One of the players obtained from the Giants in the Vida Blue deal, Alan Wirth pitched 7 2/3 innings and gained his first major league victory when the A's defeated the Mariners, 3-0. Wirth, a 21-year-old righthander, had a 15-5 record at Waterbury (Eastern) last season.

The Mariners, who were shut out by the A's for the third time this year, collected only three singles off Wirth but threatened against reliever Bob Lacey in the ninth before Elias Sosa saved the game. The A's scored twice in the sixth on a pair of two-out singles by Tony Armas and Miguel Dilone and a double by Mike Edwards. Singles by Mitchell Page, Gary Alexander and Jim Essian added the final tally in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Seattle Mariners 0
Game Played on Saturday, April     22, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome
A's          0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  0  -   3  9  0
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            4   0   2   2     0   0   .267      Stinson c             2   0   0   0     2   0   .362
Guerrero ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .412      Baez 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Page lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .111        Meyer ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .149
  North pr,cf         1   1   0   0     0   0   .200      Bochte lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .314
Alexander dh          1   0   1   0     2   0   .316      Stanton dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
  Murphy pr,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Revering 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .267      Roberts rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .350
Essian c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .238      Robertson 1b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .178        Stein 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Armas cf,rf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .282      Milbourne 3b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dilone rf,lf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .191        Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Wirth p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cruz 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reynolds ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   9   3     4   3             Totals               32   0   5   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 23,756
Left on Base: A's 11, Mariners 7
DP: A's 0, Mariners 0
Doubles: Edwards (2), Roberts (1)
Stolen Bases: Stinson (1)
Caught Stealing: Guerrero (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero 2 (3), Revering (1)
Hit by Pitch: Edwards (1,by Honeycutt), Alexander (1,by Honeycutt)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wirth W(1-1)            7.2   3   0   0   2   4   0  28   1.04
Lacey                   1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.77
Sosa SV(3)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   4   0  34

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt L(1-2)        6     7   3   3   4   3   0  31   4.30
Romo                    3     2   0   0   0   0   0  10   4.35
Totals                  9     9   3   3   4   3   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Honeycutt 2 (2)
Wild Pitches: Wirth 2 (2)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards was hit by a pitch; Guerrero out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Edwards to second]; Page
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Edwards to third]; Alexander
walked; Revering walked [Alexander to second]; Essian flied to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Stinson walked; Stinson stole second; Baez
grounded out (third to first); Wirth threw a wild pitch [Stinson
to third]; Bochte lined to left; Stanton grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross struck out; Armas walked; Dilone flied to
center; Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones was called out on strikes; Roberts
grounded out (second to first); Robertson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Guerrero singled to right; Page struck out;
Alexander was hit by a pitch [Guerrero to second]; Revering
struck out; Essian forced Alexander (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Reynolds
grounded out (second to first); Stinson flied to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas
grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Dilone grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners
0.

MARINERS 4TH: Baez flied to center; Bochte singled to right;
Stanton struck out; Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards singled to shortstop; Guerrero out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Edwards to second]; Page
grounded out (second to first) [Edwards to third]; Alexander was
walked intentionally; Revering grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first);
Robertson flied to center; Milbourne popped to shortstop in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Essian grounded out (second to first); Gross
grounded out (second to first); Armas singled to left; Dilone
singled to shortstop [Armas to second]; Edwards doubled to left
[Armas scored, Dilone scored]; Guerrero flied to right; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds lined to shortstop; Stinson flied to
left; Baez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 2, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page singled to center; NORTH RAN FOR PAGE;
Alexander singled to left [North to second]; MURPHY RAN FOR
ALEXANDER; ROMO REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Revering out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [North to third, Murphy to
second]; Essian singled to left [North scored, Murphy to third,
Essian to second (on throw)]; Gross popped to third; Armas lined
to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 7TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NORTH STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); ARMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
DILONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); On a bunt Bochte singled
to third; Stanton popped to second; Ruppert Jones lined to left;
Roberts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners
0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Dilone flied out to right; Edwards flied to
right; Guerrero singled to center; Guerrero was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 8TH: Robertson popped to second; BRAUN BATTED FOR
MILBOURNE; Braun grounded out (second to first); Reynolds
singled to right; Wirth threw a wild pitch [Reynolds to second];
Stinson walked; LACEY REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); MEYER BATTED
FOR BAEZ; Meyer popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: MEYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CRUZ REPLACED
BRAUN (PLAYING 2B); STEIN REPLACED ROBERTSON (PLAYING 3B); North
flied to left; Murphy flied to center; Revering grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 9TH: Bochte popped to third; Stanton singled to left;
Ruppert Jones flied to left; Roberts doubled to center [Stanton
to third]; SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Stein flied to left;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 0.