Mike Norris notched his 10th victory in hurling the A's to a 2-1 triumph over the Rangers. The A's tallied their first run in the opening frame on a single by Mickey Klutts. Rob Picciolo singled in the fifth, reached second on an infield out and came home on Dwayne Murphy's single. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 2, Texas Rangers 1

Game Played on Monday, September 7, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 3 A's 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 2 7 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .259 Henderson lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .332 Sample lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Murphy cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .275 Oliver dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .320 Bosetti dh 4 1 0 0 0 0 .213 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .313 Armas rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .279 Jones rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .333 Klutts 3b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .389 Sundberg c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .274 Stanley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Tolleson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Newman c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Stein 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .354 Moore 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Wills 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .247 McKay 2b,3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Picciolo ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .225 Poquette ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 7 1 2 3 Totals 31 2 7 2 1 5 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 36,393 Left on Base: Rangers 6, A's 6 DP: Rangers 0, A's 0 Errors: Bell 2, Wills Doubles: Newman (12) Home Runs: Jones (2) Stolen Bases: Tolleson (1) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt L(9-4) 8 7 2 2 1 5 0 32 2.86 Totals 8 7 2 2 1 5 0 32 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norris W(10-6) 9 7 1 1 2 3 1 34 3.61 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 3 1 34 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Rocky Roe RANGERS 1ST: Rivers walked; Sample singled to center [Rivers out at third (center to third)]; Oliver grounded out (second to first) [Sample to second]; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to shortstop; Murphy struck out; Bosetti forced Henderson (third to second) [Bosetti to second (error by Wills)]; Armas was walked intentionally; Klutts singled to center [Bosetti scored, Armas to third, Klutts to second (on throw)]; Newman popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. RANGERS 2ND: Jones popped to shortstop; Sundberg walked; Stein flied to left; Wills singled to right [Sundberg to third]; Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Moore grounded out (second to first); McKay grounded out (third to first); Picciolo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. RANGERS 3RD: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Sample popped to first in foul territory; Oliver flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. RANGERS 4TH: Bell singled to left; Jones grounded out (second to first) [Bell to second]; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Stein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Klutts flied to center; Newman reached on an error by Bell; Moore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Mendoza popped to third in foul territory; Rivers singled to center; Rivers was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo singled to third; Henderson grounded out (second to first) [Picciolo to second]; Murphy singled to left [Picciolo scored, Murphy out at second (left to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 2. RANGERS 6TH: Sample grounded out (third to first); Oliver flied to center; Bell flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Bosetti flied to right; Armas struck out; Klutts singled to left; Newman doubled to left [Klutts to third]; Moore flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 2. RANGERS 7TH: Jones struck out; Sundberg flied to center; Stein flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo struck out; Henderson singled to third [Henderson to second (error by Bell)]; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 2. RANGERS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED KLUTTS (PLAYING 2B); MCKAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Wills flied to center; POQUETTE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Poquette lined to shortstop; Rivers singled to center; Sample flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: WAGNER REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING SS); Bosetti flied to right; Armas struck out; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 2. RANGERS 9TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones homered; Sundberg singled to center; TOLLESON RAN FOR SUNDBERG; Tolleson stole second; Stein grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 2.

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