Consecutive home runs by Eddie Murray, Lee May and Gary Roenicke in the sixth inning highlighted the game as the Orioles powered their way to an 8-2 victory over the A's. Murray's clout extended his hitting streak to 19 games and came after Singleton singled with two out. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 8, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Tuesday, May       8, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1
Orioles      0  0  2    2  0  4    0  0  x  -   8 11  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone rf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .254      Bumbry cf             5   1   1   1     0   0   .296
Murray cf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .275      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .097
Klutts 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Singleton rf          4   1   2   1     1   0   .337
Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .276        Harlow rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Guerrero ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .306      Murray 1b             4   2   2   2     1   1   .333
Newman c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .194      May dh                4   2   2   2     0   0   .313
Essian dh             3   0   0   0     0   2   .245        Crowley ph,dh       0   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Gross 3b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .325      Roenicke lf           5   1   2   2     0   1   .313
Bryant lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .095      Dauer 3b              1   0   0   0     4   0   .309
Hamilton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garcia 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .259
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             2   1   1   0     2   0   .274
  McCatty p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     0   6             Totals               33   8  11   8     9   3

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  7,126
Left on Base: A's 2, Orioles 11
DP: A's 1, Orioles 2
Errors: Bryant
Doubles: Gross (3), Murray (6), Dempsey (6), Bumbry (6), Singleton (7)
Triples: Dilone (1)
Home Runs: Murray (3), May (7), Roenicke (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Belanger (2)
GIDP: Klutts (1), Bryant (2), Dempsey (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hamilton                2.2   4   2   1   4   1   0  16   0.90
Todd L(2-2)             3     7   6   6   3   0   3  18  11.21
McCatty                 2.1   0   0   0   2   2   0   9   1.69
Totals                  8    11   8   7   9   3   3  43

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan W(5-2)         9     6   2   2   0   6   0  31   3.67
Totals                  9     6   2   2   0   6   0  31

Passed Balls: Newman (2)

Umpires: HP - Bob Roesner, 1B - Jerry Phipps, 2B - Jim O'Connor, 3B - Fred Spenn


ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray
singled to right; Klutts flied out to right; Revering was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to left; Belanger flied out to
center; Singleton walked; Murray forced Singleton (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Newman
grounded out (third to first); Essian grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May grounded out (third to first); Roenicke struck
out; Dauer walked; Garcia singled to center [Dauer to second];
Dempsey walked [Dauer to third, Garcia to second]; Bumbry flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross doubled to right; Bryant grounded out
(third to first) [Gross to third]; Dilone tripled [Gross
scored]; Murray singled to right [Dilone scored]; Klutts
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Murray
out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first);
Singleton grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray doubled to
left; May singled to left [Murray scored]; Newman allowed a
passed ball [May to second]; Roenicke singled to left [May
scored (unearned), Roenicke to second (error by Bryant)]; Dauer
walked; TODD REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Garcia forced Dauer
(shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
2, Orioles 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering struck out; Guerrero singled to left;
Newman grounded out (third to first) [Guerrero to second];
Essian was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Dempsey doubled to left; Bumbry doubled to left
[Dempsey scored]; Belanger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Bumbry to third]; Singleton doubled to left [Bumbry
scored]; Murray walked; May flied out to right; Roenicke forced
Murray (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
2, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Bryant
lined to shortstop; On a bunt Dilone grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer walked; Garcia popped to third in foul
territory; Dempsey grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Dauer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 2, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Murray struck out; Klutts grounded out (second to
first); Revering was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton singled to center;
Murray homered [Singleton scored]; May homered; Roenicke
homered; Dauer walked; MCCATTY REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Garcia
was called out on strikes; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Orioles 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Newman grounded out
(third to first); Essian struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Orioles 8.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey walked; Bumbry flied out to left; Belanger
flied out to right; Singleton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HARLOW REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Gross
singled to center; Bryant grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Gross out at second]; Dilone flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 8.

ORIOLES 8TH: Murray struck out; CROWLEY BATTED FOR MAY; Crowley
walked; Roenicke made an out to third; Dauer flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: CROWLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Murray flied
out to left; Klutts flied out to left; Revering flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 8.