The Oakland Athletics eked out a victory over the Texas Rangers, 6 to 5, on June 22, 1979.

1979 Oakland Athletics

Final

TEX

Rangers

36-33

5

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

1

4

5

1

0

6

0

1

7

2

0

8

1

0

9

0

R

5

6

H

12

11

E

1

0

Bottom 3rd

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Tony Armas.

0

1

Top 4th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Larvell Blanks; Bump Wills scored.

1

1

Bottom 4th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Mike Heath grounded out; Jeff Newman scored.

1

2

Athletics

Single by Tony Armas; Mitchell Page scored.

1

3

Athletics

Home run by Larry Murray; Tony Armas scored.

1

5

Top 5th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Home run by Oscar Gamble.

2

5

Bottom 6th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Double by Larry Murray; Mitchell Page scored.

2

6

Top 7th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Pat Putnam; Johnny Grubb scored.

3

6

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Eric Soderholm; Pat Putnam scored.

4

6

Top 8th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Johnny Grubb; Bump Wills scored.

5

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny Grubb CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Buddy Bell 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Pat Putnam 1B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Ellis C 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Dave Roberts PR,C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oscar Gamble RF 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
Bill Sample PH,LF 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Eric Soderholm DH 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Zisk LF,RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bump Wills 2B 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larvell Blanks SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 5 12 5 1 5 1 0 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Comer (L) 6.0 10 6 5 0 3 2
Doyle Alexander 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 8.0 11 6 5 0 6 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mike Edwards 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Chalk SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Gross 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jeff Newman 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Mitchell Page DH 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Mike Heath C 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tony Armas CF 4 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 5
Larry Murray RF 3 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 7
Derek Bryant LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 32 6 11 6 2 0 6 0 0 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Langford (W) 6.1 8 4 4 5 1 1
Bob Lacey 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Todd 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Heaverlo (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 12 5 5 5 1 1

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

RBI

12

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.277

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Spence

Mitch Spence

K

25

Miller

Mason Miller

ERA

2.03

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

29

10th

R

77

29th

SO

221

21st

ERA

4.06

19th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
15 12 .556
Rangers Rangers
14 14 .500 1.5
Athletics Athletics
11 17 .393 4.5
Angels Angels
10 17 .370 5.0
Astros Astros
8 19 .296 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Tue
4/30
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Wed
5/1
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Fri
5/3
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM

Last Game

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BAL Orioles

17-9

7

Final

0

OAK Athletics

11-17

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM