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.

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