Extending their lead in the A. L. East to three games, the Orioles thumped the A's, 7-3. The Birds scored four times in the second inning. John Lowenstein singled and went to second on a wild pitch. Doug DeCinces walked and both runners advanced on another wild pitch. Baltimore Orioles 7, Oakland Athletics 3Game Played on Monday, July 9, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumOrioles 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 10 1 A's 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 9 3 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry cf 4 0 0 1 0 2 .270 Henderson cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Garcia ss 4 0 1 1 1 0 .264 Murray ph,cf 0 0 0 0 2 0 .188 Singleton rf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .300 Chalk 3b,ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .254 Roenicke lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Edwards 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Murray 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .271 Newman 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .229 May dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Heath lf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .286 Kelly ph,dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .348 Essian c 3 2 2 1 1 0 .293 Ayala ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Page dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .247 Lowenstein lf,rf 4 2 1 0 0 1 .286 Armas rf 3 0 1 2 1 2 .254 DeCinces 3b 2 2 0 0 2 0 .247 Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .228 Dauer 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .257 Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Dempsey c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .260 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 7 10 6 4 8 Totals 36 3 9 3 5 10 Time of Game: 2:54 Attendance: 7,469 Left on Base: Orioles 7, A's 11 DP: Orioles 1, A's 2 Errors: Garcia, Chalk 2, Newman Doubles: Dempsey (14) Triples: Armas (1) Home Runs: Singleton (19), Essian (5) Stolen Bases: Garcia (8), Lowenstein (10) Sacrifice Flies: Bumbry (3) GIDP: Dempsey (9), Singleton (9), Chalk (5) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan W(11-6) 7.2 9 3 3 3 8 1 35 4.02 Stanhouse SV(12) 1.1 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 2.64 Totals 9 9 3 3 5 10 1 41 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(0-11) 1 5 4 4 1 2 0 9 5.64 Todd 4 4 2 0 1 4 0 18 6.02 Minetto 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 14 5.71 Totals 9 10 7 5 4 8 1 41 Wild Pitches: Keough 2 (6) Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry was called out on strikes; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton singled to left; Murray singled to right [Singleton to third]; May struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson lined to first; Chalk grounded out (third to first); Edwards singled to center; Newman forced Edwards (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Athletics 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Lowenstein singled to left; Keough threw a wild pitch [Lowenstein to second]; DeCinces walked; Keough threw a wild pitch [Lowenstein to third, DeCinces to second]; Dauer singled to left [Lowenstein scored, DeCinces to third]; Dempsey doubled to left [DeCinces scored, Dauer to third]; TODD REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Bumbry hit a sacrifice fly to center [Dauer scored, Dempsey to third]; Garcia singled to center [Dempsey scored]; Garcia stole second; Singleton was called out on strikes; Murray lined to second; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath struck out; Essian singled to left; Page grounded out (pitcher to first) [Essian to second]; Armas walked; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 0. ORIOLES 3RD: KELLY BATTED FOR MAY; Kelly singled to right; Lowenstein forced Kelly (second to shortstop); Lowenstein stole second; DeCinces reached on an error by Chalk; Dauer struck out; Dempsey singled to center [Lowenstein scored (unearned), DeCinces to third]; Bumbry reached on an error by Chalk [DeCinces scored (unearned) (no RBI), Dempsey to second]; Garcia grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson struck out; Chalk grounded out (third to first); Edwards popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton struck out; Murray grounded out (first unassisted); Kelly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman struck out; Heath reached on an error by Garcia; Essian popped to second; Page singled to left [Heath to second]; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Lowenstein struck out; DeCinces walked; Dauer singled to right [DeCinces to second]; Dempsey grounded into a double play (third to first) [DeCinces out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo singled to right; Henderson singled to right [Picciolo to second]; Chalk grounded into a double play (third to second) [Picciolo out at third, Henderson out at second]; Edwards struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 0. ORIOLES 6TH: MINETTO REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Bumbry flied to left in foul territory; Garcia walked; Singleton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garcia out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman grounded out (second to first); Heath grounded out (pitcher to first); Essian homered; Page struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Newman dropped a foul fly hit by Murray for an error; Murray was called out on strikes; Kelly flied out to right; Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas struck out; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); MURRAY BATTED FOR HENDERSON; Murray walked; Chalk singled to left [Murray to second]; Edwards forced Chalk (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 1. ORIOLES 8TH: MURRAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); DeCinces flied out to left; Dauer grounded out (third to first); Dempsey made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Newman grounded out (third to first); Heath singled to left; Essian walked [Heath to second]; Page grounded out (second to first) [Heath to third, Essian to second]; Armas tripled to center [Heath scored, Essian scored]; STANHOUSE REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); GROSS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Gross flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 3. ORIOLES 9TH: CHALK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Bumbry struck out; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton homered; Murray walked; AYALA BATTED FOR KELLY; Ayala flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 7, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: ROENICKE REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF); LOWENSTEIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Murray walked; Chalk walked [Murray to second]; Edwards forced Chalk (shortstop to second) [Murray to third]; Newman struck out; Heath struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 7, Athletics 3. |
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