Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
July 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 10, 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 6, Oakland Athletics 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 2 1
Garcia ss 5 0 1 0
Singleton dh 5 1 1 0
Murray 1b 4 2 3 1
Lowenstein rf 3 1 2 2
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 1
  Smith 2b 0 0 0 0
Roenicke lf 4 1 1 0
Dauer 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 1
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 0
  Krenchicki pr 0 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 4 0 0 1
Chalk 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Gross 3b 2 1 1 0
Page dh 4 1 1 0
Essian 1b 3 2 2 2
Heath lf,c 4 0 2 1
Newman c 3 1 1 1
  Murray pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Armas rf 4 1 2 1
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph,2b 2 0 2 1
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 11 7
Baltimore 000 033 0006121
Oakland 201 001 03x7111
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   6.1 9 4 4 1 2
  Stewart  L (5-3) 1.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Martinez   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
3
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (5-9) 8.1 12 6 4 1 4
  Heaverlo  SV (7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
4
1
5

  E–Garcia (16), Picciolo (8).  DP–Baltimore 3, Oakland 1.  2B–Baltimore Singleton (14,off Langford); Murray (13,off Langford); Garcia (10,off Langford), Oakland Armas (5,off Stewart).  HR–Baltimore Lowenstein (9,6th inning off Langford 1 on, 0 out), Oakland Essian (6,3rd inning off Stone 0 on, 2 out); Newman (15,6th inning off Stone 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Dempsey (2,off Langford); Henderson (1,off T Martinez).  HBP–Essian (1,by Stewart); Newman (1,by Stewart).  CS–Roenicke (2,2nd base by Langford/Newman).  HBP–Stewart 2 (4,Essian,Newman).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Fred Spenn.  T–2:38.  A–1,880.
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