Oakland Athletics vs California Angels
April 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1979 at Anaheim Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 7, California Angels 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Burke lf 5 3 2 0
Wallis rf 3 1 0 0
Page dh 5 0 2 2
Revering 1b 4 0 1 2
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 2 2 0 0
Klutts ss 3 1 1 0
Essian c 4 0 1 1
Edwards 2b 4 0 2 2
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Wirth p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 4 2 1 0
Ford cf 3 3 2 2
Carew 1b 5 0 2 0
Baylor rf 3 0 1 1
Rudi lf 4 0 0 1
Aikens dh 3 0 1 1
  Ramirez pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 0 0 0
Mulliniks ss 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Humphrey c 1 1 0 0
  Downing ph,c 0 0 0 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 5
Oakland 120 010 210790
California 202 020 000671
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris   4.2 4 6 6 7 1
  Wirth   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Heaverlo  W (2-0) 3.0 2 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
11
3
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp   6.1 7 6 6 4 5
  LaRoche  L (1-1) 2.2 2 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
9

  E–Humphrey (1).  DP–California 1.  PB–Essian (6).  2B–Oakland Burke (1,off Knapp); Edwards (3,off Knapp); Revering (4,off LaRoche); Essian (3,off LaRoche), California Carew (5,off Heaverlo).  HR–California Ford (4,3rd inning off Norris 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Humphrey (1,off Wirth); Grich (2,off Heaverlo).  IBB–Baylor (1,by Heaverlo).  SB–Burke (1,2nd base off Knapp/Humphrey); Murphy (3,2nd base off LaRoche/Humphrey).  CS–Page (3,2nd base by Knapp/Humphrey); Baylor (1,2nd base by Norris/Essian); Carew (2,2nd base by Heaverlo/Essian).  IBB–Heaverlo (3,Baylor).  U-HP–Charlie Lupo, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Boyd Mauer, 3B–Dale Williams.  T–3:07.  A–36,130.
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