California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
August 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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California Angels 5, Oakland Athletics 9

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 5 2 2 0
Campaneris ss 3 1 2 0
Ford rf 4 0 2 1
Baylor dh 5 0 1 1
Carew 1b 4 0 1 0
Downing c 3 1 1 1
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 4 0 0 0
Anderson 3b 3 1 2 0
  Aikens ph 1 0 1 0
  Thon pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Barr p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf,cf 5 1 1 1
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 1 1 2
  Murray lf 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 0 0 1
Revering 1b 4 1 1 2
Page dh 3 1 2 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Essian c 4 3 3 0
Chalk 2b 4 1 2 0
Picciolo ss 4 1 3 3
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
California 010 020 1015121
Oakland 020 010 60x9131
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  L (7-9) 6.0 10 7 5 1 4
  LaRoche   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
7
1
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (7-12) 9.0 12 5 4 2 5
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
2
5

  E–Campaneris (14), Revering (10).  DP–California 1, Oakland 1.  HR–California Downing (9,2nd inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Revering (13,7th inning off LaRoche 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Campaneris 2 (10,off Langford 2).  SF–Ford (7,off Langford); Gross (3,off LaRoche).  WP–Langford (12).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:32.  A–2,905.
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