Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
August 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1979 at Kingdome. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 0 0
Murphy cf 3 1 3 2
Page dh 5 0 2 1
Revering 1b 5 1 1 1
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Essian c 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 1 2 1
Chalk 2b 3 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 1 1 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 1 0 0
Bochte 1b 5 1 2 0
Horton dh 5 0 3 1
Meyer 3b 5 1 1 2
Paciorek rf 3 0 2 0
Stinson c 2 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 1 0
  Cox c 0 0 0 0
Roberts lf 3 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Milbourne ph,ss 1 0 1 0
  Stein B. ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Stein R. p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3
Oakland 001 021 1005110
Seattle 000 110 1003111
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  W (2-6) 5.2 7 2 2 6 0
  Hamilton  SV (2) 3.1 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
6
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Parrott  L (9-8) 5.2 7 4 4 2 3
  Stein   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Hinton   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
4

  E–Stinson (3).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Seattle Bochte (27,off Morgan); Paciorek (15,off Morgan); Roberts (19,off Morgan).  3B–Oakland Murphy (2,off Parrott).  HR–Oakland Armas (8,5th inning off Parrott 0 on, 0 out); Revering (9,6th inning off Parrott 0 on, 0 out); Murphy (6,7th inning off R Stein 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Meyer (16,7th inning off Hamilton 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Paciorek (2,by Morgan).  SB–Murphy 2 (13,2nd base off Parrott/Stinson,2nd base off McLaughlin/Cox); Henderson (12,2nd base off Parrott/Stinson).  CS–Gross (3,2nd base by Parrott/Stinson); R Jones (6,2nd base by Morgan/Essian).  WP–Morgan (3), R Stein (1), McLaughlin (9).  HBP–Morgan (1,Paciorek).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:49.  A–10,009.
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