Tom Brunansky, a 20-year-old rookie outfielder, hit a pair of two-run homers to lead the Angels to a 7-4 victory over the Mariners. Brunansky's first round-tripper came in the second inning after a leadoff walk to Brian Downing. His second circuit swat came in the sixth with Downing aboard via a single. Fred Lynn belted a two-run homer in the first inning and added a sacrifice fly in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 7, Seattle Mariners 4

Game Played on Saturday, April 11, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome

Angels 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 7 9 0 Mariners 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 4 12 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Carew 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .267 Cruz 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .333 Burleson ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 .364 Simpson cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Lynn cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .333 Henderson ph,cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Baylor dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Bochte 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .167 Ford rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Zisk dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 .417 Downing c 2 2 1 0 2 0 .333 Clark pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ott c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allen ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Brunansky lf 3 2 2 4 1 0 .300 Burroughs rf 3 1 2 0 2 0 .455 Grich 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .182 Narron c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Hobson 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Gray ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Campaneris 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bulling c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Witt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paciorek lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .417 Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randle 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Auerbach ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gulden ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Anderson ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Bannister p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Parrott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 7 9 7 4 7 Totals 34 4 12 4 6 4 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 16,575 Left on Base: Angels 6, Mariners 12 DP: Angels 3, Mariners 0 Doubles: Burleson (1), Carew (1) Home Runs: Lynn (1), Brunansky 2 (2), Bochte (1) Stolen Bases: Cruz 2 (3), Paciorek (1), Randle (1) Sacrifice Hits: Burleson (1) Sacrifice Flies: Lynn (1), Paciorek (1), Cruz (1) GIDP: Gray (1), Paciorek (1) Hit by Pitch: Narron (1,by Witt) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Witt 4.1 8 3 3 1 1 1 22 6.23 Aase W(1-0) 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 10 0.00 Hassler 2 1 1 1 4 1 0 10 4.50 Sanchez SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 12 4 4 6 4 1 43 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bannister L(0-1) 8 7 6 6 4 6 3 35 6.75 Parrott 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 8.10 Totals 9 9 7 7 4 7 3 40 Hit by Pitch: Witt (1) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Jim Evans ANGELS 1ST: Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Debut game for Mike Witt; Burleson doubled to left; Lynn homered [Burleson scored]; Baylor flied out to center; Ford was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz singled to center; Simpson struck out while Cruz stole second; Bochte hit into a double play (left to left to second) [Cruz out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Mariners 0. ANGELS 2ND: Downing walked; Brunansky homered [Downing scored]; Grich flied out to left; Hobson struck out; Carew struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Zisk singled to center; Burroughs singled to left [Zisk to second]; Narron singled to center [Zisk to third, Burroughs to second]; Paciorek hit a sacrifice fly to left [Zisk scored]; Randle forced Narron (second to shortstop) [Burroughs to third]; Auerbach grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 1. ANGELS 3RD: Burleson lined to first; Lynn grounded out (second to first); Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 1. MARINERS 3RD: Cruz singled to right; Cruz stole second; Simpson flied out to center; Bochte grounded out (third to first) [Cruz to third]; Zisk flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 1. ANGELS 4TH: Ford flied out to center; Downing walked; Brunansky grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Downing to second]; Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 1. MARINERS 4TH: Burroughs walked; Narron was hit by a pitch [Burroughs to second]; Paciorek singled to left [Burroughs scored, Narron to second]; Randle grounded out (second to first) [Narron to third, Paciorek to second]; Auerbach grounded out (third to first); Cruz grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 2. ANGELS 5TH: Hobson walked; Carew singled to left [Hobson to second]; Burleson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hobson to third, Carew to second]; Lynn flied out to left; Baylor flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 2. MARINERS 5TH: Simpson lined to first; Bochte homered; Zisk singled to center; AASE REPLACED WITT (PITCHING); Burroughs flied out to center; Narron flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 3. ANGELS 6TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Downing singled to left; Brunansky homered [Downing scored]; Grich grounded out (second to pitcher); Hobson popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 6, Mariners 3. MARINERS 6TH: Paciorek singled to right; Paciorek stole second; Randle was called out on strikes; GULDEN BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Gulden was called out on strikes; Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 6, Mariners 3. ANGELS 7TH: ANDERSON REPLACED GULDEN (PLAYING SS); Carew flied out to left; Burleson singled to left; Lynn flied out to left; Baylor flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 6, Mariners 3. MARINERS 7TH: Simpson singled to center; Bochte walked [Simpson to second]; Zisk forced Simpson (shortstop to third) [Bochte to second]; CLARK RAN FOR ZISK; Burroughs singled to center [Bochte to third, Clark to second]; Debut game for Bryan Clark; HASSLER REPLACED AASE (PITCHING); GRAY BATTED FOR NARRON; Gray grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Burroughs out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 6, Mariners 3. ANGELS 8TH: CLARK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BULLING REPLACED GRAY (PLAYING C ); Ford struck out; Downing grounded out (third to first); Brunansky walked; Grich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 6, Mariners 3. MARINERS 8TH: Paciorek grounded out (second to first); Randle singled to right; Anderson walked [Randle to second]; Randle stole third; Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to center [Randle scored]; HENDERSON BATTED FOR SIMPSON; Henderson walked [Anderson to second]; Bochte lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 6, Mariners 4. ANGELS 9TH: HENDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); PARROTT REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Hobson lined to left; Carew doubled to left; Burleson singled to left [Carew to third]; Lynn hit a sacrifice fly to left [Carew scored, Burleson to second]; Baylor was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 7, Mariners 4. MARINERS 9TH: OTT REPLACED DOWNING (PLAYING C ); CAMPANERIS REPLACED HOBSON (PLAYING 3B); ALLEN BATTED FOR CLARK; Allen was called out on strikes; Burroughs walked; Bulling walked [Burroughs to second]; SANCHEZ REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Paciorek grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bulling out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 7, Mariners 4.

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