Mike Heath's second home run of the game, off reliever Al Hrabosky in the eighth, enabled the Athletics to defeat the Royals, 6-5, and end their eight-game losing streak. Heath, making his debut with the Athletics after being acquired from the Rangers, hit his first homer in the fourth.

The Athletics turned a triple play with Royals' runners at first and second in the sixth. Wayne Gross fielded a grounder from Al Cowens, tagged Darrell Porter, then threw to Mike Edwards at second. George Scott barreled into Edwards, prompting an interference call that completed the triple play. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Game Played on Tuesday, June 19, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals       0  2  0    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   5  9  0
A's          0  0  0    3  0  2    0  1  x  -   6  8  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Murphy cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .276
  Wilson lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .328      Chalk ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Brett 3b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .330      Gross 3b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .247
Otis cf               5   0   0   0     0   3   .301      Revering 1b           4   1   2   1     0   1   .282
Porter c              2   3   2   0     2   0   .301      Newman c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Scott 1b              3   1   2   1     0   1   .239        Heath ph,c          4   3   2   2     0   0   .500
Cowens rf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .331      Page dh               4   1   2   2     0   0   .233
LaCock dh             2   0   1   1     0   0   .271      Armas lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .167
  Wathan ph,dh        1   0   0   1     0   0   .239      Murray rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .189
White 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Edwards 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .247
Cruz ss               2   0   0   0     0   1   .188        Ramirez 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .164
  Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .429      Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Patek ss            1   0   0   0     0   1   .236        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   4     3   8             Totals               33   6   8   6     1   7

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance:  1,485
Left on Base: Royals 7, A's 4
DP: Royals 0, A's 0
Errors: Ramirez
Doubles: Scott 2 (12), Cowens (5)
Triples: Page (2)
Home Runs: Gross (8), Revering (4), Heath 2 (2), Page (5)
Sacrifice Flies: LaCock (4)
Hit by Pitch: Scott (1,by Keough)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard                 4.2   4   3   3   0   3   3  19   4.18
Mingori                 2.1   2   2   2   1   2   1  10   4.56
Hrabosky L(4-3)         1     2   1   1   0   2   1   5   4.14
Totals                  8     8   6   6   1   7   5  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough                  7     8   4   4   1   5   0  29   5.62
Todd                    0.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   4   7.65
Lacey                   0     0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.15
Heaverlo W(3-7)         1.2   0   0   0   0   3   0   5   3.10
Totals                  9     9   5   5   3   8   0  39

Passed Balls: Porter (4)
Hit by Pitch: Keough (5)
Wild Pitches: Keough (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Terry Cooney


ROYALS 1ST: Braun flied out to center; Brett grounded out (first
to pitcher); Otis flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy lined to shortstop; Chalk flied out to
right; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to center; Jeff Newman hit by
George Scott's bat; Scott doubled to right [Porter to
third]; Keough threw a wild pitch [Porter scored, Scott to
third]; Cowens flied out to center; LaCock hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Scott scored]; White grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering flied out to center; HEATH BATTED FOR
NEWMAN; Heath popped to second; Page flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 3RD: HEATH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Cruz flied out to
center; Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); Brett singled to
right; Otis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas was called out on strikes; Murray flied to
left in foul territory; Edwards singled to right; Murphy
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Athletics 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter walked; Scott struck out; Cowens doubled to
left [Porter scored]; LaCock singled to left [Cowens to third];
White popped to first in foul territory; Cruz struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Chalk flied out to center; Gross homered;
Revering homered; Heath homered; Page grounded out (second to
first); Armas popped to shortstop in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Braun flied out to left; Brett popped to third in
foul territory; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Murray struck out; Edwards grounded out (third to
first); Murphy struck out but advanced to first on a passed
ball; MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Chalk flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Porter singled to center; Scott was hit by a pitch
[Porter to second]; Cowens grounded into a triple play (third to
second to first) [Porter out at third, Scott out at second];
George Scott was called for interference at 2B when he knocked
down Mike Edwards; Al Cowens ruled out at 1B; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross struck out; Revering singled to left; Heath
forced Revering (third to second); Page homered [Heath scored];
Armas lined to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics
5.

ROYALS 7TH: LaCock popped to third; White singled to left; QUIRK
BATTED FOR CRUZ; Quirk struck out; Braun flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: PATEK REPLACED QUIRK (PLAYING SS); Murray
grounded out (third to first); Edwards struck out; Murphy
walked; Chalk lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Athletics 5.

ROYALS 8TH: RAMIREZ REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING 2B); Brett singled
to left; TODD REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Brett to second]; Porter walked; Scott
doubled to right [Brett scored, Porter to third]; Cowens was
walked intentionally; LACEY REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); WATHAN
BATTED FOR LACOCK; Wathan reached on an error by Ramirez [Porter
scored, Scott to third, Cowens to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED
LACEY (PITCHING); White lined to shortstop; Patek was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WILSON
REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING LF); HRABOSKY REPLACED MINGORI
(PITCHING); Gross flied out to left; Revering struck out; Heath
homered; Page tripled; Armas struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 5, Athletics 6.

ROYALS 9TH: Wilson struck out; Brett flied out to center; Otis
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 6.

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