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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