Mike Norris registered his fourth victory of the season on a five-hitter as the A's breezed past the Mariners, 6-2. The A's tallied twice in their first turn at bat on run-scoring singles by Dwayne Murphy and Mitchell Page and erupted for four runs in the third on a leadoff homer by Murphy, run-scoring double by Tony Armas and two-run pinch-single by Cliff Johnson. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Seattle Mariners 2
Game Played on Friday, April     24, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome
A's          2  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   6 11  0
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  5  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          5   1   3   0     0   1   .348      Cruz 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .196
Murphy cf             5   1   2   2     0   1   .281      Simpson cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Revering 1b           3   2   1   0     1   0   .317      Bochte 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .163
Gross 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .132      Zisk dh               4   1   1   1     0   0   .377
  McKay 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Burroughs rf          3   1   1   1     1   1   .440
Armas rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .354      Paciorek lf           3   0   2   0     1   0   .377
Page dh               1   0   1   1     0   0   .125      Narron c              4   0   0   0     0   3   .286
  Johnson ph,dh       3   0   1   2     0   2   .333      Randle 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .194
Babitt 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .318      Anderson ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Newman c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .097        Meyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stanley ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .148        Edler ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Abbott 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
                                                            Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  11   6     2   6             Totals               32   2   5   2     4   5

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 17,554
Left on Base: A's 5, Mariners 7
DP: A's 0, Mariners 1
Errors: Bochte
Doubles: Henderson (5), Armas (6), Stanley (1), Paciorek (6)
Home Runs: Murphy (2), Zisk (3), Burroughs (2)
Stolen Bases: Page (1), Henderson 2 (10), Cruz (8), Paciorek (4)
GIDP: Gross (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris W(4-0)           9     5   2   2   4   5   2  36   1.64
Totals                  9     5   2   2   4   5   2  36

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott L(0-4)           2     7   4   4   1   1   1  12   6.57
Clark                   5     3   2   2   1   2   0  19   2.13
Andersen                1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   5.40
Rawley                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9    11   6   6   2   6   1  38

Wild Pitches: Norris (3)
Balks: Norris (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson doubled to right; Murphy singled to
right [Henderson scored]; Revering singled to right [Murphy out
at third (right to third)]; Gross flied out to center; Armas
singled to right [Revering to second]; Page singled to center
[Revering scored, Armas to third]; Page stole second; Babitt
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Simpson made
an out to shortstop; Bochte walked; Zisk flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
struck out; Henderson singled to center; Henderson was picked
off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
2, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Burroughs walked; Paciorek flied out to center;
Narron struck out; Randle singled to center [Burroughs to
second]; Norris balked [Burroughs to third, Randle to second];
Anderson made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
2, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy homered; Revering walked; CLARK REPLACED
ABBOTT (PITCHING); Gross walked [Revering to second]; Armas
doubled to left [Revering scored, Gross to third]; JOHNSON
BATTED FOR PAGE; Johnson singled to left [Gross scored, Armas
scored]; Babitt flied out to center; Newman struck out; Stanley
popped to first in foul territory; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Cruz walked;
Cruz stole second; Simpson struck out; Norris threw a wild pitch
[Cruz to third]; Bochte grounded out (pitcher to first); Zisk
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
6, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Henderson singled to right; Henderson stole
second; Murphy flied out to center; Henderson stole third;
Revering reached on an error by Bochte; Gross grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Revering out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Burroughs struck out; Paciorek doubled to left;
Narron struck out; Randle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas flied out to right; Johnson struck out;
Babitt grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Anderson lined to third; Cruz flied out to center;
Simpson grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman lined to shortstop; Stanley grounded out
(second to first); Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Zisk flied
out to left; Burroughs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Revering
grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 7TH: Paciorek walked; Narron flied out to center;
Paciorek stole second; Randle flied out to center; MEYER BATTED
FOR ANDERSON; Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: EDLER REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING SS); ANDERSEN
REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Armas grounded out (pitcher to
first); Johnson struck out; Babitt made an out to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 8TH: Cruz flied out to center; Simpson grounded out
(second to first); Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Newman flied out to center; Stanley doubled to
center; Henderson struck out; RAWLEY REPLACED ANDERSEN
(PITCHING); Murphy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
6, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 9TH: MCKAY REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Zisk homered;
Burroughs homered; Paciorek singled to left; Narron struck out;
Randle flied out to center; Edler forced Paciorek (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 2.