1981 ALCS
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1981 AL Championship Series (3-0): New York Yankees (59-48) defeated Oakland Athletics (64-45)
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[edit] Results
[edit] Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Yankees | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Tommy John (1-0), LP: Mike Norris (0-1), SV: Rich Gossage (1) | ||||||||||||
| Home Runs: - none | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 55,740
[edit] Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Yankees | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | 13 | 19 | 0 |
| WP: George Frazier (1-0), LP: Steve McCatty (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| Home Runs: NYY - Graig Nettles (1), Lou Piniella (1) | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 48,497
[edit] Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| WP: Dave Righetti (1-0), LP: Matt Keough (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| Home Runs: NYY - Willie Randolph (1) | ||||||||||||
- Attendance: 47,302
[edit] Further Reading
- Thomas Boswell: "Indecent Exposure", in Why Time Begins on Opening Day, Penguin Books, New York, 1984, pp. 275-286.
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Categories: Stub | Postseasons | 1981
