Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
July 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1978 at Kingdome. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 9, Seattle Mariners 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Murray 2b 0 1 0 0
  Edwards 2b 4 2 2 0
Wallis cf 5 2 2 4
Burke lf 4 1 3 1
Page dh 3 1 2 0
Duncan 3b 3 0 1 0
  Essian c 1 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0
Revering 1b 5 0 1 0
Newman c 4 1 3 1
  Picciolo 3b 1 0 0 0
Armas rf 5 1 2 2
Minetto p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 18 8
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 1
Milbourne dh 4 0 0 0
Roberts rf 3 1 1 0
Paciorek cf 4 1 2 1
Stein 3b 4 0 1 0
Meyer 1b 4 1 1 1
Stanton lf 2 0 0 0
  Bochte ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Stinson c 3 1 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Oakland 230 000 1309181
Seattle 020 010 001470
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Minetto   3.1 3 2 2 0 2
  Sosa  W (5-2) 4.2 2 1 1 1 1
  McCatty   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
1
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (2-5) 1.0 7 5 5 1 1
  Todd   5.0 5 0 0 2 0
  House   3.0 6 4 4 2 0
Totals
9.0
18
9
9
5
1

  E–Armas (1).  2B–Oakland Newman (4,off Honeycutt); Edwards (6,off Honeycutt), Seattle Reynolds (5,off Sosa).  3B–Seattle Paciorek (1,off Minetto).  HR–Oakland Wallis 2 (4,1st inning off Honeycutt 1 on, 0 out,8th inning off House 1 on, 1 out); Armas (2,2nd inning off Honeycutt 1 on, 0 out), Seattle Meyer (6,9th inning off McCatty 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Duncan (4,off House).  IBB–Guerrero (2,by House).  HBP–Roberts (4,by Minetto).  SB–Edwards (10,2nd base off House/Stinson); Burke (7,3rd base off House/Stinson).  CS–Page 2 (10,2nd base by Todd/Stinson,2nd base by House/Stinson).  WP–Minetto (1).  HBP–Minetto (1,Roberts).  IBB–House (2,Guerrero).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Al Clark.
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