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.

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