The Athletics erupted for six runs in the fourth inning and breezed past the Mariners, 8-1, for their second victory in nine games. Leroy Stanton led off the seventh with a home run, spoiling the shutout bid by Joe Coleman in his first start of the season. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Seattle Mariners 1
Game Played on Monday, July      11, 1977 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  2
A's          0  1  0    6  0  1    0  0  x  -   8  7  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .296      Scott ss              4   1   2   0     1   1   .297
Stinson c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Perez 2b              4   0   2   3     0   0   .271
  Baez ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Sanguillen rf         2   0   0   1     1   0   .268
  Cox c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Meyer 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .254      xMcKinney 1b          3   2   1   1     0   1   .000
Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   1   0     0   2   .271      Tyrone lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .269
Stanton lf            4   1   2   1     0   1   .275      Armas cf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .230
Braun dh              2   0   1   0     2   0   .233      Hosley dh             1   1   0   1     1   0   .000
Stein 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .258        Mallory ph,dh       1   1   0   0     1   0   .297
Lopez rf              0   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Newman c              4   1   1   2     0   1   .268
  Collins rf          2   0   0   0     1   0   .210      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Reynolds ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .221        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bernhardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .283
  Milbourne ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
House p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   5   1     3   5             Totals               30   8   7   8     5   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  8,760
Left on Base: Mariners 5, A's 5
DP: Mariners 1, A's 1
Errors: Stinson, Reynolds
Home Runs: Stanton (11), McKinney (6)
Caught Stealing: Stanton (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Sanguillen (3)
GIDP: Stein (6), Perez (6)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
House L(2-3)            3.1   4   6   4   3   0   1  18   5.94
Montague                2.2   3   2   2   2   3   0  13   5.25
Segui                   2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   5.32
Totals                  8     7   8   5*  5   5   1  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(1-0)          6     5   1   1   2   4   1  24   2.48
Lacey SV(5)             3     0   0   0   1   1   0   9   2.10
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   5   1  33

Passed Balls: Stinson (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Ken Kaiser


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz struck out; Stinson flied out to right; Meyer
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: COLLINS REPLACED LOPEZ (PLAYING RF); Scott
walked; Perez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Scott out at second]; Sanguillen grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones was called out on strikes; Stanton
singled; Stanton was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Braun walked; Stein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); McKinney
homered; Tyrone grounded out (shortstop to first); Armas walked;
Hosley flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Athletics 1.

MARINERS 3RD: Collins popped to third in foul territory;
Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Cruz flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
singled; Perez grounded out (second to first) [Scott to second];
Stinson allowed a passed ball [Scott to third]; Sanguillen
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners
0, Athletics 1.

MARINERS 4TH: Stinson grounded out (second to first); Meyer
singled; Ruppert Jones singled [Meyer to second]; Coleman threw
a wild pitch [Meyer to third, Ruppert Jones to second]; Stanton
flied out to center; Braun walked; Stein lined to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); McKinney
reached on catcher's interference by Stinson; Tyrone singled
[McKinney to second]; Armas reached on an error by Reynolds
[McKinney to third, Tyrone to second]; Hosley walked [McKinney
scored (unearned), Tyrone to third, Armas to second]; Newman
singled [Tyrone scored, Armas scored (unearned), Hosley to
second]; MONTAGUE REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Scott singled
[Hosley to third, Newman to second]; Perez singled [Hosley
scored, Newman scored, Scott to third]; Sanguillen hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Scott scored (unearned, but earned for
the pitcher)]; Gross lined to right; 6 R (4 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 7.

MARINERS 5TH: Collins flied out to left; Reynolds flied out to
center; Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 5TH: McKinney struck out; Tyrone struck out; Armas was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Athletics 7.

MARINERS 6TH: Stinson grounded out (second to first); Meyer
grounded out (catcher to first); Ruppert Jones struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: MALLORY BATTED FOR HOSLEY; Mallory walked; Newman
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Mallory to second]; Scott
made an out to third; Perez singled [Mallory scored]; Sanguillen
walked [Perez to second]; Gross made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0, Athletics 8.

MARINERS 7TH: Stanton homered; Braun singled; LACEY REPLACED
COLEMAN (PITCHING); Stein grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Braun out at second]; Collins walked;
BERNHARDT BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Bernhardt grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MILBOURNE REPLACED BERNHARDT (PLAYING SS); SEGUI
REPLACED MONTAGUE (PITCHING); McKinney made an out to second;
Tyrone grounded out (shortstop to first); Armas flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Athletics 8.

MARINERS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); BAEZ BATTED
FOR STINSON; Baez flied out to right; Meyer grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: COX REPLACED BAEZ (PLAYING C ); Mallory flied out
to left; Newman struck out; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 1, Athletics 8.

MARINERS 9TH: Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to first);
Stanton struck out; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Athletics 8.