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Oakland Athletics @ Seattle Mariners

1981-04-25 · Night game · Kingdome · Att: 17388 · dome, dry · 2:37

Oakland Athletics defeated Seattle Mariners 7–4. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Rick Langford earned the win. Cliff Johnson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	10
SEA	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	10

W: Rick Langford L: Jerry Gleaton SV: (none)

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	4	3	2	1	1	0
Dwayne Murphy	5	0	1	0	0	2
Cliff Johnson	4	2	2	2	1	1
Tony Armas	5	0	1	0	0	2
Mike Heath	5	1	2	2	0	0
Jeff Newman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Shooty Babitt	3	1	1	0	1	0
Dave McKay	4	0	1	2	0	2
Rob Picciolo	4	0	0	0	0	2

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Julio Cruz	4	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Simpson	5	1	2	0	0	1
Bruce Bochte	5	0	2	1	0	0
Richie Zisk	4	1	1	1	1	0
Jeff Burroughs	3	1	0	0	1	0
Tom Paciorek	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jerry Narron	4	0	2	0	0	1
Dave Edler	3	0	1	0	0	2
Rick Auerbach	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Meyer	1	0	1	2	0	0
Gary Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Langford	9.0	10	3	4

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerry Don Gleaton	2.1	6	3	3
Larry Andersen	4.2	3	0	4
Dick Drago	2.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rickey Henderson: W
Dwayne Murphy: 4
Cliff Johnson: SB2
Cliff Johnson: W
Tony Armas: K+SB3;SB2
Mike Heath: S8.3-H;2-H
Jeff Newman: E6/TH.1-3
Shooty Babitt: 9

Bot 1

Julio Cruz: 8
Joe Simpson: D9
Bruce Bochte: 7
Richie Zisk: 53

Top 2

Dave McKay: K
Rob Picciolo: 8
Rickey Henderson: HR/7
Dwayne Murphy: S8
Cliff Johnson: S7.1-2
Tony Armas: K

Bot 2

Jeff Burroughs: 53
Tom Paciorek: 53
Jerry Narron: S9
Dave Edler: K

Top 3

Mike Heath: T9
Jeff Newman: 43
Shooty Babitt: IW
Dave McKay: D7.3-H;1-H
Rob Picciolo: SB3
Rob Picciolo: K
Rickey Henderson: 3

Bot 3

Rick Auerbach: 8
Julio Cruz: 63
Joe Simpson: S5
Bruce Bochte: D7.1-H
Richie Zisk: W
Jeff Burroughs: 5(2)/FO

Top 4

Dwayne Murphy: 2/FL
Cliff Johnson: 3
Tony Armas: 53

Bot 4

Tom Paciorek: 53
Jerry Narron: 43
Dave Edler: D8
Rick Auerbach: 53

Top 5

Mike Heath: 6
Jeff Newman: 8
Shooty Babitt: S8
Dave McKay: 3/G

Bot 5

Julio Cruz: 43
Joe Simpson: 43
Bruce Bochte: 8

Top 6

Rob Picciolo: K
Rickey Henderson: D8
Dwayne Murphy: K
Cliff Johnson: HR/8.2-H
Tony Armas: 7

Bot 6

Richie Zisk: HR/7
Jeff Burroughs: 53
Tom Paciorek: 63
Jerry Narron: K

Top 7

Mike Heath: 7
Jeff Newman: K
Shooty Babitt: 63

Bot 7

Dave Edler: K
Rick Auerbach: 8
Julio Cruz: W
Joe Simpson: SB2
Joe Simpson: K/C

Top 8

Dave McKay: K
Rob Picciolo: 53
Rickey Henderson: 13

Bot 8

Bruce Bochte: 8
Richie Zisk: 8
Jeff Burroughs: W
Tom Paciorek: S9.1-2
Jerry Narron: S8.2-3;1-2
Dan Meyer: D7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Gary Gray: 7

Top 9

Dwayne Murphy: K
Cliff Johnson: K
Tony Armas: S7
Mike Heath: 53

Bot 9

Julio Cruz: 4/L
Joe Simpson: 6
Bruce Bochte: D8
Richie Zisk: 7

Notes & reviews

before the game Athletics manager Billy Martin asked umpire Bill Kunkel to examine the batter's boxes; they were 7 feet long instead of 6; Mariners manager Maury Wills had told the grounds crew to do this so that Tom Paciorek would not step out of the box as he swung; they were redrawn before the game started

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