California Angels vs Seattle Mariners
April 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1981 at Kingdome. The California Angels defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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California Angels 6, Seattle Mariners 2

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 5 0 1 0
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 3 1 1 0
Baylor dh 3 1 0 0
Ford rf 3 2 1 1
Downing c 4 1 2 4
Brunansky lf 4 1 1 0
Grich 2b 4 0 1 1
Hobson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Campaneris pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 1 0
Henderson cf 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 1 1 0
Zisk dh 4 0 2 0
Burroughs rf 4 1 1 2
Paciorek lf 4 0 0 0
Edler 3b 3 0 0 0
Anderson ss 2 0 0 0
  Gulden ph,c 1 0 0 0
Bulling c 2 0 0 0
  Gray ph 1 0 1 0
  Auerbach pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
California 400 001 010670
Seattle 000 000 200261
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  W (1-0) 7.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Aase   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
5
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (0-1) 8.0 7 6 6 3 2
  Andersen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
3
3

  E–Anderson (1).  DP–California 1.  2B–California Downing (1,off Abbott).  3B–California Grich (1,off Abbott), Seattle Gray (1,off Aase).  HR–California Downing (1,1st inning off Abbott 3 on, 2 out); Ford (1,8th inning off Abbott 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Burroughs (1,7th inning off Zahn 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Hobson (1,by Andersen).  SB–Lynn (1,2nd base off Abbott/Bulling); Brunansky (1,2nd base off Abbott/Bulling).  HBP–Andersen (1,Hobson).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:14.  A–33,317.
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