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1981 American League Championship Series
1981 AL Championship Series (3-0): New York Yankees (59-48) defeated Oakland Athletics (64-45)
Introduction[edit]
Umpires[edit]
Results[edit]
Game 1[edit]
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
Game 2[edit]
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: NY - Graig Nettles (1), Lou Piniella (1) |
- Attendance: 48,497
Game 3[edit]
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: NY - Willie Randolph (1) |
- Attendance: 47,302
Further Reading[edit]
- Thomas Boswell: "Indecent Exposure", in Why Time Begins on Opening Day, Penguin Books, New York, 1984, pp. 275-286.
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NL East Division Series (3-2) Expos over Phillies NL West Division Series (3-2) Dodgers over Astros | |||
NL Championship Series (3-2) Dodgers over Expos | |||
World Series (4-2) Dodgers over Yankees | |||
AL Championship Series (3-0) Yankees over Athletics | |||
AL East Division Series (3-2) Yankees over Brewers AL West Division Series (3-0) Athletics over Royals |
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