California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
August 14, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels 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

California Angels 2, Oakland Athletics 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 2 0 1 0
  Harris ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Downing lf 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 4 1 1 1
Ford rf 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 1 1 0
Ott c 4 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 2 0 0 1
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 1 1
Murphy cf 4 1 1 2
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Budaska dh 4 1 1 0
Newman c 4 0 1 0
Drumright 2b 4 1 2 1
Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
California 000 000 020 0250
Oakland 100 010 000 2471
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Renko   5.0 3 2 2 2 2
  Hassler   3.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Aase  L (2-3) 1.2 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.2
7
4
4
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (8-4) 10.0 5 2 2 2 7
Totals
10.0
5
2
2
2
7

  E–Newman (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Newman (8,off Renko).  HR–California Grich (9,8th inning off McCatty 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Henderson (4,1st inning off Renko 0 on, 0 out); Murphy (10,10th inning off Aase 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Hobson (2,off McCatty).  SH–Picciolo (6,off Aase).  CS–Carew (7,2nd base by McCatty/Newman); Burleson (3,2nd base by McCatty/Newman).  U–Al Clark, Steve Palermo, Ted Hendry.  T–2:59.  A–23,804.
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