The undefeated A's ran their winning streak to six games, downing the Angels, 5-2, behind the four-hit hurling of Mike Norris. The A's scored three runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Tony Armas, run-scoring groundout by Jeff Newman and Shooty Babitt's comebacker to pitcher Geoff Zahn, who threw late to the plate. Cliff Johnson stroked a two-run single in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, California Angels 2
Game Played on Tuesday, April     14, 1981 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  2  -   5 12  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  4  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          5   1   2   0     0   0   .292      Carew 1b              3   0   0   1     1   1   .269
Murphy cf             3   1   2   0     2   0   .286      Burleson ss           4   0   1   0     1   1   .364
Johnson dh            5   1   2   2     0   1   .214      Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Page pr,dh          0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Baylor dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .087
Armas rf              5   1   2   1     0   2   .417      Ford rf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .211
Heath c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .263      Downing c             2   1   2   0     2   0   .385
Newman 1b             4   0   0   1     0   0   .071      Brunansky lf          1   0   0   0     3   0   .188
Babitt 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .300      Grich 2b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .190
McKay 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Hobson 3b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .056
Stanley ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Renko p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   5     2   4             Totals               28   2   4   2     8   6

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 26,483
Left on Base: A's 8, Angels 9
DP: A's 0, Angels 0
Errors: Downing, Brunansky, Hobson
Stolen Bases: Murphy (1)
Caught Stealing: Heath (1), Carew (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Grich (2), Carew (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris W(2-0)           9     4   2   2   8   6   0  38   1.50
Totals                  9     4   2   2   8   6   0  38

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(1-1)             8.2  12   5   5   2   3   0  39   4.02
Renko                   0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9    12   5   5   2   4   0  40

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Durwood Merrill


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to center; Murphy walked
[Henderson to second]; Johnson struck out; Henderson was picked
off second (pitcher to second); Murphy stole second [Murphy to
third (error by Downing)]; Armas flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: On a bunt Carew struck out; Burleson struck out;
Lynn popped to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman
grounded out (second to first); Babitt singled to second; McKay
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford
struck out; Downing walked; Brunansky walked [Downing to
second]; Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Stanley flied to left; Henderson flied to right;
Murphy flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Hobson struck out; Carew walked; Carew was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Burleson singled to center;
Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Johnson reached on an error by Hobson; Armas
singled to left [Johnson to third (error by Brunansky), Armas to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Heath grounded out (third to first);
Newman reached on a fielder's choice [Johnson out at home (first
to catcher)]; Babitt popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Baylor flied to left; Ford flied to left; Downing
singled to third; Brunansky walked [Downing to second]; Grich
forced Downing (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: McKay flied to left; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Hobson grounded out (third to first); Carew flied to
left; Burleson walked; Lynn lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy singled to right; Johnson singled to left
[Murphy to second]; Armas singled to center [Murphy scored,
Johnson to second]; On a bunt Heath singled to third [Johnson to
third, Armas to second]; Newman grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Johnson scored, Armas to third, Heath to second]; Babitt
reached on a fielder's choice [Armas scored, Heath to third];
Heath was picked off and caught stealing home (catcher to third)
[Babitt to second]; McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Baylor flied to right; Ford flied to right; Downing
walked; Brunansky flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Henderson
flied to right; On a bunt Murphy singled to first; Johnson
forced Murphy (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Grich flied to center; Hobson struck out; Carew
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Armas struck out; Heath singled to shortstop;
Heath was out trying to advance to second (first unassisted);
Rod Carew caught Mike Heath with the hidden ball trick;
Newman lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn
flied to center; Baylor lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Babitt grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay
singled to center; Stanley struck out; Henderson singled to
center [McKay to second]; Murphy walked [McKay to third,
Henderson to second]; Johnson singled to center [McKay scored,
Henderson scored, Murphy to third]; RENKO REPLACED ZAHN
(PITCHING); PAGE RAN FOR JOHNSON; Armas struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: PAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Ford singled to
center; Downing singled to shortstop [Ford to second]; Brunansky
walked [Ford to third, Downing to second]; Grich hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Ford scored]; Hobson walked [Downing to third,
Brunansky to second]; Carew hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Downing scored, Brunansky to third]; Burleson flied to right; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Angels 2.