Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
April 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 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 1, Seattle Mariners 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Burke lf 4 0 1 0
  Dilone lf 0 0 0 0
Wallis rf 3 0 0 0
Page dh 4 0 1 0
Revering 1b 4 0 1 0
Gross 3b 4 1 2 1
Edwards 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Essian c 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Newman ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray 2b 1 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 2 0
Meyer lf 4 2 2 0
  Simpson lf 0 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 1 1 3
Roberts rf 4 0 3 1
Horton dh 3 0 2 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Stein 3b 4 0 0 0
Stinson c 3 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 4 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
Oakland 000 000 100170
Seattle 100 030 00x4110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (0-2) 6.0 9 4 4 0 0
  Heaverlo   2.0 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
2
2
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  W (1-0) 7.2 6 1 1 2 4
  Rawley  SV (2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5

  E–None.  2B–Seattle Meyer (1,off Langford); Stinson (1,off Langford); Cruz (2,off Langford).  3B–Seattle Roberts (1,off Heaverlo).  HR–Oakland Gross (1,7th inning off Abbott 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Bochte (2,5th inning off Langford 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Stinson (1,by Heaverlo).  SB–R Jones (3,2nd base off Langford/Essian); Cruz (4,2nd base off Heaverlo/Essian).  CS–Roberts (1,2nd base by Langford/Essian).  IBB–Heaverlo (1,Stinson).  U-HP–Jay Levet, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Roy Dreke, 3B–Miller.  T–2:23.  A–5,719.
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