Ending a six-game losing streak, the Mariners shaded the A's, 4-3. Dan Meyer homered to break a 2-2 tie in the sixth inning and Julio Cruz drove in what proved to be the winning run with a single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Sunday, August 17, 1980 (Night game) at Kingdome

A's 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 1 Mariners 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 x - 4 9 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .305 Cruz 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .211 Murphy cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .271 Simpson rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Page dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .246 Meyer lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .277 Revering 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .305 Bochte dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .295 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Milbourne pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Armas rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .259 Beniquez cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .227 Newman c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .239 Paciorek 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .284 Guerrero ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 .239 Stein 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Cox 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Narron c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .100 Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 J. Anderson pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .227 McKay 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 L. Cox c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Kingman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mendoza ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 .249 Dressler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 8 3 2 2 Totals 33 4 9 4 1 4 Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 5,484 Left on Base: A's 4, Mariners 6 DP: A's 1, Mariners 1 Errors: Gross Home Runs: Page (8), Revering (15), Paciorek (14), Meyer (6) Caught Stealing: Cox (5) Sacrifice Flies: Guerrero (3) GIDP: Revering (6), Beniquez (5) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kingman L(7-13) 8 9 4 3 1 4 2 34 3.34 Totals 8 9 4 3 1 4 2 34 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dressler W(2-6) 8 8 3 3 2 0 2 31 4.71 Rawley SV(9) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.65 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 2 2 34 Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mark Johnson ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Murphy grounded out (second to first); Page homered; Revering grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Simpson grounded out (second to first); Meyer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross flied out to center; Armas popped to pitcher in foul territory; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Beniquez reached on an error by Gross [Beniquez to second]; Paciorek homered [Beniquez scored (unearned)]; Stein singled to center; Narron struck out; Mendoza struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Cox singled to third; Cox was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Henderson walked; Henderson was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 2. MARINERS 3RD: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Simpson flied out to right; Meyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy walked; Page flied out to left; Revering grounded out (first unassisted) [Murphy to second]; Gross flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 2. MARINERS 4TH: Bochte grounded out (pitcher to first); Beniquez singled to center; Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first) [Beniquez to second]; Stein flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas singled to left; Newman singled to right [Armas to third]; Guerrero hit a sacrifice fly to right [Armas scored]; Cox forced Newman (pitcher to shortstop); Henderson forced Cox (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 2. MARINERS 5TH: Narron grounded out (first unassisted); Mendoza struck out; Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy singled to center; Page flied out to center; Revering grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 2. MARINERS 6TH: Simpson grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer homered; Bochte singled to left; Beniquez grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bochte out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross flied out to right; Armas singled to left; Newman singled to center [Armas to second]; Guerrero forced Newman (shortstop to second) [Armas to third]; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR COX; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 3. MARINERS 7TH: MCKAY REPLACED GONZALEZ (PLAYING 2B); Paciorek flied out to right; Stein flied to right in foul territory; Narron singled to center; J. ANDERSON RAN FOR NARRON; Mendoza singled to right [J. Anderson to second]; Cruz singled to center [J. Anderson scored, Mendoza to third]; Simpson grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: L. COX REPLACED J. ANDERSON (PLAYING C ); Henderson grounded out (second to first); Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first); Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 4. MARINERS 8TH: Meyer grounded out (second to first); Bochte singled to center; MILBOURNE RAN FOR BOCHTE; Beniquez walked [Milbourne to second]; Paciorek struck out; Stein forced Beniquez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Revering homered; RAWLEY REPLACED DRESSLER (PITCHING); Gross flied out to right; Armas struck out; Newman was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 4.

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