Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
April 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 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 9, Seattle Mariners 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 1 0
Murphy cf 5 2 3 4
Revering 1b 3 2 1 1
Gross 3b 3 0 1 0
Armas rf 5 1 2 2
Page dh 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,dh 1 1 0 0
Heath c 5 1 3 1
Babitt 2b 2 0 0 0
  McKay ph,2b 2 0 0 1
Stanley ss 1 0 0 0
  Patterson ph 0 1 0 0
  Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 9
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 1 3
Simpson cf 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 0 0
Zisk dh 4 1 2 1
Burroughs rf 3 0 1 0
  Allen pr 0 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 4 0 0 0
Narron c 4 1 2 0
Edler 3b 2 1 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
Anderson ss 3 1 0 0
  Gray ph 1 0 0 0
Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 4
Oakland 200 013 0039112
Seattle 010 030 000462
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  W (4-0) 9.0 6 4 3 2 8
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
2
8
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Parrott  L (0-1) 5.2 9 6 6 3 2
  Clark   2.1 0 0 0 0 4
  Rawley   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
5
6

  E–Babitt 2 (4), Cruz (2), Edler (3).  2B–Oakland Armas (7,off Rawley).  3B–Seattle Cruz (1,off Keough).  HR–Oakland Revering (1,5th inning off Parrott 0 on, 1 out); Murphy (3,6th inning off Parrott 2 on, 2 out), Seattle Zisk (5,2nd inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Stanley (1,off Parrott); Gross (1,off Rawley).  SF–McKay (1,off Rawley).  IBB–Johnson (1,by Rawley).  SB–Henderson (13,2nd base off Parrott/Narron); Murphy (3,2nd base off Parrott/Narron).  BK–Parrott (1).  IBB–Rawley (1,Johnson).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–3:06.  A–15,562.
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