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Angels
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 16, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the California Angels, played on August 16, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 16, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
California Angels
|
| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 16, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | California Angels |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Forsch |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Langford |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 28,853 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ted Hendry 1B: Jim Evans 2B: Al Clark 3B: Steve Palermo |
California Angels Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
| John Harris | First Baseman |
| Rod Carew | DH |
| Fred Lynn | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Grich | Second Baseman |
| Dan Ford | Right Fielder |
| Brian Downing | Left Fielder |
| Ed Ott | Catcher |
| Butch Hobson | Third Baseman |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Jim Spencer | First Baseman |
| Mark Budaska | DH |
| Mike Heath | Catcher |
| Keith Drumright | Second Baseman |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Angels
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 16, 1981
Top 1
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Angels, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Langford
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Langford
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Langford
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Angels, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Forsch
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Forsch
Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. Forsch
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Henderson moves to third. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Armas vs. Forsch
Armas hits a fly ball into left field. Downing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Henderson tags and scores. Murphy tags and moves to third. Gross tags and moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Spencer vs. Forsch
Spencer is walked intentionally. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Budaska vs. Forsch
Budaska takes first base on ball four. Murphy scores. Gross moves to third. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heath vs. Forsch
Heath hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Gross tags and scores. Spencer tags and moves to third. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Drumright vs. Forsch
Drumright hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Angels, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Langford
Lynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grich vs. Langford
Grich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lynn moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ford vs. Langford
Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lynn moves to third. Grich moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Downing vs. Langford
Downing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lynn scores. Grich moves to third. View Play -
Angels, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ott vs. Langford
Ott strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Angels, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Forsch
Picciolo hits a line drive towards third. Hobson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Forsch
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Forsch
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first, with Forsch covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Angels, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Langford
Hobson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burleson vs. Langford
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Angels, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Langford
Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Langford
Carew takes first base on ball four. Burleson moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lynn vs. Langford
Lynn hits a fly ball towards center. Murphy settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Murphy. Burleson scores. Carew goes all the way around to score. Lynn moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Angels, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grich vs. Langford
Grich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lynn scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Langford
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Forsch
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Forsch
Armas hits a fly ball into left field. Downing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Forsch
Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Budaska vs. Forsch
There goes Spencer. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Spencer steals second. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Budaska vs. Forsch
Budaska takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Forsch
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Downing vs. Langford
Downing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Langford
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hobson vs. Langford
Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drumright vs. Forsch
Drumright hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Forsch
Picciolo bunts towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out. Drumright moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Forsch
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Drumright moves to third. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murphy vs. Forsch
There goes Henderson. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Murphy vs. Forsch
Murphy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn who is chasing the ball. Murphy reaches third base with a triple. Drumright scores. Henderson scores. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gross vs. Forsch
Gross bunts towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out. Murphy scores. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Forsch
Armas strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Langford
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Langford
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Langford
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Forsch
Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Budaska vs. Forsch
Budaska strikes out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Forsch
Heath hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Langford
Lynn hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grich vs. Langford
Grich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Langford
Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grich moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Downing vs. Langford
Grich is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Grich moves to third. Ford moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Downing vs. Langford
Downing strikes out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ott vs. Langford
Ott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Ott reaches second base with a double. Grich scores. Ford scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hobson vs. Langford
Hobson hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Angels, 6 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drumright vs. Forsch
Drumright bunts towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Forsch
Picciolo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Forsch
Henderson hits a popup into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Forsch
Murphy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. Forsch
Gross takes first base on ball four. Picciolo moves to third. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Armas vs. Forsch
Armas takes first base on ball four. Picciolo scores. Murphy moves to third. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Spencer vs. Aase
Don Aase now pitching.
Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Langford
Fred Stanley now playing shortstop.
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Langford
Harris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Langford
Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Langford
Lynn hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Budaska vs. Aase
Budaska hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Aase
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aase fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drumright vs. Aase
Drumright hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aase fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grich vs. Langford
Grich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Langford
Ford hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Downing vs. Langford
Downing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Aase
Stanley is called out on strikes. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Aase
Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Aase
There goes Henderson. The throw from Ott and he is out, Burleson applying the tag. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Aase
Murphy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Aase
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Langford
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Langford
Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 6 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Langford
Burleson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Drumright settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/16/1981 -- California at Oakland (D)
California AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Burleson R, ss 5 1 0 0 Henderson R, lf 5 2 3 0
Harris J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Murphy D, cf 5 2 4 2
Carew R, dh 3 1 0 0 Gross W, 3b 3 1 1 1
Lynn F, cf 4 2 1 0 Armas T, rf 2 0 0 2
Grich B, 2b 2 1 2 1 Spencer J, 1b 3 0 1 0
Ford D, rf 4 1 2 0 Budaska M, dh 2 0 0 1
Downing B, lf 4 0 0 0 Heath M, c 3 0 1 1
Ott E, c 4 0 2 2 Drumright K, 2b 4 1 1 0
Hobson B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Picciolo R, ss 2 1 1 0
Stanley F, ss 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 9 3 30 7 12 7
California 013 002 000 -- 6
Oakland 300 301 00x -- 7
California IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch K (L) 5.2 9 7 7 5 2
Aase D 2.1 3 0 0 0 1
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Langford R (W) 9.0 9 6 1 3 2
E -- Murphy D, Gross W
DP -- California 1, Oakland 3
LOB -- California 4, Oakland 8
2B -- Ott E
3B -- Murphy D
SB -- Spencer J, Henderson R
CS -- Grich B, Henderson R
SH -- Picciolo R, Gross W
SF -- Armas T, Heath M
T -- 2:56
A -- 28853
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