Tim Hosley helped the A's to a 5-4 victory over the Angels by greeting reliever Andy Hassler with a three-run pinch-homer in the seventh inning. Mike Norris won for the fifth time in as many starts, surrendering only five hits. The A's again were involved in an intersquad tussle; after a homer by Dan Ford, A's catcher Mike Heath questioned the legality of the bat and when he offered it to the umpire for inspection the benches emptied. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, California Angels 4
Game Played on Wednesday, April     29, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Angels       0  1  0    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   4  5  2
A's          0  1  0    2  0  0    3  0  x  -   6  7  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Carew 1b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Henderson lf          3   0   0   0     2   1   .318
  Harlow lf           2   1   0   0     1   1   .333      Murphy cf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .284
Burleson ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .288      Johnson dh            2   1   1   1     2   0   .333
Ford rf               4   1   2   2     0   0   .261      Armas rf              3   1   1   1     1   2   .329
Lynn cf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .292      Heath c               3   1   0   0     1   1   .242
Harris lf,1b          4   1   1   1     0   1   .364      Newman 1b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .100
Ott c                 4   0   0   0     0   1   .231        Revering ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Baylor dh             3   0   0   0     1   0   .066        Hosley ph           1   1   1   3     0   0   .250
Grich 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .219        Gross 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .146
Campaneris 3b         3   0   1   1     0   0   .158      McKay 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .276
  Downing ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Babitt 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .283
  D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hassler p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   5   4     4   6             Totals               29   6   7   6     6   5

Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance: 15,220
Left on Base: Angels 5, A's 7
DP: Angels 0, A's 1
Errors: Campaneris, Zahn, Henderson
Doubles: Newman (3)
Home Runs: Harris (1), Ford (5), Armas (7), Hosley (1)
Stolen Bases: Burleson (1)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Picciolo (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Murphy (1)
GIDP: Lynn (2)
Hit by Pitch: Burleson (1,by Norris)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(3-2)             3.2   5   3   3   4   0   1  21   2.65
D'Acquisto              3     1   2   2   2   5   0  11  10.80
Hassler                 1.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   5   6.52
Totals                  8     7   6   6   6   5   2  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris W(5-0)           9     5   4   4   4   6   2  36   2.14
Totals                  9     5   4   4   4   6   2  36

Hit by Pitch: Norris (3)
Wild Pitches: Norris (4)
Balks: Norris (2)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Umpire Vic Voltaggio missed game for unknown
reason; Carew grounded out (second to first); Burleson was
hit by a pitch; Burleson stole second; Ford flied out to left;
Lynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Murphy flied out to center; Johnson made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Harris homered; Ott struck out; Baylor made an out
to second; Grich flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas homered; Heath grounded out (shortstop to
first); Newman doubled to left; Rod Carew ejected by 1B
umpire Bill Kunkel for trying to impede Jeff Newman; HARLOW
REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING LF); HARRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); McKay reached on an error by Campaneris [McKay to first];
Picciolo flied out to center; Babitt lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Campaneris flied out to left; Harlow struck out;
Burleson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson walked; Murphy flied out to left;
Johnson walked [Henderson to second]; Johnson was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Zahn [Henderson to third,
Johnson to second]; Armas was walked intentionally; Heath flied
out to right; Newman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Angels 1, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Ford singled to center; Lynn grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Ford out at second]; Harris grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: McKay singled to left; Picciolo out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [McKay to second]; Babitt
singled to shortstop [McKay to third]; Henderson walked [Babitt
to second]; Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to center [McKay scored];
Johnson singled to left [Babitt scored, Henderson to second];
D'ACQUISTO REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Henderson was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
1, Athletics 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Ott popped to catcher in foul territory; Baylor
popped to catcher in foul territory; Grich singled to left;
Norris threw a wild pitch [Grich to second]; Campaneris singled
to left [Grich scored, Campaneris to second (error by
Henderson)]; Harlow grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas struck out; Heath struck out; REVERING
BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Revering grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ANGELS 6TH: REVERING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Burleson
walked; Norris balked [Burleson to second]; Ford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lynn struck out; Harris was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: McKay singled to center; On a bunt Picciolo made
an out to pitcher; Babitt was called out on strikes; Henderson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Ott made an out to shortstop; Baylor grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 2, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Murphy flied to right in foul territory; Johnson
walked; Armas struck out; Heath walked [Johnson to second];
HASSLER REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); HOSLEY BATTED FOR
REVERING; Hosley homered [Johnson scored, Heath scored]; McKay
flied out to left; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 6.

ANGELS 8TH: GROSS REPLACED HOSLEY (PLAYING 1B); Campaneris
grounded out (pitcher to first); Harlow walked; Burleson made an
out to second; Ford homered [Harlow scored]; Lynn walked; Harris
forced Lynn (second to shortstop); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
4, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Picciolo grounded out (second to first to first);
Babitt flied out to right; Henderson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Athletics 6.

ANGELS 9TH: Ott lined to first; Baylor walked; Grich forced
Baylor (third to second); DOWNING BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Downing
flied out to center; after the game, Angels coach Tom Morgan
tried to start a fight with some Athletics players in the
hallway under the stands; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 4,
Athletics 6.