Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
April 9, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1979 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 2, Seattle Mariners 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Burke lf 4 0 1 0
Dilone rf 3 1 0 0
Page dh 4 0 1 0
Newman c 3 0 0 1
Klutts ss 4 0 2 0
Revering 1b 4 0 2 0
Armas cf 4 1 1 0
Gross 3b 3 0 1 1
Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Wirth p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 2 1 0 0
Stein 3b 4 1 3 1
Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0
  Meyer ph,lf,1b 2 0 0 0
Roberts rf 4 1 1 0
Horton dh 3 1 0 0
Jones cf 3 1 2 2
Bochte 1b 2 0 1 1
  Simpson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Cox c 4 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 4 0 1 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 4
Oakland 100 000 100295
Seattle 003 100 10x590
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (0-1) 5.0 7 4 4 6 3
  Wirth   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Lacey   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Todd   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
8
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (1-0) 7.0 7 2 1 1 3
  Rawley  SV (1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
1
5

  E–Newman 2 (2), Klutts (2), Armas (1), Edwards (1).  DP–Seattle 1.  PB–Newman (1); Cox (1).  2B–Oakland Edwards (1,off Bannister).  SF–Newman (1,off Bannister).  SH–Bochte (1,off Johnson).  SB–Dilone (1,2nd base off Bannister/Cox); Cruz 2 (3,2nd base off Johnson/Newman,2nd base off Todd/Newman); R Jones (2,2nd base off Lacey/Newman).  CS–Page (1,2nd base by Bannister/Cox); Revering (1,2nd base by Bannister/Cox).  U-HP–Roy Dreke, 1B–Dave Perez, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Miller.  T–2:19.  A–6,176.
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