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.

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