Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics
April 17, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 1, Oakland Athletics 16

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 0 0
Simpson cf 4 0 1 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0
Zisk dh 3 0 0 0
Gulden c 4 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 3 0 1 0
Henderson rf 3 1 1 1
Edler 3b 3 0 0 0
Auerbach ss 3 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Beattie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 6 3 3 3
Murphy cf 4 1 2 2
  Patterson ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Johnson dh 5 4 4 3
Armas rf,cf 5 2 3 5
Heath c 4 0 0 1
Newman 1b 3 1 0 0
Babitt 2b 5 2 2 0
McKay 3b 4 1 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 1 2 2
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 16 18 16
Seattle 010 000 000140
Oakland 512 200 60x16180
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (0-2) 3.0 9 8 8 1 5
  Drago   3.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Beattie   2.0 6 6 6 1 3
Totals
8.0
18
16
16
2
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (2-0) 9.0 4 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
3

  E–None.  2B–Oakland Armas (2,off Bannister).  HR–Seattle Henderson (1,2nd inning off McCatty 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Murphy (1,1st inning off Bannister 1 on, 0 out); Johnson (1,1st inning off Bannister 0 on, 0 out); Henderson (1,3rd inning off Bannister 1 on, 2 out); Armas 2 (6,4th inning off Drago 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Beattie 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Heath (2,off Bannister).  HBP–McKay (1,by Bannister); Picciolo (1,by Beattie).  SB–Henderson (3,2nd base off Bannister/Gulden).  HBP–Bannister (1,McKay); Beattie (1,Picciolo).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:38.  A–50,255.
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