Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics
April 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Seattle Mariners 2, Oakland Athletics 4

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 1 1 0
  Hale ph 0 0 0 0
Meyer lf 3 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 1 1
Roberts rf 4 0 1 0
Horton dh 3 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 1 1 0
Stein 3b 4 0 0 0
Stinson c 2 0 0 1
Mendoza ss 3 0 1 0
  Milbourne ph 1 0 0 0
Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 3 2 2 0
Wallis rf 2 0 0 0
Page dh 4 0 1 1
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Newman c 4 0 1 1
Edwards 2b 3 1 1 0
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 2 1
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 3
Seattle 001 001 000251
Oakland 100 210 00x471
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Rawley  L (0-2) 4.2 6 4 3 2 4
  Montague   3.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
4
3
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  W (1-1) 8.1 5 2 2 8 0
  Lacey  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
8
2

  E–Stinson (1), Revering (2).  PB–Stinson (2).  2B–Seattle R Jones (3,off Norris).  3B–Oakland Picciolo (1,off Rawley).  SF–Stinson (2,off Norris).  SH–Wallis (1,off Rawley).  CS–Cruz (2,2nd base by Norris/Newman); R Jones (3,2nd base by Norris/Newman); Dilone (3,2nd base by Montague/Stinson).  SB–Edwards (2,2nd base off Rawley/Stinson).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Roy Roth, 2B–Tony Patch, 3B–Jim Cuneo.  T–2:12.  A–2,938.
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