Homers by Tony Armas, Dave Revering and Dwayne Murphy helped the A's defeat the Mariners, 5-3. Armas, leading off the fifth inning, broke a 1-1 tie with his circuit clout. Mitchell Page drove in another run in the same stanza with a single.

Revering rapped his round-tripper in the sixth and Murphy closed out the A's scoring with a solo swat in the seventh. Dan Meyer drove in two runs for the Mariners with a homer and an infield out. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3
Game Played on Saturday, August    4, 1979 (Night game) at Kingdome
A's          0  0  1    0  2  1    1  0  0  -   5 11  0
Mariners     0  0  0    1  1  0    1  0  0  -   3 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   1   0   0     1   1   .271      Cruz 2b               3   0   0   0     2   1   .229
Murphy cf             3   1   3   2     2   0   .271      R. Jones cf           3   1   0   0     2   0   .246
Page dh               5   0   2   1     0   2   .251      Bochte 1b             5   1   2   0     0   1   .329
Revering 1b           5   1   1   1     0   0   .278      Horton dh             5   0   3   1     0   1   .283
Gross 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Meyer 3b              5   1   1   2     0   0   .305
Essian c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Paciorek rf           3   0   2   0     0   0   .316
Armas rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .250      Stinson c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Chalk 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .225        Valentine ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Picciolo ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .236        Cox c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Morgan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Roberts lf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .272
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .201
                                                            Milbourne ph,ss     1   0   1   0     0   0   .279
                                                            B. Stein ph,ss      1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
                                                          Parrott p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            R. Stein p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  11   5     4   4             Totals               34   3  11   3     6   3

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 10,009
Left on Base: A's 8, Mariners 11
DP: A's 2, Mariners 0
Errors: Stinson
Doubles: Bochte (27), Paciorek (15), Roberts (19)
Triples: Murphy (2)
Home Runs: Armas (8), Revering (9), Murphy (6), Meyer (16)
Stolen Bases: Murphy 2 (13), Henderson (12)
Caught Stealing: Gross (3), R. Jones (6)
GIDP: Stinson (6), Horton (14)
Hit by Pitch: Paciorek (2,by Morgan)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morgan W(2-6)           5.2   7   2   2   6   0   0  28   4.84
Hamilton SV(2)          3.1   4   1   1   0   3   1  13   3.71
Totals                  9    11   3   3   6   3   1  41

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parrott L(9-8)          5.2   7   4   4   2   3   2  24   3.63
R. Stein                0.2   2   1   1   1   0   1   5   5.68
Hinton                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.10
McLaughlin              2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   5.21
Totals                  9    11   5   5   4   4   3  40

Hit by Pitch: Morgan (1)
Wild Pitches: Morgan (3), R. Stein (1), McLaughlin (9)

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Joe Brinkman


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy walked; Page struck
out while Murphy stole second; Revering grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to left; R. Jones walked; R. Jones
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Bochte grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Essian
struck out; Armas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Horton singled to left; Meyer forced Horton
(shortstop to second); Paciorek forced Meyer (shortstop to
second); Stinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Chalk grounded out (pitcher to first); Picciolo
grounded out (third to first); Henderson walked; Henderson stole
second [Henderson to third (error by Stinson)]; Murphy tripled
to center [Henderson scored]; Page grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Roberts made an out to first; Mendoza grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cruz walked; R. Jones flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering grounded out (second to first); Gross
grounded out (second to first); Essian made an out to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Bochte doubled to center; Horton singled to right
[Bochte to third]; Meyer forced Horton (second to shortstop)
[Bochte scored]; Paciorek doubled to center [Meyer out at home
(center to catcher)]; Stinson walked; Roberts walked [Paciorek
to third, Stinson to second]; Mendoza popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas homered; Chalk grounded out (first
unassisted); Picciolo singled to left; Henderson made an out to
first; Murphy singled [Picciolo to second]; Page singled
[Picciolo scored, Murphy to second, Page out at second (pitcher
unassisted)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); R. Jones
walked; Morgan threw a wild pitch [R. Jones to second]; Bochte
grounded out (second to first) [R. Jones to third]; Horton
singled [R. Jones scored]; Meyer flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Mariners 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering homered; Gross singled to center; Gross
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Essian grounded
out (third to first); R. STEIN REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING);
Armas singled to left; Chalk walked [Armas to second]; R. Stein
threw a wild pitch [Armas to third]; Picciolo forced Chalk
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Mariners 2.

MARINERS 6TH: Paciorek was hit by a pitch; Stinson grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Paciorek out at
second]; Roberts doubled to right; MILBOURNE BATTED FOR MENDOZA;
Milbourne singled [Roberts to third]; Cruz walked [Milbourne to
second]; HAMILTON REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); R. Jones popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Mariners 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Henderson
made an out to second; Murphy homered; HINTON REPLACED R. STEIN
(PITCHING); Page singled to left; Revering flied out to center;
Gross popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 7TH: Bochte struck out; Horton struck out; Meyer
homered; Paciorek singled; VALENTINE BATTED FOR STINSON;
Valentine singled to center [Paciorek to third]; Roberts forced
Valentine (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Mariners 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: COX REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING C ); MCLAUGHLIN
REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Essian grounded out (catcher to
first); Armas popped to second in foul territory; Chalk singled;
Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 8TH: B. STEIN BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; B. Stein flied out
to center; Cruz struck out; R. Jones flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: B. STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Henderson
flied out to right; Murphy walked; Page struck out while Murphy
stole second; McLaughlin threw a wild pitch [Murphy to third];
Revering made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
5, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 9TH: Bochte singled to center; Horton grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Bochte out at second];
Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Mariners 3.