The Oakland Athletics handily defeated the California Angels, 9 to 5, on August 7, 1979.

1979 Oakland Athletics

Final

CAL

Angels

64-50

5

1

0

0

2

1

2

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

2

1

6

0

0

7

1

6

8

0

0

9

1

R

5

9

H

12

13

E

1

1

Top 2nd

CAL

OAK

Angels

Home run by Brian Downing.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

CAL

OAK

Athletics

Single by Rob Picciolo; Mitchell Page and Jim Essian scored.

1

2

Top 5th

CAL

OAK

Angels

Bert Campaneris ground ball; Error by Dave Revering; Jim Anderson scored.

2

2

Angels

Sacrifice fly by Dan Ford; Rick Miller scored.

3

2

Bottom 5th

CAL

OAK

Athletics

Rob Picciolo grounded out; Jim Essian scored.

3

3

Top 7th

CAL

OAK

Angels

Single by Don Baylor; Rick Miller scored.

4

3

Bottom 7th

CAL

OAK

Athletics

Single by Rickey Henderson; Jim Essian scored.

4

4

Athletics

Single by Mike Heath; Dave Chalk and Rob Picciolo scored.

4

6

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Wayne Gross; Rickey Henderson scored.

4

7

Athletics

Home run by Dave Revering; Mike Heath scored.

4

9

Top 9th

CAL

OAK

Angels

Wild pitchSome( by Rick Langford); Bert Campaneris scored.

5

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Miller CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bert Campaneris SS 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dan Ford RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Baylor DH 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Rod Carew 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Brian Downing C 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Joe Rudi LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Grich 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Anderson 3B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willie Aikens PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dickie Thon PR,3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 3 1 2 5 0 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Barr (L) 6.0 10 7 5 1 4 0
Dave LaRoche 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 1
Totals 8.0 13 9 7 1 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF,CF 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dwayne Murphy CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Heath PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Murray LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Gross 3B 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Revering 1B 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Mitchell Page DH 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Tony Armas RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jim Essian C 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dave Chalk 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rob Picciolo SS 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 35 9 13 9 1 1 5 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Langford (W) 9.0 12 5 4 2 5 1
Totals 9.0 12 5 4 2 5 1

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Rooker

Brent Rooker

RBI

11

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.286

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Kelly

Michael Kelly

K

25

Wood

Alex Wood

ERA

2.03

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

28

6th

R

74

29th

SO

205

22nd

ERA

4.03

19th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
13 12 .520
Rangers Rangers
13 13 .500 0.5
Angels Angels
10 15 .400 3.0
Athletics Athletics
10 16 .385 3.5
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 6.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
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

Last Game

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NYY Yankees

17-9

1

Final

3

OAK Athletics

10-16

Thu 25 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
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
8-0
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM