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California Angels @ Oakland Athletics

1981-04-29 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 15220 · sunny · 3:03

Oakland Athletics defeated California Angels 6–4. Oakland Athletics put up 3 in the 7th. Mike Norris earned the win. Tim Hosley went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAL	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	5
OAK	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0		6	7

W: Mike Norris L: Geoff Zahn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Shulock · 1B: Bill Kunkel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Terry Cooney · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rod Carew	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Burleson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Ford	4	1	2	2	0	0
Fred Lynn	3	0	0	0	1	2
John Harris	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ed Ott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Don Baylor	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Grich	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bert Campaneris	3	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Harlow	2	1	0	0	1	1
Brian Downing	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	3	0	0	0	2	1
Dwayne Murphy	3	0	0	1	0	0
Cliff Johnson	2	1	1	1	2	0
Tony Armas	3	1	1	1	1	2
Mike Heath	3	1	0	0	1	1
Jeff Newman	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dave McKay	4	1	2	0	0	0
Rob Picciolo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shooty Babitt	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dave Revering	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Hosley	1	1	1	3	0	0

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Geoff Zahn	3.2	5	4	0
John D'Acquisto	3.0	1	2	5
Andy Hassler	1.1	1	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Norris	9.0	5	4	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rod Carew: 43
Rick Burleson: HP
Dan Ford: SB2
Dan Ford: 7
Fred Lynn: K

Bot 1

Rickey Henderson: 63
Dwayne Murphy: 8
Cliff Johnson: 6

Top 2

John Harris: HR/9
Ed Ott: K
Don Baylor: 4
Bobby Grich: 8

Bot 2

Tony Armas: HR/8
Mike Heath: 63
Jeff Newman: D7
Dave McKay: E5.B-1
Rob Picciolo: 8
Shooty Babitt: 6/L

Top 3

Bert Campaneris: 7
Larry Harlow: K
Rick Burleson: 7/L

Bot 3

Rickey Henderson: W
Dwayne Murphy: 7
Cliff Johnson: W.1-2
Tony Armas: PO1(E1).2-3;1-2
Tony Armas: IW
Mike Heath: 9
Jeff Newman: 9

Top 4

Dan Ford: S8
Fred Lynn: 6(1)3/GDP
John Harris: 13

Bot 4

Dave McKay: S7
Rob Picciolo: 13/SH.1-2
Shooty Babitt: S6.2-3
Rickey Henderson: W.1-2
Dwayne Murphy: 8/SF.3-H
Cliff Johnson: S7.2-H;1-2
Tony Armas: CS3(25)

Top 5

Ed Ott: 2/FL
Don Baylor: 2/FL
Bobby Grich: S7
Bert Campaneris: WP.1-2
Bert Campaneris: S7.2-H;B-2(E7)
Larry Harlow: 3/G

Bot 5

Tony Armas: K
Mike Heath: K
Dave Revering: 63

Top 6

Rick Burleson: W
Dan Ford: BK.1-2
Dan Ford: 63
Fred Lynn: K
John Harris: K/C

Bot 6

Dave McKay: S8
Rob Picciolo: 1/BP
Shooty Babitt: K/C
Rickey Henderson: K

Top 7

Ed Ott: 6
Don Baylor: 63
Bobby Grich: K

Bot 7

Dwayne Murphy: 9/FL
Cliff Johnson: W
Tony Armas: K
Mike Heath: W.1-2
Tim Hosley: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Dave McKay: 7

Top 8

Bert Campaneris: 13
Larry Harlow: W
Rick Burleson: 4
Dan Ford: HR/7.1-H
Fred Lynn: W
John Harris: 46(1)/FO

Bot 8

Rob Picciolo: 43
Shooty Babitt: 9
Rickey Henderson: 6/L

Top 9

Ed Ott: 3/L
Don Baylor: W
Bobby Grich: 54(1)/FO
Brian Downing: 8

Notes & reviews

Umpire Vic Voltaggio missed game for unknown reason
1Bman Carew ejected by 1B umpire Bill Kunkel for trying to impede Newman
Catcher Heath asked HP umpire Shulock to check Ford's bat as Ford crossed plate; Ford angrily grabbed Heath; both benches emptied but there were no ejections
after the game, Angels coach Tom Morgan tried to start a fight with some Athletics players in the hallway under the stands

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