicago White Sox 1 at Arlington Stadium (att. 10,399)
W: Danny Darwin L: Ross Baumgarten
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, May 6th

IN THE NEWS: Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired and replaced by Rene Lachemann. Seattle was 6-18, the worst start in the club's 5-year history. In Lachemann's first game, Seattle pounds Milwaukee 12–1 and pitcher Mike Parrott snaps his personal 18-game losing streak, one shy of the American League record.

Cleveland's Bert Blyleven holds Toronto hitless for eight innings before Lloyd Moseby doubles to lead off the 9th, and Blyleven settles for a 4–1 two-hitter.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 6, 1981
Chicago Cubs 2, Houston Astros 1 (11 inn.) at Wrigley Field (att. 2,572)
W: Lee Smith L: Frank LaCorte
Cincinnati Reds 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 8 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 14,551)
W: Tom Hume L: Grant Jackson
San Diego Padres 13, Montreal Expos 5 at Stade Olympique (att. 13,066)
W: Juan Eichelberger L: Ray Burris
San Francisco Giants 6, New York Mets 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 5,119)
W: Greg Minton L: Pat Zachry
Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 25,850)
W: Burt Hooton L: Nino Espinosa
Atlanta Braves 10, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 9,640)
W: Gaylord Perry L: Bob Forsch
Baltimore Orioles 5, Minnesota Twins 4 at Memorial Stadium (att. 9,085)
W: Sammy Stewart L: Jack O'Connor
New York Yankees 5, California Angels 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 37,410)
W: Ron Guidry L: Mike Witt S: Rich Gossage
Boston Red Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 21,400)
W: Dennis Eckersley L: Dennis Leonard
Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 15,763)
W: Milt Wilcox L: Rick Langford
Seattle Mariners 12, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Kingdome (att. 4,828)
W: Mike Parrott L: Randy Lerch
Texas Rangers 4, Chicago White Sox 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 12,104)
W: John Henry Johnson L: Britt Burns
Cleveland Indians 4, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 11,469)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Jackson Todd
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, May 7th

SCOREBOARD: MAY 7, 1981
Houston Astros 6, Chicago Cubs 0 at Wrigley Field (att. 3,112)
W: Bob Knepper L: Randy Martz
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium
W: Rick Rhoden L: Mario Soto S: Enrique Romo
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 20,301)
W: Eddie Solomon L: Mike LaCoss
Montreal Expos 2, San Diego Padres 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 12,248)
W: Scott Sanderson L: Chris Welsh
New York Mets 3, San Francisco Giants 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 5,653)
W: Ed Lynch L: Doyle Alexander S: Neil Allen
Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 29,259)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Marty Bystrom
Atlanta Braves 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 13,630)
W: Rick Camp L: Silvio Martinez
California Angels 2, New York Yankees 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 38,789)
W: Ken Forsch L: Tommy John S: Don Aase
Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 15,902)
W: Jeff Jones L: Dan Petry S: Bo McLaughlin
Seattle Mariners 4, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Kingdome (att. 5,855)
W: Floyd Bannister L: Moose Haas
Texas Rangers 9, Chicago White Sox 4 at Arlington Stadium (att. 11,710)
W: Bob Babcock L: Ed Farmer
Toronto Blue Jays 6, Cleveland Indians 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 11,328)
W: Dave Stieb L: Rick Waits
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, May 8th

IN THE NEWS: Oakland's Steve McCatty beats the Brewers, 2–0. Dwayne Murphy supplies a solo home run and Dave McKay swipes home for the other score. McKay also stole home last September.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 8, 1981
Atlanta Braves 4, Chicago Cubs 3 (11 inn.) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 19,433)
W: Rick Mahler L: Dick Tidrow
Cincinnati Reds 4, Houston Astros 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 31,961)
W: Tom Seaver L: Don Sutton
San Francisco Giants 4, Montreal Expos 3 at Stade Olympique (att. 21,850)
W: Allen Ripley L: Bill Gullickson S: Al Holland
Los Angeles Dodgers 1, New York Mets 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 39,848)
W: Fernando Valenzuela L: Mike Scott
Philadelphia Phillies 11, San Diego Padres 7 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 30,830)
W: Sparky Lyle L: Gary Lucas
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Busch Stadium II (att. 20,108)
W: Bob Shirley L: Jim Bibby S: Jim Kaat
Detroit Tigers 6, California Angels 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 24,456)
W: Jack Morris L: Steve Renko
Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 5 at Comiskey Park I (att. 42,312)
W: Dennis Lamp L: Paul Splittorff S: La Marr Hoyt
Minnesota Twins 8, Cleveland Indians 7 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 4,664)
W: Jack O'Connor L: Sid Monge
Oakland Athletics 2, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 28,708)
W: Steve McCatty L: Mike Caldwell
Seattle Mariners 3, New York Yankees 2 at Kingdome (att. 18,458)
W: Bryan Clark L: Rudy May
Boston Red Sox 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 15,106)
W: Mike Torrez L: Mark Bomback S: Tom Burgmeier
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, May 9th

IN THE NEWS: Tom Paciorek hits his 2nd game-winning, bottom-of-the-9th home run in as many games, a 3-run blow giving the Mariners a 6–5 win over the Yankees. The previous night, Paciorek led off the 9th with a solo homer to give Seattle a 3–2 win over the Yankees.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 9, 1981
Chicago Cubs 7, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 14,365)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Bob Walk
Cincinnati Reds 9, Houston Astros 5 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 30,860)
W: Bruce Berenyi L: Joaquin Andujar
San Francisco Giants 8, Montreal Expos 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 48,149)
W: Vida Blue L: Steve Rogers
New York Mets 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 16,776)
W: Neil Allen L: Bobby Castillo S: Jeff Reardon
Philadelphia Phillies 9, San Diego Padres 6 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 30,907)
W: Steve Carlton L: Tim Lollar
St. Louis Cardinals 13, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 21,361)
W: Andy Rincon L: Rod Scurry
California Angels 15, Detroit Tigers 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 32,040)
W: Geoff Zahn L: Dan Schatzeder
Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 0 at Comiskey Park I (att. 23,706)
W: Richard Dotson L: Rich Gale
Cleveland Indians 2, Minnesota Twins 1 (10 inn.) at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 4,187)
W: Sid Monge L: Pete Redfern
Oakland Athletics 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5 (12 inn.) at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 27,308)
W: Bob Owchinko L: Randy Lerch
Seattle Mariners 6, New York Yankees 5 at Kingdome (att. 51,903)
W: Dick Drago L: Ron Davis
Baltimore Orioles 7, Texas Rangers 3 at Arlington Stadium
W: Dennis Martinez L: Fergie Jenkins
Baltimore Orioles 4, Texas Rangers 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 20,188)
W: Steve Stone L: Dave Schmidt S: Tippy Martinez
Boston Red Sox 10, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 16,040)
W: Bob Stanley L: Jim Clancy
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, May 10th

IN THE NEWS: Montreal's Charlie Lea, a native of France, no-hits the Giants 4–0, walking four and striking out eight in the 2nd game of a doubleheader. It is the first no-hitter at Olympic Stadium, which opened for baseball in 1977.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 10, 1981
Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta Braves 5 (14 inn.) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 9,817)
W: L:
Houston Astros 7, Cincinnati Reds 5 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 31,903)
W: Joe Niekro L: Frank Pastore S: Frank LaCorte
San Francisco Giants 5, Montreal Expos 1 at Stade Olympique
W: Tom Griffin L: Bill Lee
Montreal Expos 4, San Francisco Giants 0 at Stade Olympique (att. 25,343)
W: Charlie Lea L: Ed Whitson
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 3 at Shea Stadium (att. 12,102)
W: Bob Welch L: Randy Jones S: Steve Howe
San Diego Padres 8, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 40,447)
W: Steve Mura L: Larry Christenson S: Gary Lucas
Pittsburgh Pirates 8, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 11,112)
W: John Candelaria L: Lary Sorensen S: Enrique Romo
California Angels 4, Detroit Tigers 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 29,689)
W: Andy Hassler L: Aurelio Lopez S: Don Aase
Cleveland Indians 5, Minnesota Twins 1 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 3,609)
W: Wayne Garland L: Jerry Koosman
Milwaukee Brewers 13, Oakland Athletics 5 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 28,581)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Mike Norris S: Jerry Augustine
New York Yankees 5, Seattle Mariners 2 at Kingdome (att. 18,342)
W: Tom Underwood L: Jerry Don Gleaton S: Rich Gossage
Texas Rangers 7, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Arlington Stadium (att. 13,190)
W: Danny Darwin L: Mike Flanagan S: Steve Comer
Boston Red Sox 9, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (10 inn.) at Exhibition Stadium (att. 17,411)
W: Tom Burgmeier L: Roy Lee Jackson
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, May 11th

IN THE NEWS: Boston's Rick Miller goes 5-for-5 with a ML-record-tying four doubles in a 7–6 win over Toronto.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 11, 1981
Atlanta Braves 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 (10 inn.) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 4,260)
W: Rick Mahler L: Kent Tekulve
Houston Astros 5, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 11,795)
W: Nolan Ryan L: Mike LaCoss
Cleveland Indians 3, Chicago White Sox 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 16,806)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Ross Baumgarten
Texas Rangers 9, Kansas City Royals 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 28,876)
W: Rick Honeycutt L: Larry Gura
Boston Red Sox 7, Toronto Blue Jays 6 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 11,315)
W: Mark Clear L: Mike Willis
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, May 12th

SCOREBOARD: MAY 12, 1981
Atlanta Braves 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 9,711)
W: Phil Niekro L: Eddie Solomon
Cincinnati Reds 2, Chicago Cubs 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 12,016)
W: Mario Soto L: Dick Tidrow
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 2 (10 inn.) at Astrodome (att. 20,020)
W: Bruce Sutter L: Joe Sambito S: Jim Kaat
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Montreal Expos 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 34,367)
W: Burt Hooton L: Ray Burris S: Steve Howe
San Diego Padres 3, New York Mets 0 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 9,235)
W: Juan Eichelberger L: Pat Zachry
San Francisco Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Candlestick Park (att. 10,307)
W: Doyle Alexander L: Nino Espinosa
Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 4 at Comiskey Park I (att. 13,263)
W: Steve Trout L: Rick Waits S: La Marr Hoyt
Detroit Tigers 6, Seattle Mariners 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 8,996)
W: Milt Wilcox L: Floyd Bannister
Kansas City Royals 3, Texas Rangers 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 19,155)
W: Dennis Leonard L: Jon Matlack
California Angels 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at County Stadium (att. 8,420)
W: Ken Forsch L: Moose Haas
Minnesota Twins 4, Boston Red Sox 3 (10 inn.) at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 3,572)
W: Doug Corbett L: Tom Burgmeier
New York Yankees 4, Oakland Athletics 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 30,959)
W: Ron Guidry L: Rick Langford S: Rich Gossage
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 11,354)
W: Dave Stieb L: Jim Palmer
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, May 13th

SCOREBOARD: MAY 13, 1981
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Atlanta Braves 5 (13 inn.) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 10,638)
W: Victor Cruz L: Tommy Boggs S: Rod Scurry
Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 12,528)
W: Tom Seaver L: Mike Krukow
Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Astrodome (att. 21,705)
W: Don Sutton L: Bob Shirley
Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Montreal Expos 6 at Dodger Stadium (att. 42,712)
W: Steve Howe L: Woodie Fryman
San Diego Padres 5, New York Mets 0 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 7,921)
W: Chris Welsh L: Ed Lynch
San Francisco Giants 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 6,946)
W: Allen Ripley L: Marty Bystrom S: Greg Minton
Cleveland Indians 4, Chicago White Sox 3 (16 inn.) at Comiskey Park I (att. 10,463)
W: Mike Stanton L: Dennis Lamp
Detroit Tigers 1, Seattle Mariners 0 at Tiger Stadium (att. 9,464)
W: Dan Petry L: Dick Drago
California Angels 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 8,851)
W: Steve Renko L: Mike Caldwell S: Andy Hassler
Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 2 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 4,077)
W: Mike Torrez L: Fernando Arroyo S: Mark Clear
Oakland Athletics 5, New York Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 35,419)
W: Matt Keough L: Tommy John S: Bob Owchinko
Baltimore Orioles 4, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 12,568)
W: Scott McGregor L: Mark Bomback
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, May 14th

IN THE NEWS: The largest Dodger Stadium crowd in seven years (53,906) watches Fernando Valenzuela run his record to 8-0 with a 3–2 win over the Expos.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 14, 1981
Cincinnati Reds 6, Chicago Cubs 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 11,098)
W: Bruce Berenyi L: Rick Reuschel
St. Louis Cardinals 7, Houston Astros 6 at Astrodome (att. 20,042)
W: Jim Otten L: Joe Sambito S: Bruce Sutter
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Montreal Expos 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 53,906)
W: Fernando Valenzuela L: Steve Ratzer
San Diego Padres 10, New York Mets 6 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 11,147)
W: Gary Lucas L: Pete Falcone
Philadelphia Phillies 3, San Francisco Giants 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 6,561)
W: Dick Ruthven L: Vida Blue S: Tug McGraw
Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 25,892)
W: Doc Medich L: Paul Splittorff S: Steve Comer
California Angels 9, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at County Stadium (att. 10,969)
W: Geoff Zahn L: Jim Slaton
Boston Red Sox 9, Minnesota Twins 7 (11 inn.) at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 4,884)
W: Bill Campbell L: Don Cooper
New York Yankees 9, Oakland Athletics 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 35,761)
W: Rich Gossage L: Jeff Jones
Baltimore Orioles 10, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 11,509)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Jim Clancy
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, May 15th

IN THE NEWS: The Indians Len Barker pitches the 9th perfect game in 20th century ML history 3–0 over the Blue Jays before just 7,290 fans on a rainy night in Cleveland. Last year's American League strikeout leader, Barker fans 11.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 15, 1981
Atlanta Braves 11, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 13,730)
W: Preston Hanna L: Lary Sorensen S: Rick Mahler
Houston Astros 5, Chicago Cubs 0 at Astrodome (att. 23,718)
W: Joe Niekro L: Bill Caudill
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, New York Mets 5 at Dodger Stadium (att. 49,860)
W: Steve Howe L: Neil Allen
Cincinnati Reds 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 10,592)
W: Joe Price L: Enrique Romo S: Tom Hume
Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 15,939)
W: Steve Carlton L: Steve Mura
San Francisco Giants 4, Montreal Expos 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 19,763)
W: Ed Whitson L: Steve Rogers S: Gary Lavelle
Boston Red Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 3 at Fenway Park (att. 22,943)
W: Mark Clear L: Renie Martin
Texas Rangers 2, Chicago White Sox 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 29,829)
W: Fergie Jenkins L: Richard Dotson S: Steve Comer
Cleveland Indians 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 7,290)
W: Len Barker L: Luis Leal
Detroit Tigers 5, California Angels 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 13,529)
W: Jack Morris L: Mike Witt
Milwaukee Brewers 3, Oakland Athletics 0 at County Stadium (att. 29,667)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Steve McCatty S: Rollie Fingers
Baltimore Orioles 9, Minnesota Twins 4 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 6,268)
W: Dennis Martinez L: Pete Redfern S: Sammy Stewart
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, May 16th

IN THE NEWS: Houston's Craig Reynolds ties the modern major-league record with three triples in a 6–1 win over the Cubs.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 16, 1981
St. Louis Cardinals 6, Atlanta Braves 2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 21,051)
W: Silvio Martinez L: Tommy Boggs S: Bruce Sutter
Houston Astros 6, Chicago Cubs 1 at Astrodome (att. 43,726)
W: Nolan Ryan L: Randy Martz S: Joe Sambito
Los Angeles Dodgers 9, New York Mets 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 51,000)
W: Burt Hooton L: Dave Roberts
Cincinnati Reds 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 11,890)
W: Mike LaCoss L: Rod Scurry
San Diego Padres 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 40,656)
W: John Littlefield L: Tug McGraw
Montreal Expos 5, San Francisco Giants 0 at Candlestick Park (att. 11,133)
W: Charlie Lea L: Tom Griffin
Kansas City Royals 7, Boston Red Sox 6 at Fenway Park (att. 26,107)
W: Larry Gura L: Dennis Eckersley S: Dan Quisenberry
Chicago White Sox 9, Texas Rangers 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 20,206)
W: Britt Burns L: Danny Darwin
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Cleveland Indians 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 24,964)
W: Jackson Todd L: Wayne Garland
Detroit Tigers 7, California Angels 5 at Tiger Stadium (att. 19,014)
W: Dave Tobik L: Doug Rau S: Kevin Saucier
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Oakland Athletics 5 at County Stadium (att. 33,937)
W: Reggie Cleveland L: Bob Owchinko S: Rollie Fingers
Baltimore Orioles 7, Minnesota Twins 0 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 6,302)
W: Dave Ford L: Jerry Koosman
New York Yankees 7, Seattle Mariners 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 33,759)
W: Doug Bird L: Jerry Don Gleaton S: Rich Gossage
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Sunday, May 17th

SCOREBOARD: MAY 17, 1981
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 14,045)
W: Bob Forsch L: Gaylord Perry S: Bruce Sutter
Houston Astros 6, Chicago Cubs 1 at Astrodome (att. 34,068)
W: Bob Knepper L: Mike Krukow
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, New York Mets 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 50,746)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Pat Zachry
Cincinnati Reds 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 11,775)
W: Mario Soto L: Eddie Solomon
Philadelphia Phillies 6, San Diego Padres 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 18,330)
W: Nino Espinosa L: Juan Eichelberger
San Francisco Giants 5, Montreal Expos 4 (12 inn.) at Candlestick Park (att. 27,975)
W: Al Holland L: Bill Lee
Kansas City Royals 5, Boston Red Sox 4 at Fenway Park (att. 26,723)
W: Dennis Leonard L: Tom Burgmeier S: Dan Quisenberry
Chicago White Sox 9, Texas Rangers 0 at Comiskey Park I (att. 30,990)
W: Ross Baumgarten L: Rick Honeycutt
Cleveland Indians 1, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Cleveland Stadium
W: Rick Waits L: Dave Stieb S: Sid Monge
Cleveland Indians 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (10 inn.) at Cleveland Stadium (att. 46,168)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Roy Lee Jackson
California Angels 7, Detroit Tigers 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 19,720)
W: Ken Forsch L: Milt Wilcox
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Oakland Athletics 2 at County Stadium (att. 33,142)
W: Moose Haas L: Rick Langford
Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 3 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 9,313)
W: Jim Palmer L: Roger Erickson S: Tim Stoddard
Seattle Mariners 1, New York Yankees 0 at Yankee Stadium (att. 54,223)
W: Floyd Bannister L: Ron Davis S: Shane Rawley
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Monday, May 18th

IN THE NEWS: Fernando Valenzuela finally loses 4–0 to the Phillies. His ERA "rises" to 0.90.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 18, 1981
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 52,439)
W: Marty Bystrom L: Fernando Valenzuela
Montreal Expos 3, San Diego Padres 2 (10 inn.) at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 13,283)
W: Woodie Fryman L: Gary Lucas S: Bill Lee
San Francisco Giants 3, New York Mets 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 4,348)
W: Allen Ripley L: Ed Lynch S: Greg Minton
Baltimore Orioles 5, Oakland Athletics 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 23,428)
W: Scott McGregor L: Matt Keough
Boston Red Sox 8, Seattle Mariners 5 at Fenway Park (att. 12,044)
W: Mark Clear L: Dick Drago S: Bill Campbell
California Angels 7, Cleveland Indians 2 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 9,010)
W: Steve Renko L: John Denny S: Andy Hassler
Texas Rangers 13, Detroit Tigers 5 at Tiger Stadium (att. 10,114)
W: Jon Matlack L: Dan Petry
New York Yankees 2, Kansas City Royals 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 21,853)
W: Tommy John L: Paul Splittorff S: Rich Gossage
Chicago White Sox 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 18,652)
W: Steve Trout L: Mark Bomback
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Tuesday, May 19th

IN THE NEWS: Pirates Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to the Braves' Terry Harper in the first inning, then retires the next 27 batters for a one-hit 5–0 victory.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 19, 1981
Cincinnati Reds 5, Chicago Cubs 0 at Wrigley Field (att. 5,896)
W: Tom Seaver L: Rick Reuschel S: Paul Moskau
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 43,812)
W: Dick Ruthven L: Bob Welch
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Atlanta Braves 0 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 5,514)
W: Jim Bibby L: Phil Niekro
San Diego Padres 3, Montreal Expos 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 6,871)
W: Rick Wise L: Bill Gullickson S: Gary Lucas
San Francisco Giants 4, New York Mets 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 5,168)
W: Al Holland L: Mike Scott S: Greg Minton
St. Louis Cardinals 15, Houston Astros 12 at Busch Stadium II (att. 14,585)
W: Jim Kaat L: Bobby Sprowl
Baltimore Orioles 6, Oakland Athletics 5 at Memorial Stadium (att. 14,689)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Mike Norris S: Tippy Martinez
Boston Red Sox 4, Seattle Mariners 0 at Fenway Park (att. 12,768)
W: Frank Tanana L: Mike Parrott
Cleveland Indians 7, California Angels 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 6,488)
W: Dan Spillner L: Geoff Zahn
Detroit Tigers 14, Texas Rangers 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 10,002)
W: Dan Schatzeder L: Doc Medich
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Minnesota Twins 3 at County Stadium (att. 8,979)
W: Mike Caldwell L: Fernando Arroyo S: Rollie Fingers
New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Royals 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 23,128)
W: Doug Bird L: Renie Martin S: Ron Davis
Toronto Blue Jays 9, Chicago White Sox 5 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 11,604)
W: Jim Clancy L: La Marr Hoyt S: Luis Leal
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Wednesday, May 20th

IN THE NEWS: At Wrigley, Reds reliever Doug Bair does it himself, hitting a 3-run homer in the 9th inning to beat the Cubs, 10–7. The homer, off Dick Tidrow, is Bair's only ML dinger.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 20, 1981
Cincinnati Reds 10, Chicago Cubs 7 at Wrigley Field (att. 5,914)
W: Joe Price L: Lee Smith S: Tom Hume
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 (10 inn.) at Dodger Stadium (att. 50,917)
W: Steve Howe L: Tug McGraw
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Atlanta Braves 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 8,351)
W: Rick Rhoden L: Bob Walk S: Enrique Romo
Montreal Expos 6, San Diego Padres 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 9,336)
W: Steve Rogers L: Steve Mura
New York Mets 4, San Francisco Giants 3 (10 inn.) at Candlestick Park (att. 5,189)
W: Jeff Reardon L: Greg Minton
Houston Astros 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 (11 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 19,175)
W: Joe Niekro L: Bruce Sutter S: Joe Sambito
Baltimore Orioles 5, California Angels 3 at Memorial Stadium (att. 16,040)
W: Dennis Martinez L: Mike Witt S: Tippy Martinez
Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 3 at Fenway Park (att. 23,007)
W: Bob Stanley L: Steve McCatty S: Tom Burgmeier
Seattle Mariners 3, Cleveland Indians 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 11,860)
W: Brian Allard L: Len Barker S: Shane Rawley
Detroit Tigers 8, Texas Rangers 4 at Tiger Stadium (att. 9,757)
W: Jack Morris L: Fergie Jenkins
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Minnesota Twins 1 at County Stadium (att. 10,463)
W: Jim Slaton L: Albert Williams S: Rollie Fingers
New York Yankees 5, Kansas City Royals 4 (11 inn.) at Yankee Stadium (att. 27,912)
W: Bill Castro L: Dan Quisenberry
Chicago White Sox 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 12,536)
W: Ed Farmer L: Joey McLaughlin S: La Marr Hoyt
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Thursday, May 21st

IN THE NEWS: In what is billed as the greatest college pitching duel ever takes place in the first round of the NCAA as Yale's Ron Darling and St. John's Frank Viola match zeroes through 11 innings. Darling allows no hits while striking out 16. In the 12th, St. John's Steve Scafa hits an opposite field scratch single, then steals 2B and 3B. The next batter reaches on an error and, when he tries to steal 2B, Scafa breaks for home scoring the only run. St. John's wins, 1–0.

SCOREBOARD: MAY 21, 1981
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 7,132)
W: Randy Martz L: Frank Pastore
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 19,823)
W: John Martin L: Nolan Ryan
California Angels 2, Baltimore Orioles 0 at Memorial Stadium (att. 18,599)
W: Doug Rau L: Jim Palmer S: Don Aase
Boston Red Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 0 at Fenway Park (att. 23,145)
W: Dennis Eckersley L: Brian Kingman
Seattle Mariners 6, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 7,710)
W: Glenn Abbott L: Wayne Garland S: Larry Andersen
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Minnesota Twins 2 at County Stadium (att. 16,120)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Pete Redfern
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Friday, May 22nd

IN THE NEWS: Coach Billy Gardner replaces the fired John Goryl as manager of the Twins. Minnesota (11-25) had lost eight consecutive games, but shuts out Kansas City 7–0 in Gardner's managerial debut.

With Rick Waits on the mound in the 6th, the Yankees Bucky Dent hits into a triple play. But the Yankees win, 3–2, with the margin a 2-run home run by Dave Winfield. The win goes to Dave Righetti (1-0).

SCOREBOARD: MAY 22, 1981
San Diego Padres 5, Atlanta Braves 2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 10,752)
W: Juan Eichelberger L: Tommy Boggs S: Gary Lucas
Montreal Expos 6, Chicago Cubs 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 6,071)
W: Charlie Lea L: Mike Krukow
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 2 (12 inn.) at Riverfront Stadium (att. 27,943)
W: Dave Stewart L: Doug Bair
San Francisco Giants 6, Houston Astros 3 (15 inn.) at Astrodome (att. 30,377)
W: Greg Minton L: Joaquin Andujar
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 20,695)
W: Pascual Perez L: Larry Christenson
New York Mets 9, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 21,442)
W: Pat Zachry L: Silvio Martinez
Chicago White Sox 9, California Angels 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 27,919)
W: Britt Burns L: Ken Forsch S: Ed Farmer
Baltimore Orioles 4, Detroit Tigers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 26,563)
W: Scott McGregor L: Milt Wilcox S: Tippy Martinez
Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 34,052)
W: Jerry Koosman L: Dennis Leonard
Boston Red Sox 7, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 23,007)
W: John Tudor L: Moose Haas
Cleveland Indians 7, New York Yankees 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 30,182)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Tommy John
Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 13,426)
W: Rick Langford L: Dave Stieb