Two unearned runs in the ninth inning on two singles, a sacrifice and three errors enabled the A's to defeat the Mariners, 5-3. Gary Alexander, Dave Revering, Jim Essian and Wayne Gross all singled in the fourth for the A's first two runs and Alexander homered in the fifth.

After handing the A's their pair in the ninth, the Mariners staged a rally in the home half, scoring their three runs, before Elias Sosa relieved and retired Dan Meyer to save the game for Oakland. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3
Game Played on Friday, April     21, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome
A's          0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  2  -   5 11  0
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  8  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .231      Cruz 2b,ss            3   0   0   0     1   1   .231
Guerrero ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .396        Braun ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .188
Page dh               5   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stinson c             1   0   1   0     2   0   .378
Alexander lf          4   2   2   1     0   2   .297        Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy lf,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pasley c            1   0   0   1     0   0   .167
Revering 1b           4   1   3   0     0   1   .286      Bochte lf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .303
Essian c              3   0   1   1     1   0   .237      Stanton dh            4   0   2   0     1   1   .250
Gross 3b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .195        Milbourne pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Armas cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .278      Ruppert Jones cf      3   0   0   0     2   0   .214
Thomasson rf          3   0   0   0     0   2   .100      Meyer 1b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  North ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Stein 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .210
  Dilone lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Hale rf               1   0   0   0     1   1   .143
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Baez ph,2b          1   1   0   0     1   0   .229
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reynolds ss           2   0   1   0     0   1   .243
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Roberts ph,rf       2   1   2   1     0   0   .375
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pole p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  11   3     2   7             Totals               34   3   8   3     8   5

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance:  7,939
Left on Base: A's 7, Mariners 12
DP: A's 0, Mariners 2
Errors: Stein, Baez, Rawley
Doubles: Revering (4), Stinson (3), Braun (1)
Home Runs: Alexander (4)
Caught Stealing: Ruppert Jones (1)
Sacrifice Hits: North (1)
GIDP: Guerrero (2), Page (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough W(1-0)           5     2   0   0   6   5   0  22   1.42
Lacey                   3     3   2   2   1   0   0  13   3.00
Heaverlo                0.2   3   1   1   1   0   0   6   1.42
Sosa SV(2)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9     8   3   3   8   5   0  42

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pole L(1-3)             4.2   8   3   3   2   3   1  23   5.16
Rawley                  3.1   3   2   0   0   4   0  13   4.30
Todd                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.15
Totals                  9    11   5   3   2   7   1  39

Wild Pitches: Keough (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards struck out; Guerrero grounded out (third
to first); Page flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Stinson
doubled to right; Bochte grounded out (shortstop to first);
Stanton flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alexander was called out on strikes; Revering
doubled to center; Essian walked; Gross popped to catcher in
foul territory; Armas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones walked; Ruppert Jones was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Meyer flied to left;
Stein flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Thomasson flied to right; Edwards singled to
center; Guerrero grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Hale walked; Reynolds was called out on strikes;
Cruz struck out; Keough threw a wild pitch [Hale to second];
Stinson walked; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page flied to left in foul territory; Alexander
singled to left; Revering singled to right [Alexander to third];
Essian singled to left [Alexander scored, Revering to second];
Gross singled to left [Revering scored, Essian to third, Gross
to second (on throw)]; Armas was walked intentionally; Thomasson
struck out; Edwards forced Armas (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Stanton struck out; Ruppert Jones flied to left;
Meyer flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero popped to shortstop; Page flied to left
in foul territory; Alexander homered; Revering singled to
center; RAWLEY REPLACED POLE (PITCHING); Essian grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Stein flied to center; Hale struck out; Reynolds
singled to right; Cruz walked [Reynolds to second]; Stinson
walked [Reynolds to third, Cruz to second]; Bochte was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross struck out; Armas flied to right; Thomasson
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: Stanton walked; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING);
Ruppert Jones flied to right; Meyer popped to shortstop; Stein
forced Stanton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Guerrero
singled to left; Page grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Guerrero out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 7TH: BAEZ BATTED FOR HALE; Baez grounded out (shortstop
to first); ROBERTS BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Roberts singled to left;
Cruz popped to shortstop; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR STINSON;
Robertson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
3, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: PASLEY REPLACED ROBERTSON (PLAYING C ); BAEZ
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Alexander was called
out on strikes; Revering was called out on strikes; Essian flied
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 8TH: MURPHY REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING LF); Bochte
grounded out (second to first); Stanton singled to center;
Ruppert Jones flied to center; Meyer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross singled to third [Gross scored (error by
Baez) (error by Stein) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Armas singled to
center; NORTH BATTED FOR THOMASSON; North reached on an error by
Rawley on a sacrifice bunt [Armas scored (unearned) (no RBI),
North to second]; TODD REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Edwards
grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero grounded out (second
to first) [North to third]; Page lined to right; 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 9TH: DILONE REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING LF); MURPHY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Stein singled to shortstop; Baez walked
[Stein to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Roberts
singled to left [Stein scored, Baez to second]; BRAUN BATTED FOR
CRUZ; Braun doubled [Baez scored, Roberts to third]; Pasley
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Roberts scored]; Bochte flied
to center; Stanton singled to center [Braun to third]; MILBOURNE
RAN FOR STANTON; Ruppert Jones walked [Milbourne to second];
SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Meyer grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 3.