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.