Saturday July 28, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Dwayne Murphy and Dave Revering each drove in a pair of runs, while Dave Hamilton allowed only two hits in five innings of relief, as the A's defeated the Mariners, 6-5. Murphy accounted for his first RBI with a sacrifice fly in the first inning. Revering hit a two-run double in the third and scored on a single by Wayne Gross.

The A's broke a 4-4 tie when Mitchell Page singled and Murphy doubled in the fifth and added what proved to be their winning run on singles by Tony Armas and Mike Edwards around a sacrifice by Rob Picciolo in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 6, Seattle Mariners 5

Game Played on Saturday, July 28, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Mariners 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 2 A's 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 x - 6 10 0 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Milbourne 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Henderson lf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .267 B. Stein ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Page dh 3 2 2 0 1 0 .250 R. Jones cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .245 Murphy cf 2 0 1 2 1 1 .263 Bochte 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .333 Revering 1b 2 1 2 2 0 0 .281 Horton dh 3 0 1 0 2 0 .273 Newman 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Meyer 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .306 Gross 3b 2 0 1 1 2 0 .223 Paciorek lf,rf 2 1 0 1 1 1 .318 Essian c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Stinson c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .257 Armas rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .251 Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Cox c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Chalk 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Hale rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Edwards 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .251 Roberts ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mendoza ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .205 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O. Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 5 9 3 4 6 Totals 31 6 10 6 4 2 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 1,621 Left on Base: Mariners 8, A's 7 DP: Mariners 1, A's 0 Errors: Bochte, Mendoza Doubles: Henderson 2 (4), Revering (18), Murphy (6) Stolen Bases: Stinson (1), Paciorek (3), Mendoza (3), Milbourne (4), Page 2 (11) Sacrifice Hits: R. Jones (1), Picciolo (7) Sacrifice Flies: Paciorek (3), Bochte (6), Murphy (1) GIDP: Essian (6) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott 2.1 5 4 3 1 1 0 13 5.33 O. Jones L(3-10) 5.2 5 2 2 3 1 0 24 5.99 Totals 8 10 6 5 4 2 0 37 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough 4 7 4 4 3 2 0 22 5.98 Hamilton W(3-4) 5 2 1 1 1 4 0 18 3.76 Totals 9 9 5 5 4 6 0 40 Wild Pitches: O. Jones (5), Keough 3 (10) Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Al Clark MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (first unassisted); R. Jones flied out to left; Bochte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson doubled to left; Page grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to third]; Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to left [Henderson scored]; Revering singled to right; Gross walked [Revering to second]; Essian forced Revering (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 1. MARINERS 2ND: Horton walked; Meyer singled [Horton to second]; Paciorek forced Horton (catcher to third) [Meyer to second]; Stinson singled to left [Meyer scored, Paciorek to third]; Hale made an out to third; Paciorek stole home and Stinson stole second; Mendoza singled [Stinson to third]; Mendoza stole second; Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas flied out to center; Picciolo flied out to right; Chalk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 1. MARINERS 3RD: R. Jones walked; Bochte singled to right [R. Jones to third]; Keough threw a wild pitch [R. Jones scored]; Horton walked [Bochte to second]; Keough threw a wild pitch [Bochte to third, Horton to second]; Meyer flied out to left; Paciorek hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bochte scored, Horton to third]; Stinson grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson doubled to left; Page singled [Henderson to third]; Page stole second; Murphy struck out; Mendoza dropped a foul fly hit by Revering for an error; Revering doubled to right [Henderson scored, Page scored]; O. JONES REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); O. Jones threw a wild pitch [Revering to third]; Gross singled to right [Revering scored (unearned)]; Essian grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Gross out at second]; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 4. MARINERS 4TH: Hale flied out to right; Mendoza grounded out (third to shortstop to first); Milbourne singled to center; Milbourne stole second; Keough threw a wild pitch [Milbourne to third]; R. Jones struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas grounded out (third to first); Picciolo flied out to right; Chalk made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 4. MARINERS 5TH: NEWMAN REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING 1B); EDWARDS REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING 2B); Bochte singled to center; Horton singled to center [Bochte to third]; HAMILTON REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Meyer popped to first in foul territory; Paciorek walked [Horton to second]; VALENTINE BATTED FOR STINSON; Valentine struck out; ROBERTS BATTED FOR HALE; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: COX REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING C ); ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PACIOREK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Henderson struck out; Page singled to left; Murphy doubled to left [Page scored]; Newman popped to first in foul territory; Gross was walked intentionally; Essian forced Murphy (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 5. MARINERS 6TH: Mendoza made an out to second; B. STEIN BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; B. Stein grounded out (third to first); R. Jones flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 6TH: B. STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Armas flied out to left; Picciolo grounded out (second to first); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 5. MARINERS 7TH: Bochte flied out to center; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Page walked; Page stole second; Murphy walked; Murphy was picked off first but was safe on an error by Bochte; assist by Cox [Murphy stayed at first]; Newman made an out to second; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 5. MARINERS 8TH: Paciorek struck out; Cox struck out; Roberts made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Essian flied out to left; Armas singled to left; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Armas to second]; Edwards singled to center [Armas scored]; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Athletics 6. MARINERS 9TH: Mendoza singled to center; B. Stein singled to center [Mendoza to second]; R. Jones out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mendoza to third, B. Stein to second]; Bochte hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mendoza scored]; Horton flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 5, Athletics 6.

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