The Oakland Athletics couldn't pull it off against the Boston Red Sox, 8 to 7, on July 14, 1979.

1979 Oakland Athletics

Final

BOS

Red Sox

55-32

8

1

1

0

2

1

0

3

0

0

4

2

0

5

0

2

6

1

3

7

0

0

8

0

2

9

3

0

R

8

7

H

10

8

E

1

1

Top 1st

BOS

OAK

Red Sox

Single by Tom Poquette; Rick Burleson scored.

1

0

Top 2nd

BOS

OAK

Red Sox

Single by Rick Burleson; Bob Watson scored.

2

0

Top 4th

BOS

OAK

Red Sox

Home run by Butch Hobson; Bob Watson scored.

4

0

Bottom 5th

BOS

OAK

Athletics

Double by Jim Essian; Dave Revering scored.

4

1

Athletics

Single by Rickey Henderson; Mike Heath scored.

4

2

Top 6th

BOS

OAK

Red Sox

Sacrifice fly by Butch Hobson; Bob Watson scored.

5

2

Bottom 6th

BOS

OAK

Athletics

Wild pitchSome( by Mike Torrez); Jim Essian scored.

5

3

Athletics

Single by Mike Edwards; Mike Heath and Tony Armas scored.

5

5

Bottom 8th

BOS

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Tony Armas; Larry Murray scored.

5

7

Top 9th

BOS

OAK

Red Sox

Single by Jim Rice; Larry Wolfe scored.

6

7

Red Sox

Single by Carl Yastrzemski; Jim Dwyer scored.

7

7

Red Sox

Sacrifice fly by Carlton Fisk; Jim Rice scored.

8

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Burleson SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jack Brohamer 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Larry Wolfe PH,2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tom Poquette CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Montgomery PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Dwyer PH,CF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Rice LF 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Carl Yastrzemski DH 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
Bob Watson 1B 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Carlton Fisk C 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butch Hobson 3B 4 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 4
Dwight Evans RF 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals 36 8 10 8 1 7 4 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Torrez 5.2 7 5 5 2 4 0
Allen Ripley (W) 2.1 1 2 2 2 1 1
Dick Drago 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Campbell (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 7 7 5 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dave Chalk 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitchell Page DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Dave Revering 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jim Essian C 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Mike Heath LF 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Larry Murray PR,LF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Armas RF 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Mike Edwards 2B 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Milt Ramirez SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Newman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 6 1 5 5 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Brian Kingman 5.0 5 5 4 3 1 1
Dave Heaverlo 3.0 1 0 0 3 2 0
Dave Hamilton 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Steve McCatty (L) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Jim Todd 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 10 8 7 7 4 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

RBI

12

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.279

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

7th

R

77

29th

SO

212

21st

ERA

3.94

18th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
14 12 .538
Rangers Rangers
14 13 .519 0.5
Athletics Athletics
11 16 .407 3.5
Angels Angels
10 16 .385 4.0
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
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

Last Game

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BAL Orioles

16-9

2

Final

3

OAK Athletics

11-16

Fri 26 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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM