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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

1981-09-16 · Night game · Arlington Stadium · Att: 9743 · night · 2:29

Oakland Athletics defeated Texas Rangers 2–1. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 8th. Mike Norris earned the win. Dwayne Murphy went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mike Norris L: Danny Darwin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dave Phillips · 1B: Jerry Neudecker · 2B: Larry McCoy · 3B: Durwood Merrill · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	4	1	1	0	1	0
Dwayne Murphy	4	1	1	2	0	1
Cliff Johnson	3	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Armas	4	0	0	0	0	2
Wayne Gross	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Spencer	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dave McKay	4	0	1	0	0	3
Jeff Newman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Stanley	1	0	0	0	1	0
Keith Drumright	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Heath	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Picciolo	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bump Wills	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Rivers	4	0	4	0	0	0
Al Oliver	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Bell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pat Putnam	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Poquette	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Sundberg	3	1	1	0	0	0
Leon Roberts	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Wagner	2	0	0	1	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Norris	9.0	5	1	5

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Darwin	7.1	6	2	7
Steve Comer	1.2	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rickey Henderson: 9
Dwayne Murphy: 8
Cliff Johnson: S8
Tony Armas: 9

Bot 1

Bump Wills: K
Mickey Rivers: S7
Al Oliver: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Wayne Gross: 31
Jim Spencer: K
Dave McKay: K

Bot 2

Buddy Bell: 53
Pat Putnam: K
Tom Poquette: 6/P

Top 3

Jeff Newman: 3/G
Fred Stanley: W
Rickey Henderson: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Jim Sundberg: D7
Leon Roberts: 43.2-3
Mark Wagner: 1/SH.3-H
Bump Wills: 7

Top 4

Dwayne Murphy: 43
Cliff Johnson: S8
Tony Armas: SB2
Tony Armas: K
Wayne Gross: 8

Bot 4

Mickey Rivers: D9
Al Oliver: 3
Buddy Bell: W
Pat Putnam: 8
Tom Poquette: 8

Top 5

Jim Spencer: 41
Dave McKay: K
Jeff Newman: 8

Bot 5

Jim Sundberg: 9
Leon Roberts: K
Mark Wagner: 8

Top 6

Fred Stanley: 53
Rickey Henderson: W
Dwayne Murphy: SB2
Dwayne Murphy: K
Cliff Johnson: HP
Tony Armas: 8

Bot 6

Bump Wills: 43
Mickey Rivers: S8
Al Oliver: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Wayne Gross: S9
Jim Spencer: K
Dave McKay: K
Keith Drumright: S8.1-2
Mike Davis: 43

Bot 7

Buddy Bell: 63
Pat Putnam: 43
Tom Poquette: K

Top 8

Rickey Henderson: S9
Dwayne Murphy: HR/9.1-H
Cliff Johnson: 53
Tony Armas: K
Wayne Gross: W
Jim Spencer: 43

Bot 8

Jim Sundberg: 8
Leon Roberts: K
Mark Wagner: 7

Top 9

Dave McKay: S9
Mike Heath: 13.1-2
Rob Picciolo: FC1.2-2(E1/TH2)
Rickey Henderson: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Bump Wills: 9
Mickey Rivers: S9
Al Oliver: 9
Buddy Bell: 53

Notes & reviews

hit on hip
Johnson ejected by HP umpire Phillips for fighting; after grounding out, he ran by mound and started a fight pitcher Darwin; both benches cleared and there were several fights with Johnson in many of them; he was still angry from being hit on the hip by a pitch in the 6th

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