Making his first start of the season, Steve Renko got effective relief help and received credit for the victory as the Angels defeated the A's, 3-1. California scored in the third inning on a walk to Rod Carew, single by Rick Burleson and run-scoring single by Fred Lynn. Bobby Grich drilled a solo homer in the fourth and a double by Bert Campaneris and RBI single by Carew accounted for the final Angels' tally in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 3, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Tuesday, April 28, 1981 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Angels 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 10 0 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Carew 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .303 Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .329 Burleson ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .295 Murphy cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .296 Ford rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .246 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Lynn cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .304 Gross 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .146 Harris lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .429 Armas rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .329 Beniquez ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .156 Page dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Ott c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Johnson ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .324 Baylor dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .069 Babitt 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Grich 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .217 Newman c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .079 Campaneris 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .125 Stanley ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .138 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hosley ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patterson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .375 McKay ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Kingman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 10 3 4 2 Totals 32 1 6 1 2 8 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 15,400 Left on Base: Angels 9, A's 6 DP: Angels 0, A's 2 Doubles: Harris (1), Campaneris (1) Home Runs: Grich (3), Murphy (4) Stolen Bases: Henderson 2 (16) Sacrifice Hits: Ott (2) GIDP: Ott (2), Ford (3) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko W(1-0) 6 2 0 0 2 5 0 21 0.56 Aase 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 1 11 0.73 Sanchez SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.38 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 8 1 34 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kingman L(2-1) 5.1 7 2 2 3 0 1 24 1.30 Jones 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0.00 Minetto 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 McLaughlin 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 7.71 Totals 9 10 3 3 4 2 1 39 Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - John Shulock, 3B - Bill Kunkel ANGELS 1ST: Umpire Vic Voltaggio missed game for unknown reason; Carew flied out to left; Burleson flied out to right; Ford walked; Lynn singled to right [Ford to third]; Harris forced Lynn (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to shortstop; Henderson stole second; Murphy flied out to center; Revering was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball [Henderson out at third (shortstop unassisted)]; Gross flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 2ND: Ott grounded out (first to pitcher); Baylor walked; Grich flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas walked; Page struck out; Babitt popped to first in foul territory; Newman made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 3RD: Carew walked; Burleson singled to right [Carew to third]; Ford popped to first in foul territory; Lynn singled to left [Carew scored, Burleson to second]; Harris singled to right [Burleson to third, Lynn to second]; Ott grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Harris out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Stanley struck out; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 0. ANGELS 4TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Grich homered; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering grounded out (second to first); Gross was called out on strikes; Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ANGELS 5TH: Burleson singled to left; Ford grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Burleson out at second]; Lynn flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Page struck out; Babitt grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ANGELS 6TH: Harris doubled to center; Ott out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harris to third]; JONES REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Baylor struck out; Grich was walked intentionally; Campaneris forced Grich (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: HOSLEY BATTED FOR STANLEY; Hosley walked; PICCIOLO RAN FOR HOSLEY; Henderson forced Picciolo (shortstop to second); Murphy flied out to right; Henderson stole second; Revering grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ANGELS 7TH: PICCIOLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Carew flied out to left; Burleson flied out to right; Ford popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: AASE REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas popped to catcher in foul territory; Page flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ANGELS 8TH: MINETTO REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Lynn flied out to left; BENIQUEZ BATTED FOR HARRIS; Beniquez struck out; Ott singled to right; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); Baylor popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: BENIQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Babitt flied out to center; Newman struck out; PATTERSON BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Patterson singled to center; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ANGELS 9TH: MCKAY REPLACED PATTERSON (PLAYING SS); Grich grounded out (third to first); Campaneris doubled to left; Carew singled to center [Campaneris scored]; Burleson flied out to right; Ford popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: Murphy homered; Revering flied out to right; On a bunt Gross singled to first; Armas singled to right [Gross to second]; SANCHEZ REPLACED AASE (PITCHING); JOHNSON BATTED FOR PAGE; Johnson flied out to center; Babitt struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Athletics 1.

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