The rampaging A's posted their 16th win in 17 games by beating the Mariners, 7-4. The A's scored two runs in the first inning on a two-run single by Mike Heath and made it 3-0 in the second on a leadoff homer by Rickey Henderson. Dave McKay cracked a two-run double in the third and Cliff Johnson clouted a two-run homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 7, Seattle Mariners 4

Game Played on Saturday, April 25, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome

A's 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 7 10 0 Mariners 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 4 10 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 3 2 1 1 0 .357 Cruz 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .183 Murphy cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .274 Simpson cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .289 Johnson dh 4 2 2 2 1 1 .355 Bochte 1b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .185 Armas rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .343 Zisk dh 4 1 1 1 1 0 .368 Heath c 5 1 2 2 0 0 .240 Burroughs rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .393 Newman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .086 Paciorek lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .368 Babitt 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .319 Narron c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .320 McKay 3b 4 0 1 2 0 2 .261 Edler 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 .158 Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .233 Meyer ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .333 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randle 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Auerbach ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Gray ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Anderson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Gleaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andersen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 7 10 7 3 10 Totals 37 4 10 4 3 4 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 17,388 Left on Base: A's 7, Mariners 9 DP: A's 0, Mariners 0 Errors: Auerbach Doubles: McKay (2), Henderson (6), Simpson (4), Bochte 2 (4), Edler (1), Meyer (1) Triples: Heath (1) Home Runs: Henderson (2), Johnson (2), Zisk (4) Stolen Bases: Henderson 2 (12), Johnson (1), McKay (1), Cruz (9) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(3-1) 9 10 4 4 3 4 1 40 3.25 Totals 9 10 4 4 3 4 1 40 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gleaton L(2-2) 2.1 6 5 5 3 3 1 17 5.56 Andersen 4.2 3 2 2 0 4 1 17 4.66 Drago 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 2.70 Totals 9 10 7 7 3 10 2 41 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Terry Cooney ATHLETICS 1ST: before the game Athletics manager Billy Martin asked umpire Bill Kunkel to examine the batter's boxes; they were 7 feet long instead of 6; Mariners manager Maury Wills had told the grounds crew to do this so that Tom Paciorek would not step out of the box as he swung; they were redrawn before the game started; Henderson walked; Murphy made an out to second; Henderson stole second; Johnson walked; Armas struck out while Henderson stole third and Johnson stole second; Heath singled to center [Henderson scored, Johnson scored]; Newman reached on an error by Auerbach [Heath to third]; Babitt flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to center; Simpson doubled to right; Bochte flied out to left; Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: McKay struck out; Picciolo flied out to center; Henderson homered; Murphy singled to center; Johnson singled to left [Murphy to second]; Armas struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Narron singled to right; Edler struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Heath tripled to right; Newman grounded out (second to first); Babitt was walked intentionally; McKay doubled to left [Heath scored, Babitt scored]; ANDERSEN REPLACED GLEATON (PITCHING); McKay stole third; Picciolo struck out; Henderson made an out to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Auerbach flied out to center; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Simpson singled to third; Bochte doubled to left [Simpson scored]; Zisk walked; Burroughs forced Bochte (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy popped to catcher in foul territory; Johnson made an out to first; Armas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 1. MARINERS 4TH: Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Narron grounded out (second to first); Edler doubled to center; Auerbach grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Heath made an out to shortstop; Newman flied out to center; Babitt singled to center; McKay grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 1. MARINERS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Simpson grounded out (second to first); Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo struck out; Henderson doubled to center; Murphy struck out; Johnson homered [Henderson scored]; Armas flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 1. MARINERS 6TH: Zisk homered; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Narron struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Heath flied out to left; Newman struck out; Babitt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 2. MARINERS 7TH: Edler struck out; Auerbach flied out to center; Cruz walked; Cruz stole second; Simpson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: DRAGO REPLACED ANDERSEN (PITCHING); McKay struck out; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 2. MARINERS 8TH: Bochte flied out to center; Zisk flied out to center; Burroughs walked; Paciorek singled to right [Burroughs to second]; Narron singled to center [Burroughs to third, Paciorek to second]; MEYER BATTED FOR EDLER; Meyer doubled to left [Burroughs scored, Paciorek scored, Narron to third]; GRAY BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Gray flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: RANDLE REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING 3B); ANDERSON REPLACED GRAY (PLAYING SS); Murphy struck out; Johnson struck out; Armas singled to left; Heath grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 4. MARINERS 9TH: Cruz lined to second; Simpson made an out to shortstop; Bochte doubled to center; Zisk flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 4.

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