Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
July 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, Baltimore Orioles 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 1
Chalk 3b,2b 3 0 1 0
Heath rf 4 0 0 0
  Murray rf 0 0 0 0
Newman dh 4 0 0 0
Essian c 4 1 1 0
Armas cf 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 1 1 0
Edwards 2b 3 1 1 1
  Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 1 2
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 2 1 0
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia ss 0 0 0 0
Singleton dh 3 2 1 1
Murray 1b 4 1 2 1
Lowenstein rf 2 0 0 1
DeCinces 3b 3 1 0 0
Roenicke lf 4 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 3 0 1 0
  Kelly ph 1 1 1 4
  Smith 2b 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 8 7
Oakland 040 000 000461
Baltimore 200 010 04x780
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (0-12) 7.0 7 5 5 3 4
  Hamilton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo   0.2 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
4
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   1.1 6 4 4 0 2
  Martinez  W (6-1) 7.2 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
6

  E–Heath (3).  2B–Oakland Chalk (3,off Flanagan); Essian (11,off Flanagan); Edwards (9,off Flanagan); Picciolo (5,off Flanagan); Henderson (2,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore Kelly (4,8th inning off Heaverlo 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Lowenstein (1,off Hamilton).  SF–Lowenstein (1,off Keough).  IBB–DeCinces (3,by Heaverlo).  SB–Bumbry (20,2nd base off Keough/Essian).  WP–Keough (7).  IBB–Heaverlo (15,DeCinces).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:37.  A–13,132.
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