In a game featured by seven homers, the A's outlasted the Mariners, 9-8. Dave Revering and Tony Armas smacked two round-trippers apiece for the A's. Revering drilled a solo shot in the second inning, drove in a run with a single in the fourth and belted a three-run circuit clout in the ninth. Armas hit a two-run homer in the fourth and a leadoff blast in the sixth.

Six of the Mariners' eight runs came on homers -- a three-run jolt by Tom Paciorek in the first, solo shot by Ruppert Jones in the ninth and a two-run smack by Dan Meyer, also in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Seattle Mariners 8
Game Played on Sunday, August    5, 1979 (Night game) at Kingdome
A's          0  1  0    4  0  1    0  0  3  -   9 12  1
Mariners     4  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   8 13  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .264      Cruz 2b               4   1   2   0     1   0   .234
Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .266      R. Jones cf           5   2   3   3     0   0   .251
Gross 3b              3   2   1   0     2   0   .222      Bochte 1b             5   1   3   0     0   0   .332
Newman c              3   1   0   0     2   0   .230      Horton dh             5   1   0   0     0   2   .280
Revering 1b           5   3   4   5     0   1   .287      Meyer 3b              5   1   1   2     0   1   .304
Page dh               5   1   1   0     0   2   .251      Paciorek rf           5   1   2   3     0   3   .318
Armas rf              5   2   2   4     0   1   .254      Stinson c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Chalk 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .226      Roberts lf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .272
Picciolo ss           4   0   3   0     0   1   .247      Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Milbourne ph,ss     1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        B. Stein ph,ss      1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
                                                          Dressler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            R. Stein p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   9  12   9     5   8             Totals               40   8  13   8     1   8

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance:  6,048
Left on Base: A's 7, Mariners 7
DP: A's 0, Mariners 1
Errors: Picciolo, Montague
Doubles: Gross (15), Chalk (5), Roberts (20)
Home Runs: Revering 2 (11), Armas 2 (10), Paciorek (3), R. Jones (19), Meyer (17)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (24)
Sacrifice Hits: Henderson (5), Stinson (3)
GIDP: Murphy (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman W(2-4)          6     9   5   2   1   5   1  29   4.83
Hamilton SV(3)          3     4   3   3   0   3   2  13   3.93
Totals                  9    13   8   5   1   8   3  42

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dressler                3.2   7   5   5   1   2   2  18   6.19
Montague L(5-4)         2     2   1   1   2   1   1  10   5.57
Hinton                  1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   5.94
R. Stein                2     2   3   3   2   4   1  10   6.43
Totals                  9    12   9   9   5   8   4  43

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy
flied out to left; Gross walked; Newman forced Gross (second
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; Cruz stole second; R. Jones singled
to left [Cruz scored]; Bochte reached on an error by Picciolo
[R. Jones to second]; Horton forced Bochte (shortstop to second)
[R. Jones to third]; Meyer flied out to left; Paciorek homered
(unearned) [R. Jones scored (unearned), Horton scored
(unearned)]; Stinson grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Mariners 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering homered; Page struck out; Armas grounded
out (third to first); Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 4.

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts doubled to left; Mendoza struck out; Cruz
grounded out (second to first) [Roberts to third]; R. Jones
singled [Roberts scored]; Bochte singled to center [R. Jones to
third]; Horton struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Mariners 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo singled to center; Henderson struck out;
Murphy grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Picciolo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 3RD: Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Paciorek
struck out; Stinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Mariners 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross doubled to left; Newman grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Gross to third]; Revering singled to right
[Gross scored]; Page singled to center [Revering to second];
Armas homered [Revering scored, Page scored]; Chalk grounded out
(shortstop to first); Picciolo singled to center; MONTAGUE
REPLACED DRESSLER (PITCHING); Henderson flied out to right; 4 R,
5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 4TH: Roberts flied out to right; Mendoza grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cruz singled to center; R. Jones popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Mariners 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Murphy walked; Murphy was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Montague [Murphy to second]; Gross
grounded out (second to first) [Murphy to third]; Newman walked;
Revering struck out; Page popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 5TH: Bochte singled to center; Horton popped to first
in foul territory; Meyer grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Bochte to second]; Paciorek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Mariners 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas homered; Chalk flied out to right; Picciolo
singled to center; Henderson out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Picciolo to second]; HINTON REPLACED MONTAGUE
(PITCHING); Murphy grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 6TH: Stinson singled to left; Roberts struck out;
MILBOURNE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Milbourne flied out to center;
Cruz singled to center [Stinson to second]; R. Jones flied out
to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Gross
flied out to right; Newman popped to catcher in foul territory;
Revering singled to right; Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 7TH: HAMILTON REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Bochte flied
out to left; Horton flied out to center; Meyer struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: R. STEIN REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Armas struck
out; Chalk doubled to center; Picciolo struck out; Henderson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 8TH: Paciorek singled to left; Stinson out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Paciorek to second]; Roberts
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Paciorek to third]; B. STEIN
BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; B. Stein flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Mariners 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: B. STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Murphy
struck out; Gross walked; Newman walked [Gross to second];
Revering homered [Gross scored, Newman scored]; Page flied out
to right; Armas made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 9, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 9TH: Cruz flied out to center; R. Jones homered; Bochte
singled; Horton struck out; Meyer homered [Bochte scored];
Paciorek struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9,
Mariners 8.