The Oakland Athletics lost to the New York Yankees, 8 to 3, on July 7, 1979.

1979 Oakland Athletics

Final

NYY

Yankees

47-38

8

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

2

0

4

0

2

5

3

1

6

0

0

7

2

0

8

0

0

9

1

0

R

8

3

H

14

8

E

0

2

Top 3rd

NYY

OAK

Yankees

Bobby Murcer grounded out; Juan Beniquez scored.

1

0

Yankees

Single by Reggie Jackson; Bucky Dent scored.

2

0

Bottom 4th

NYY

OAK

Athletics

Single by Tony Armas; Jeff Newman scored.

2

1

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Derek Bryant; Mike Heath scored.

2

2

Top 5th

NYY

OAK

Yankees

Triple by Reggie Jackson; Willie Randolph and Bobby Murcer scored.

4

2

Yankees

Single by Lou Piniella; Reggie Jackson scored.

5

2

Bottom 5th

NYY

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Jim Essian.

5

3

Top 7th

NYY

OAK

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Bobby Murcer; Willie Randolph scored.

6

3

Yankees

Home run by Reggie Jackson.

7

3

Top 9th

NYY

OAK

Yankees

Single by Reggie Jackson; Bobby Murcer scored.

8

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Randolph 2B 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Murcer LF,CF 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Graig Nettles 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Reggie Jackson RF 5 2 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 9
Lou Piniella DH 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Chris Chambliss 1B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Narron C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Beniquez CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Roy White PH,LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 40 8 14 8 1 2 2 1 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Hood (W) 5.1 8 3 3 1 2 1
Ken Clay (S) 3.2 0 0 0 3 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 3 3 4 3 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mike Edwards 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jim Essian 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Jeff Newman C 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Mike Heath DH 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tony Armas RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Derek Bryant LF 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mitchell Page PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Larry Murray LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Gross 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3 1 4 3 1 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Morgan (L) 6.2 10 7 7 1 0 1
Craig Minetto 2.1 4 1 1 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 14 8 8 2 2 1

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

Rooker

Brent Rooker

RBI

20

Rooker

Brent Rooker

AVG

.284

Toro

Abraham Toro

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Spence

Mitch Spence

K

32

Wood

Alex Wood

ERA

2.61

Muller

Kyle Muller

Team Rankings

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HR

44

3rd

R

126

26th

SO

287

20th

ERA

3.97

17th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
20 16 .556
Mariners Mariners
19 16 .543 0.5
Athletics Athletics
17 19 .472 3.0
Astros Astros
12 22 .353 7.0
Angels Angels
12 23 .343 7.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/7
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Wed
5/8
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Wed
5/8
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
7:07 PM
Fri
5/10
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Sat
5/11
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM

Last Game

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OAK Athletics

17-19

2

Final

4

TEX Rangers

20-16

Mon 6 May 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
Sun
5/5
NYM NYM
@
STL STL
4-3
Sun
5/5
MIL MIL
@
KCR KCR
2-3
Sun
5/5
CWS CWS
@
TBR TBR
2-8
Sun
5/5
SFG SFG
@
PHI PHI
1-6
Sun
5/5
LAA LAA
@
PIT PIT
1-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/7
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Tue
5/7
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Tue
5/7
TOR TOR
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Tue
5/7
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Tue
5/7
LAA LAA
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM