The Oakland Athletics squeaked out a win over the California Angels, 8 to 7, on August 15, 1981.

Final

Angels

32-33

7

Athletics

40-25

8

CAL

OAK

1

0

2

0

3

1

0

4

0

2

5

1

6

1

0

7

1

2

8

0

1

9

1

0

10

1

11

0

12

0

13

0

1

R

7

8

H

18

16

E

3

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

CAL

OAK

Fred Lynn grounded out; Rick Burleson scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

CAL

OAK

Home run by Rick Burleson.

2

0

Bottom 4th

CAL

OAK

Shooty Babitt grounded out; Mike Heath scored.

2

1

Single by Dave McKay; Mark Budaska scored.

2

Top 5th

CAL

OAK

Home run by Bobby Grich.

3

2

Bottom 5th

CAL

OAK

Mike Heath grounded out; Rickey Henderson scored.

3

Top 6th

CAL

OAK

Single by John Harris; Rick Burleson scored.

4

3

Top 7th

CAL

OAK

Single by Butch Hobson; Brian Downing scored.

5

3

Bottom 7th

CAL

OAK

Sacrifice fly by Cliff Johnson; Rickey Henderson scored.

5

4

Double by Tony Armas; Dwayne Murphy scored.

5

Bottom 8th

CAL

OAK

Single by Tony Armas; Rickey Henderson scored.

5

6

Top 9th

CAL

OAK

Single by John Harris; Bert Campaneris scored.

6

Top 10th

CAL

OAK

Home run by Bobby Grich.

7

6

Bottom 10th

CAL

OAK

Sacrifice fly by Keith Drumright; Error by Juan Beniquez; Rick Bosetti scored.

7

Bottom 13th

CAL

OAK

Home run by Mike Heath.

7

8

Angels

Athletics

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Rick Burleson SS	6	3	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	6
John Harris 1B	7	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
Dan Ford RF	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Fred Lynn CF	5	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0
Bobby Grich 2B	7	2	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	10
Brian Downing LF,C	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Don Baylor DH	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ed Ott C	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Bert Campaneris PR,3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Butch Hobson 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Juan Beniquez LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	54	7	18	7	3	7	10	1	1	28

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Geoff Zahn	6.0	9	5	4	3	1	0
Jesse Jefferson	1.1	1	1	1	2	0	0
Angel Moreno	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Witt (L)	5.0	6	2	2	2	4	1
Totals	12.1	16	8	7	8	5	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Rickey Henderson LF	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	3
Dwayne Murphy CF	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	3
Cliff Johnson 1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Rob Picciolo SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Drumright PH,2B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Armas RF	6	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	4
Mike Heath C	4	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	5
Mark Budaska DH	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Shooty Babitt 2B	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Gross PH,3B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dave McKay 3B,2B,SS	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Fred Stanley SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Spencer PH,1B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Bosetti PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Newman 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	47	8	16	8	1	8	5	1	2	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Brian Kingman	4.1	6	3	3	4	2	2
Dave Heaverlo	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Owchinko	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Jones	5.2	8	3	3	2	5	1
Tom Underwood (W)	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Totals	13.0	18	7	7	7	10	3

Explore

More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Langeliers

RBI

12

Langeliers

AVG

.279

Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Spence

K

25

Miller

ERA

2.03

Blackburn

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

77

29th

SO

212

21st

ERA

3.94

18th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	14	12	.538
Rangers	14	13	.519	0.5
Athletics	11	16	.407	3.5
Angels	10	16	.385	4.0
Astros	7	19	.269	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	OAK	@	BAL	4:05 PM
Sun 4/28	OAK	@	BAL	1:35 PM
Mon 4/29	PIT	@	OAK	9:40 PM
Tue 4/30	PIT	@	OAK	9:40 PM
Wed 5/1	PIT	@	OAK	3:37 PM

Last Game

Orioles

16-9

2

Final

3

Athletics

11-16

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0