Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
April 25, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1981 at Kingdome. 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

Oakland Athletics 7, Seattle Mariners 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 3 2 1
Murphy cf 5 0 1 0
Johnson dh 4 2 2 2
Armas rf 5 0 1 0
Heath c 5 1 2 2
Newman 1b 4 0 0 0
Babitt 2b 3 1 1 0
McKay 3b 4 0 1 2
Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 10 7
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 0 0
Simpson cf 5 1 2 0
Bochte 1b 5 0 2 1
Zisk dh 4 1 1 1
Burroughs rf 3 1 0 0
Paciorek lf 4 1 1 0
Narron c 4 0 2 0
Edler 3b 3 0 1 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 1 2
  Randle 3b 0 0 0 0
Auerbach ss 3 0 0 0
  Gray ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Oakland 212 002 0007100
Seattle 001 001 0204101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (3-1) 9.0 10 4 4 3 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Gleaton  L (2-2) 2.1 6 5 5 3 3
  Andersen   4.2 3 2 2 0 4
  Drago   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
3
10

  E–Auerbach (2).  2B–Oakland McKay (2,off Gleaton); Henderson (6,off Andersen), Seattle Simpson (4,off Langford); Bochte 2 (4,off Langford 2); Edler (1,off Langford); Meyer (1,off Langford).  3B–Oakland Heath (1,off Gleaton).  HR–Oakland Henderson (2,2nd inning off Gleaton 0 on, 2 out); Johnson (2,6th inning off Andersen 1 on, 2 out), Seattle Zisk (4,6th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Babitt (1,by Gleaton).  SB–Henderson 2 (12,2nd base off Gleaton/Narron,3rd base off Gleaton/Narron); Johnson (1,2nd base off Gleaton/Narron); McKay (1,3rd base off Andersen/Narron); Cruz (9,2nd base off Langford/Heath).  IBB–Gleaton (1,Babitt).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:37.  A–17,388.
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