Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
April 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 5, Oakland Athletics 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 6 0 2 0
Dauer 3b 4 3 3 2
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 1 3 0
Murray 1b 4 0 2 2
May dh 4 0 1 0
Roenicke lf 3 0 1 1
  Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Smith 2b 5 0 2 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Garcia ss 4 1 1 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 16 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Burke lf 3 0 0 0
  Wallis ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Bryant rf,lf 4 0 0 0
  Murray pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 5 0 1 2
Page dh 4 1 1 0
Revering 1b 4 0 1 0
Edwards 2b 1 2 0 0
Gross 3b 2 2 1 2
Newman c 3 2 1 3
Murphy cf 3 1 1 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 8 6 8
Baltimore 101 101 0105161
Oakland 030 005 00x862
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  L (0-1) 5.1 3 5 5 3 0
  Martinez   0.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Stewart   2.2 2 0 0 3 1
Totals
8.0
6
8
8
8
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris   5.1 12 4 4 4 0
  Todd  W (2-1) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Heaverlo  SV (2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
5
1

  E–Garcia (1), Guerrero (1), Murphy (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Baltimore Singleton 2 (6,off Norris 2); Garcia (2,off Norris), Oakland Page (2,off McGregor).  3B–Oakland Gross (1,off T Martinez).  HR–Baltimore Dauer (2,8th inning off Todd 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Newman (1,2nd inning off McGregor 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Dauer (1,off Norris).  SH–Edwards (1,off McGregor); Wallis (2,off Stewart).  HBP–Gross (1,by McGregor).  IBB–Newman (1,by T Martinez).  CS–Bumbry (1,2nd base by Norris/Newman).  HBP–McGregor (1,Gross).  IBB–T Martinez (1,Newman).  T–2:55.  A–2,436.
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