The A's tied the major league record for best season start by winning their 10th straight game, 8-0 over the Mariners, behind the six-hit pitching of Brian Kingman. The mark was set by Brooklyn in 1955 and equaled by Pittsburgh in 1962 and Cleveland in 1966. The A's tallied four times in the first inning on a wild pitch, two-run double by Mitchell Page and RBI single by Shooty Babitt. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Seattle Mariners 0
Game Played on Saturday, April     18, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
A's          4  2  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   8 11  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Henderson lf          4   2   2   0     1   1   .317
  Allen 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Murphy cf             5   2   3   1     0   1   .389
Simpson cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .348      Revering 1b           4   1   2   1     0   1   .250
Bochte 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .194      Gross 3b              3   2   1   1     1   1   .227
Zisk dh               4   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Armas rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .366
Narron c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Page dh               3   1   1   2     0   1   .105
  Bulling c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hosley ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Paciorek lf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .367      Babitt 2b             2   0   1   1     2   0   .360
  Auerbach ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Heath c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .194
Henderson rf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .143      Stanley ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .176
Randle 3b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .133      Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Anderson ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Gray ph,lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Clay p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Beattie p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Clark p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Andersen p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   6   0     0   4             Totals               34   8  11   6     4   9

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 20,131
Left on Base: Mariners 5, A's 7
DP: Mariners 0, A's 0
Errors: Anderson
Doubles: Cruz (1), Zisk (2), Paciorek (4), Page (1), Murphy (2)
Home Runs: Gross (1)
Stolen Bases: Babitt (2), Henderson (4)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (1), Revering (1)
Hit by Pitch: Revering (1,by Clay)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clay L(0-1)             5     8   7   6   3   5   1  26   7.62
Beattie                 1     2   1   1   0   2   0   5  21.00
Clark                   1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Andersen                1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4  11.57
Totals                  8    11   8   7   4   9   1  39

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman W(1-0)          9     6   0   0   0   4   0  32   0.63
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   4   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Clay (1)
Wild Pitches: Clay (2)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Larry Barnett


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz doubled to left; Simpson flied out to right;
Bochte singled to first [Cruz to third]; Zisk struck out; Narron
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Murphy singled to right
[Henderson to second]; Revering forced Murphy (first to
shortstop) [Henderson to third]; Clay threw a wild pitch
[Henderson scored, Revering to second]; Gross walked; Armas
struck out; Page doubled to right [Revering scored, Gross
scored]; Babitt singled to center [Page scored]; Babitt stole
second; Heath flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 0, Athletics 4.

MARINERS 2ND: Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Henderson
flied out to right; Randle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Stanley popped to first in foul territory;
Henderson singled to left; Henderson stole second; Murphy
singled to left [Henderson scored]; Revering was hit by a pitch
[Murphy to second]; Gross forced Revering (first to shortstop)
[Murphy scored (error by Anderson) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Armas
struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics
6.

MARINERS 3RD: Anderson made an out to second; Cruz flied out to
right; Simpson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Page struck out; Babitt grounded out (pitcher to
first); Heath singled to center; Stanley forced Heath (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 6.

MARINERS 4TH: Bochte flied out to center; Zisk doubled to right;
Narron struck out; Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Henderson struck out; Murphy struck out; Revering
singled to center; Revering was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 6.

MARINERS 5TH: Henderson singled to third; Henderson was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Randle singled to right;
Anderson flied out to left; Cruz forced Randle (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross homered; Armas grounded out (pitcher to
first); Page grounded out (pitcher to first); Babitt walked;
Heath grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 0, Athletics 7.

MARINERS 6TH: Simpson flied out to left; Bochte struck out; Zisk
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: BEATTIE REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Stanley struck
out; Henderson lined to pitcher; Murphy doubled to left;
Revering singled to right [Murphy scored]; Gross struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 8.

MARINERS 7TH: Narron popped to catcher in foul territory;
Paciorek doubled to left; Henderson flied out to center; Randle
made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: CLARK REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); Armas grounded
out (shortstop to first); HOSLEY BATTED FOR PAGE; Hosley
grounded out (pitcher to first); Babitt walked; Heath forced
Babitt (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Athletics 8.

MARINERS 8TH: HOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GRAY BATTED
FOR ANDERSON; Gray flied out to center; Cruz flied out to
center; Simpson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: GRAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); AUERBACH
REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING SS); BULLING REPLACED NARRON (PLAYING
C ); ALLEN REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING 2B); ANDERSEN REPLACED CLARK
(PITCHING); Stanley struck out; Henderson singled to left;
Murphy made an out to shortstop; Revering struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 8.

MARINERS 9TH: Bochte made an out to shortstop; Zisk made an out
to shortstop; Bulling grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 8.