Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
August 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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 9, Seattle Mariners 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 2 1 0
Newman c 3 1 0 0
Revering 1b 5 3 4 5
Page dh 5 1 1 0
Armas rf 5 2 2 4
Chalk 2b 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 0 3 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 2 0
Jones cf 5 2 3 3
Bochte 1b 5 1 3 0
Horton dh 5 1 0 0
Meyer 3b 5 1 1 2
Paciorek rf 5 1 2 3
Stinson c 3 0 1 0
Roberts lf 4 1 1 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Milbourne ph,ss 1 0 0 0
  Stein B. ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Dressler p 0 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  Stein R. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 8
Oakland 010 401 0039121
Seattle 410 000 0038131
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  W (2-4) 6.0 9 5 2 1 5
  Hamilton  SV (3) 3.0 4 3 3 0 3
Totals
9.0
13
8
5
1
8
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Dressler   3.2 7 5 5 1 2
  Montague  L (5-4) 2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Hinton   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Stein   2.0 2 3 3 2 4
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
5
8

  E–Picciolo (11), Montague (1).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Oakland Gross (15,off Dressler); Chalk (5,off R Stein), Seattle Roberts (20,off Kingman).  HR–Oakland Revering 2 (11,2nd inning off Dressler 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off R Stein 2 on, 1 out); Armas 2 (10,4th inning off Dressler 2 on, 1 out,6th inning off Montague 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Paciorek (3,1st inning off Kingman 2 on, 2 out); R Jones (19,9th inning off Hamilton 0 on, 1 out); Meyer (17,9th inning off Hamilton 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Henderson (5,off Montague); Stinson (3,off Hamilton).  SB–Cruz (24,2nd base off Kingman/Newman).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:41.  A–6,048.
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