A single by Jeff Burroughs drove in the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning as the Mariners opened the new season with a 5-4 triumph over the Angels. The score was 4-4 when Gary Gray singled with one out in the eighth and was replaced by pinch-runner Joe Simpson, who stole second and tallied on Burroughs' blow. Tom Paciorek knocked in three runs for Seattle with a single in the first and two-run homer in the fifth.

The Mariners' Julio Cruz, attempting to set the A.L. consecutive stolen base record, was thrown out by Ed Ott on a pitchout as he tried to pilfer second base in the seventh. Cruz had tied Willie Wilson's record of 32 straight thefts. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 5, California Angels 4

Game Played on Monday, August 10, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome

Angels 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 11 2 Mariners 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 x - 5 10 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Carew 1b 5 2 4 2 0 0 .315 Cruz 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .230 Burleson ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .298 Randle 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Lynn cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Paciorek cf,lf 4 2 2 3 0 0 .332 Downing lf,c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .269 Zisk dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .319 Ford rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Gray 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .285 Grich 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .276 Simpson pr,cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .205 Baylor dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .188 Burroughs rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .264 Ott c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .225 Parsons pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Beniquez ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Bochte lf,1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .257 Harlow ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Bulling c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Hobson 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .291 Auerbach ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .138 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andersen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 11 3 3 3 Totals 33 5 10 5 2 3 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 14,527 Left on Base: Angels 8, Mariners 7 DP: Angels 0, Mariners 1 Errors: Burleson, Hobson Doubles: Carew 2 (14), Cruz (5) Triples: Carew (1) Home Runs: Paciorek (6) Stolen Bases: Paciorek (11), Simpson (3) Caught Stealing: Cruz (1) Sacrifice Hits: Randle (2) GIDP: Ford (12) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn 4.1 5 3 3 1 2 0 20 3.90 Kison 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 5.40 Aase L(1-2) 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 10 1.70 Totals 8 10 5 5 2 3 1 36 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott 5 6 1 1 1 1 0 21 4.36 Andersen 1.2 3 3 3 0 1 0 8 3.23 Rawley 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 4.28 Drago W(4-2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 4.09 Totals 9 11 4 4 3 3 0 39 Passed Balls: Ott (4) Wild Pitches: Aase (2), Rawley (7) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Rocky Roe ANGELS 1ST: Carew doubled to right; Burleson grounded out (first unassisted) [Carew to third]; Lynn popped to first in foul territory; Downing singled to right [Carew scored]; Ford struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz singled to left; Ott allowed a passed ball [Cruz to second]; Randle out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cruz to third]; Paciorek singled to right [Cruz scored]; Paciorek stole second; Zisk struck out; Gray singled to right [Paciorek scored]; Burroughs walked [Gray to second]; Bochte grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 2. ANGELS 2ND: Grich singled to left; Baylor made an out to third; Ott made an out to shortstop; Hobson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 2. MARINERS 2ND: Bulling grounded out (second to first); Auerbach struck out; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 2. ANGELS 3RD: Carew singled to left; Burleson grounded out (third to first) [Carew to second]; Lynn singled to right [Carew out at home (right to first to catcher)]; Downing grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 2. MARINERS 3RD: Randle grounded out (third to first); Paciorek reached on an error by Hobson; Paciorek was picked off first (pitcher to first); Zisk singled to left; Gray forced Zisk (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 2. ANGELS 4TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 2. MARINERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Bochte reached on an error by Burleson; Bulling grounded out (catcher unassisted) [Bochte to second]; Auerbach flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 2. ANGELS 5TH: Ott flied out to center; Hobson lined to right; Carew doubled to center; Burleson walked; Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 2. MARINERS 5TH: Cruz doubled to left; Randle grounded out (second to first) [Cruz to third]; KISON REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Paciorek homered [Cruz scored]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Gray struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 4. ANGELS 6TH: ANDERSEN REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford popped to first in foul territory; Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 4. MARINERS 6TH: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Bochte flied out to center; Bulling grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Mariners 4. ANGELS 7TH: Baylor made an out to third; Ott singled to right; Hobson singled to center [Ott to second]; Carew tripled to center [Ott scored, Hobson scored]; Burleson grounded out (third to first); RAWLEY REPLACED ANDERSEN (PITCHING); Rawley threw a wild pitch [Carew scored]; Lynn grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 4. MARINERS 7TH: AASE REPLACED KISON (PITCHING); Auerbach singled to right; Cruz forced Auerbach (third to shortstop); Cruz was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Randle singled to left; Aase threw a wild pitch [Randle to second]; Paciorek flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 4. ANGELS 8TH: Downing walked; Ford grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Downing out at second]; Grich walked; Baylor singled to right [Grich to second]; BENIQUEZ BATTED FOR OTT; DRAGO REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); HARLOW BATTED FOR BENIQUEZ; Harlow struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 4. MARINERS 8TH: DOWNING CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); HARLOW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Zisk flied out to right; Gray singled to right; SIMPSON RAN FOR GRAY; Simpson stole second; Burroughs singled to left [Simpson scored, Burroughs to second (on throw to home)]; PARSONS RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Bochte was walked intentionally; Bulling flied out to right; Auerbach flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 5. ANGELS 9TH: PACIOREK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); SIMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); PARSONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BOCHTE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Hobson flied out to right; Julio Cruz collided with Casey Parsons on Butch Hobson's flyout; Carew flied out to left; Burleson singled to center; Lynn flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Mariners 5.

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