The Oakland Athletics managed to stay ahead of the Baltimore Orioles, 7 to 6, on July 10, 1979.

1979 Oakland Athletics

Final

BAL

Orioles

56-30

6

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

3

0

6

3

1

7

0

0

8

0

3

9

0

R

6

7

H

12

11

E

1

1

Bottom 1st

BAL

OAK

Athletics

Single by Jim Essian; Wayne Gross scored.

0

1

Athletics

Single by Mike Heath; Mitchell Page scored.

0

2

Bottom 3rd

BAL

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Jim Essian.

0

3

Top 5th

BAL

OAK

Orioles

Single by Douglas DeCinces; Eddie Murray scored.

1

3

Orioles

Sacrifice fly by Rick Dempsey; Douglas DeCinces scored.

2

3

Orioles

Single by Al Bumbry; Gary Roenicke scored.

3

3

Top 6th

BAL

OAK

Orioles

Double by Eddie Murray; Ken Singleton scored.

4

3

Orioles

Home run by John Lowenstein; Eddie Murray scored.

6

3

Bottom 6th

BAL

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Jeff Newman.

6

4

Bottom 8th

BAL

OAK

Athletics

Double by Tony Armas; Jim Essian scored.

6

5

Athletics

Single by Mike Edwards; Larry Murray scored.

6

6

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Rickey Henderson; Tony Armas scored.

6

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Al Bumbry CF 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Kiko Garcia SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Ken Singleton DH 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Eddie Murray 1B 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
John Lowenstein RF 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 5
Douglas DeCinces 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Billy Smith 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Roenicke LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rich Dauer 2B,3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Kelly PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Dempsey C 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Crowley PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Krenchicki PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6 1 1 5 0 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Stone 6.1 9 4 4 1 2 2
Sammy Stewart (L) 1.0 1 3 3 2 0 0
Tippy Martinez 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 11 7 7 3 2 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson CF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Chalk 2B,SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Wayne Gross 3B 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Mitchell Page DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Essian 1B 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
Mike Heath LF,C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jeff Newman C 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Larry Murray PR,LF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Armas RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Rob Picciolo SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Edwards PH,2B 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 31 7 11 7 2 3 2 0 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Langford (W) 8.1 12 6 4 1 4 1
Dave Heaverlo (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 12 6 4 1 5 1

Explore

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

22nd

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
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1-3
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1-4
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

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
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM