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Sunday July 22, 1979
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A tie-breaking homer by Eddie Murray triggered a three-run eighth inning that carried the Orioles to a 4-1 victory over Oakland. After Murray's blow, the Orioles added two more runs in the inning on a single by Doug DeCinces and sacrifice fly by Rich Dauer. [The Sporting News]


Baltimore Orioles 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Sunday, July 22, 1979 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium

A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1
Orioles      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  3  x  -   4 10  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   2   .276      Bumbry cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Murphy cf             4   0   1   0     0   3   .267      Belanger ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .157
Heath 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .317      Singleton dh          4   0   1   0     0   0   .294
Revering 1b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .273      Murray 1b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .289
Newman c              4   0   2   0     0   1   .232      Lowenstein rf         3   2   1   0     1   0   .271
Page dh               3   0   0   0     0   0   .231      DeCinces 3b           4   1   3   2     0   1   .254
Armas rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Roenicke lf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Chalk 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .217      Dauer 2b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .248
Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Dempsey c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .249
  Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ramirez ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McCatty p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   7   1     0  10             Totals               33   4  10   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 26,761
Left on Base: A's 4, Orioles 8
DP: A's 0, Orioles 2
Errors: Chalk
Doubles: Murphy (5), DeCinces (12)
Home Runs: Revering (7), Murray (13)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Dauer (7)
GIDP: Page (7), Gross (4)
Hit by Pitch: Roenicke (9,by Langford)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(5-11)        7     9   3   3   1   5   1  32   5.03
McCatty                 1     1   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.77
Totals                  8    10   4   4   1   5   1  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(7-7)            9     7   1   1   0  10   1  32   4.14
Totals                  9     7   1   1   0  10   1  32

Hit by Pitch: Langford (3)

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Terry Cooney


ATHLETICS 1ST: On a bunt Henderson grounded out (third to
first); Murphy doubled; Heath made an out to first; Revering
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton singled to right;
Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman singled to left; Page grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Newman out at
second]; Armas flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher);
DeCinces singled to left; Roenicke struck out; Dauer forced
DeCinces (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Chalk struck out; Picciolo flied out to left;
Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Bumbry flied
out to center; Belanger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy struck out; Heath struck out; Revering
homered; Newman made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton flied out to right; Murray grounded out
(first to pitcher); Lowenstein singled to second [Lowenstein to
second (error by Chalk)]; DeCinces doubled [Lowenstein scored];
Roenicke was hit by a pitch; Dauer flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Page flied out to left; Armas struck out; Chalk
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Bumbry
singled to center; On a bunt Belanger singled [Bumbry to
second]; Singleton flied out to left; Murray grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo flied out to center; Henderson was
called out on strikes; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Lowenstein flied out to left; DeCinces struck out;
Roenicke singled to left; Dauer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Heath grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering
grounded out (second to first); Newman singled to center; Page
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles
1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey struck out; Bumbry flied out to center;
Belanger singled to center; Singleton grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Armas flied out to left; Chalk singled to center;
GROSS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Gross grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Chalk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: RAMIREZ REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING SS); Murray
homered; Lowenstein walked; MCCATTY REPLACED LANGFORD
(PITCHING); Lowenstein stole second; DeCinces singled to center
[Lowenstein scored, DeCinces to second (on throw to home)];
Roenicke flied out to right [DeCinces to third]; Dauer hit a
sacrifice fly to center [DeCinces scored]; Dempsey flied out to
center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Henderson singled to shortstop; Murphy was called
out on strikes; Heath singled to center [Henderson to second];
Revering flied out to right [Henderson to third, Heath to
second]; Newman struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Orioles 4.



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