Home runs by Tony Armas, a two-run blow in the third, Dave Revering and Wayne Gross powered the Athletics to a 10-7 triumph over the Royals. Steve McCatty went 7 2/3 innings to gain his fifth victory as the Athletics won for the second time in 11 games. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 10, Kansas City Royals 7
Game Played on Thursday, June      21, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals       3  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   7 10  3
A's          1  3  2    0  2  1    0  1  x  -  10 11  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .323      Murphy cf             0   1   0   0     1   0   .273
Brett 3b              4   2   1   2     1   0   .330        Dilone ph,rf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .187
Cowens rf             4   1   1   2     1   0   .331      Chalk ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .263
Porter c              2   0   1   0     2   0   .305      Gross 3b              5   1   2   2     0   0   .246
Scott 1b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .247      Revering 1b           4   1   1   2     0   0   .276
LaCock dh             4   1   1   0     0   0   .270      Page dh               3   1   2   0     2   0   .243
  Wathan ph,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Heath c               4   0   2   1     1   0   .455
  Quirk ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Murray rf,cf          3   2   0   1     1   0   .185
Braun lf              4   0   0   0     1   0   .260      Armas lf              4   2   3   2     0   0   .203
White 2b              4   1   3   1     0   0   .302      Edwards 2b            4   1   0   1     0   0   .242
Patek ss              3   1   1   1     0   0   .238      McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Paschall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7  10   7     5   2             Totals               34  10  11   9     5   0

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance:  2,132
Left on Base: Royals 9, A's 9
DP: Royals 0, A's 1
Errors: Brett, Scott, White, Gross
Doubles: Porter (11), LaCock (12), White (11), Armas (2), Chalk (1)
Triples: Cowens (5)
Home Runs: Brett (8), Armas (2), Revering (5), Gross (9)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (28), Murray (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (5), Murphy (5), Chalk (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Revering (4), Murray (1)
GIDP: Braun (2)
Hit by Pitch: Porter (4,by McCatty)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(2-5)            3     3   6   4   4   0   1  18   3.31
Paschall                2.2   5   3   3   1   0   1  15  10.13
Mingori                 2.1   3   1   1   0   0   1  10   4.50
Totals                  8    11  10   8   5   0   3  43

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty W(5-2)          7.2   9   7   7   4   2   1  38   2.67
Lacey                   0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   5.11
Heaverlo SV(5)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.04
Totals                  9    10   7   7   5   2   1  43

Hit by Pitch: McCatty (2)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; Wilson stole second; Brett
walked; Cowens tripled to right [Wilson scored, Brett scored];
Porter was hit by a pitch; Scott forced Porter (third to second)
[Cowens scored]; LaCock lined to center; Braun grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy walked; Chalk lined to left; Gross singled
to right [Murphy to third]; Revering hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Murphy scored]; Page walked [Gross to second]; Heath
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3,
Athletics 1.

ROYALS 2ND: White singled to left; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [White to second]; Wilson popped to third;
Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Murray walked; Armas doubled to left [Murray to
third]; Edwards reached on an error by White [Murray scored,
Armas scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Murphy reached on an error by
Scott on a sacrifice bunt [Edwards to second]; Chalk out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Edwards to third, Murphy to
second]; Gross grounded out (first unassisted) [Edwards scored
(unearned)]; Revering flied out to center; 3 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 4.

ROYALS 3RD: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Porter doubled
to right; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first) [Porter to
third]; LaCock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Page grounded out (second to first); Heath
walked; Murray forced Heath (pitcher to shortstop); Murray stole
second; Armas homered [Murray scored]; Edwards popped to third;
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 6.

ROYALS 4TH: Braun flied out to left; White popped to catcher in
foul territory; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: PASCHALL REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); DILONE BATTED
FOR MURPHY; Dilone grounded out (second to first); Dwayne
Murphy split right middle finger at 1st joint in 4th; Chalk
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 6.

ROYALS 5TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MURRAY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Wilson struck out; Brett lined to left;
Cowens walked; Porter walked [Cowens to second]; Scott struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering homered; Page singled to right; Heath
singled to left [Page to third]; Murray lined out on a sacrifice
fly to right [Page scored]; Armas reached on an error by Brett
[Heath to second]; Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Heath to third, Armas to second]; Dilone grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 8.

ROYALS 6TH: LaCock flied out to left; Braun walked; White
singled to left [Braun to second]; Patek lined to shortstop;
Wilson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3,
Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Chalk doubled to right; Gross popped to second;
Revering lined to right; Page was walked intentionally; Heath
singled to left [Chalk scored, Page to second]; MINGORI REPLACED
PASCHALL (PITCHING); Murray flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 9.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); Cowens reached
on an error by Gross; Porter forced Cowens (first to shortstop);
Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, Athletics 9.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas singled to left; Edwards lined to left;
Dilone grounded out (first unassisted) [Armas to second]; Chalk
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 9.

ROYALS 8TH: LaCock doubled to right; Braun grounded out (first
to pitcher) [LaCock to third]; White doubled [LaCock scored];
Patek singled to center [White scored]; Wilson lined to center;
Brett homered [Patek scored]; LACEY REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING);
Cowens grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 7, Athletics 9.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross homered; Revering grounded out (first to
pitcher); Page singled to left; Heath flied out to center;
Murray popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7,
Athletics 10.

ROYALS 9TH: Porter walked; Scott singled to right [Porter to
second]; WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY
(PITCHING); QUIRK BATTED FOR WATHAN; Quirk flied out to center;
Braun grounded into a double play (second to first) [Scott out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Athletics 10.