Taking over first place in the A. L. West, the A's topped the Mariners, 5-3, on a ninth-inning home run by Mario Guerrero. The A's led, 3-1, going into the bottom of the seventh, but the Mariners tied the contest with a pair of runs driven in on an infield out by Bill Stein and a single by Larry Milbourne. Guerrero's game-winning clout was preceded by an infield single by Dave Revering. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3
Game Played on Wednesday, July      5, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome
A's          0  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  2  -   5  9  1
Mariners     0  1  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  8  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murray 2b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Milbourne 2b          4   0   2   1     0   0   .324
  Edwards 2b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .244      Reynolds ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .315
Wallis cf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .321      Meyer 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .210
Burke lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Roberts rf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .290
Page dh               3   0   0   0     1   1   .282      Bochte cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .262
Duncan 3b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .277      Paciorek lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .353
  Dilone pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Stinson c             2   1   1   0     2   0   .288
  Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .242        Cruz pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Robertson dh          4   0   1   0     0   2   .190
  Alston pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .200      Stein 3b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .241
  Picciolo 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Parrott p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guerrero ss           4   1   1   2     0   0   .286        Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Newman c,1b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .289        Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Armas rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .237
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   4     2   2             Totals               34   3   8   3     2   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  6,723
Left on Base: A's 6, Mariners 6
DP: A's 0, Mariners 1
Errors: Duncan, Milbourne, Reynolds
Doubles: Bochte (16)
Triples: Roberts (2)
Home Runs: Newman (5), Guerrero (3)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (27)
Caught Stealing: Dilone (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Duncan (2)
GIDP: Armas (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough W(6-4)           8     7   3   3   2   2   0  32   2.16
Heaverlo SV(5)          1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   2.93
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   4   0  36

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parrott                 5.1   3   3   2   1   1   1  21   4.03
Rawley L(4-6)           3     4   2   2   1   1   1  13   3.52
Romo                    0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.18
Totals                  9     9   5   4   2   2   2  38

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murray flied out to left; Wallis grounded out
(first unassisted); Burke grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

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

ATHLETICS 2ND: Page grounded out (second to first); Duncan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering made an out to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts tripled to left; Bochte singled to third
[Roberts scored]; Paciorek flied out to right; Stinson grounded
out (third to first) [Bochte to second]; Robertson struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 1.

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

MARINERS 3RD: Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne
singled to left; Reynolds grounded out (third to first)
[Milbourne to second]; Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards reached on an error by Milbourne [Edwards
to second]; Wallis grounded out (second to first) [Edwards to
third]; Burke grounded out (second to first); Page reached on an
error by Reynolds [Edwards scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Duncan
forced Page (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 4TH: Roberts lined to left; Bochte grounded out
(shortstop to first); Paciorek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering was called out on strikes; Guerrero
flied out to center; Newman homered; Armas grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Duncan dropped a foul fly hit by Stinson for an
error; Stinson walked; Robertson forced Stinson (second
unassisted); Stein forced Robertson (second to shortstop);
Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, Mariners 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards flied out to center; Wallis walked; Burke
singled to right [Wallis to second]; RAWLEY REPLACED PARROTT
(PITCHING); Page walked [Wallis to third, Burke to second];
Duncan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wallis scored]; Revering
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Mariners 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds flied out to center; Meyer grounded out
(first to pitcher); Roberts was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Newman
grounded out (second to first); Armas singled to left; Edwards
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
3, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 7TH: Bochte flied out to left; Paciorek singled to
shortstop; Stinson walked [Paciorek to second]; Robertson
singled to left [Paciorek to third, Stinson to second]; Stein
grounded out (second to first) [Paciorek scored, Stinson to
third, Robertson to second]; Milbourne singled to center
[Stinson scored, Robertson out at home (center to catcher)]; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Wallis flied out to center; Burke flied out to
right; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Mariners 3.

MARINERS 8TH: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Meyer
grounded out (second to first); Roberts grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Duncan singled to left; DILONE RAN FOR DUNCAN;
Dilone was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Revering singled to right; ALSTON RAN FOR
REVERING; Guerrero homered [Alston scored]; ROMO REPLACED RAWLEY
(PITCHING); Newman flied out to left; Armas singled to center;
Edwards singled to right [Armas to third]; Wallis flied out to
left; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 9TH: NEWMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); PICCIOLO
REPLACED ALSTON (PLAYING 3B); ESSIAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING C
); Bochte doubled to left; HEAVERLO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING);
Paciorek was called out on strikes; Stinson singled to center
[Bochte to third]; CRUZ RAN FOR STINSON; Cruz stole second;
Robertson struck out; Stein grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 3.