A pair of two-run homers by Joe Wallis sparked the A's to their seventh victory in eight games, a 9-4 triumph over the Mariners. Wallis' first round-tripper came in the opening inning and followed a walk to Larry Murray. A homer by Tony Armas netted two tallies in the second. Wallis' second circuit clout came in the eighth with Mike Edwards aboard via a single. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Seattle Mariners 4
Game Played on Tuesday, July      4, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome
A's          2  3  0    0  0  0    1  3  0  -   9 18  1
Mariners     0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   4  7  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murray 2b             0   1   0   0     1   0   .091      Cruz 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .257
  Edwards 2b          4   2   2   0     0   0   .244      Reynolds ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .320
Wallis cf             5   2   2   4     0   0   .333      Milbourne dh          4   0   0   0     0   0   .314
Burke lf              4   1   3   1     1   0   .247      Roberts rf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .291
Page dh               3   1   2   0     2   1   .285      Paciorek cf           4   1   2   1     0   1   .367
Duncan 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Stein 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .245
  Essian c            1   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Meyer 1b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .213
Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     1   0   .287      Stanton lf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .192
Revering 1b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .263        Bochte ph,lf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Newman c              4   1   3   1     0   0   .282      Stinson c             3   1   0   0     1   0   .286
  Picciolo 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Armas rf              5   1   2   2     0   0   .230        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Minetto p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McCatty p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   9  18   8     5   1             Totals               34   4   7   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 10,942
Left on Base: A's 9, Mariners 5
DP: A's 0, Mariners 0
Errors: Armas
Doubles: Newman (4), Edwards (6), Reynolds (5)
Triples: Paciorek (1)
Home Runs: Wallis 2 (4), Armas (2), Meyer (6)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (10), Burke (7)
Caught Stealing: Page 2 (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Duncan (4)
Hit by Pitch: Roberts (4,by Minetto)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Minetto                 3.1   3   2   2   0   2   0  14   5.40
Sosa W(5-2)             4.2   2   1   1   1   1   0  17   2.87
McCatty                 1     2   1   1   0   1   1   5   3.77
Totals                  9     7   4   4   1   4   1  36

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt L(2-5)        1     7   5   5   1   1   2  10   4.50
Todd                    5     5   0   0   2   0   0  20   4.24
House                   3     6   4   4   2   0   1  15   5.36
Totals                  9    18   9   9   5   1   3  45

Hit by Pitch: Minetto (1)
Wild Pitches: Minetto (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Al Clark


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murray walked; Debut game for Craig
Minetto; Wallis homered [Murray scored]; Burke singled;
Burke was picked off first (pitcher to second); Page struck out;
Duncan singled; Guerrero singled [Duncan to second]; Revering
forced Guerrero (second to shortstop); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: EDWARDS REPLACED MURRAY (PLAYING 2B); Cruz flied
out to center; Reynolds grounded out (first to pitcher);
Milbourne lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman doubled; Armas homered [Newman scored];
Edwards doubled; TODD REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Wallis
grounded out (second to first) [Edwards to third]; Burke singled
[Edwards scored]; Page singled [Burke to third]; Page was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Duncan flied out to center;
3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts was hit by a pitch; Paciorek tripled
[Roberts scored]; Minetto threw a wild pitch [Paciorek scored];
Stein flied out to right; Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first);
Stanton struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners
2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first);
Revering singled; Newman flied out to right; Armas singled
[Revering to second]; Edwards forced Armas (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson flied out to center; Cruz grounded out
(second to first); Reynolds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Burke
grounded out (second to first); Page walked; Duncan grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners
2.

MARINERS 4TH: Milbourne lined to shortstop; Roberts singled;
Paciorek singled [Roberts to second]; SOSA REPLACED MINETTO
(PITCHING); Stein flied out to right; Meyer popped to shortstop;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Revering grounded
out (first unassisted); Newman singled; Armas popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 5TH: Stanton flied out to center; Stinson walked; Cruz
flied to left in foul territory; Reynolds doubled [Stinson
scored]; Milbourne grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Wallis
flied out to left; Burke walked; Burke was picked off first
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners
3.

MARINERS 6TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first);
Paciorek popped to third in foul territory; Stein singled to
right [Stein to second (error by Armas)]; Meyer grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners
3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HOUSE REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Page singled;
Duncan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Page to
second]; Guerrero was walked intentionally; Revering popped to
second; Newman singled [Page scored, Guerrero out at third
(center to first to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Mariners 3.

MARINERS 7TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING 3B); ESSIAN
REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING C ); BOCHTE BATTED FOR STANTON; Bochte
flied out to center; Stinson flied out to right; Cruz struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BOCHTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Armas flied
out to right; Edwards singled; Edwards stole second; Wallis
homered [Edwards scored]; Burke singled; Page walked [Burke to
second]; Burke stole third; Page was caught stealing second
(catcher to second to first to shortstop) [Burke scored]; Essian
singled; Guerrero flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 9, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 8TH: Reynolds grounded out (first to pitcher);
Milbourne flied out to center; Roberts grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Mariners 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Revering flied out to right; Picciolo popped to
first in foul territory; Armas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 9TH: MCCATTY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Paciorek struck
out; Stein flied out to center; Meyer homered; Bochte singled;
Stinson popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 9,
Mariners 4.