Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
April 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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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Baltimore Orioles 7, Oakland Athletics 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 1 1
Dauer 3b 5 1 2 0
Singleton rf 4 1 2 2
  Harlow rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 5 0 1 1
May dh 5 2 2 1
Roenicke lf 4 1 1 1
Smith 2b 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Garcia ss 4 2 2 1
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Burke cf 4 0 1 0
Murray rf 3 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 1
Page lf 3 0 0 0
Newman 1b 3 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 4 0 0 0
Essian c 4 0 0 0
Murphy dh 2 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 1 1 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Baltimore 110 300 0027120
Oakland 001 000 000131
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (3-2) 9.0 3 1 1 4 4
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (0-3) 3.2 8 5 5 0 2
  Hamilton   4.1 0 0 0 1 5
  Lacey   1.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
1
8

  E–Essian (4).  2B–Baltimore Garcia (1,off Keough), Oakland Gross (2,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore Singleton (5,1st inning off Keough 0 on, 2 out); May (4,4th inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out); Roenicke (1,4th inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Smith (1,by Keough).  SB–Garcia (1,2nd base off Keough/Essian).  HBP–Keough (1,Smith).  T–2:10.  A–2,115.
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