Glenn Abbott limited his former Oakland teammates to four hits and pitched the Mariners to a 3-1 victory over the Athletics. Dan Meyer provided the deciding blow, hitting a homer with a man on base. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 3, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Wednesday, July 13, 1977 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Mariners 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 A's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Scott ss,2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Collins lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .206 Perez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Meyer 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .257 Alexander pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Ruppert Jones cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .266 Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .170 Stanton rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Page lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .287 Braun dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .233 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Stein 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 .259 Sanguillen rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .264 Stinson c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .286 McKinney 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Crawford dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .230 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Newman c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Murray pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Hosley c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 7 3 0 6 Totals 31 1 4 1 1 8 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 4,529 Left on Base: Mariners 3, A's 5 DP: Mariners 0, A's 0 Errors: Scott Triples: Sanguillen (4) Home Runs: Meyer (11) Stolen Bases: Page (22), Alexander (16) Caught Stealing: Stein (4) Hit by Pitch: Newman (1,by Abbott) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott W(5-7) 9 4 1 1 1 8 0 33 4.46 Totals 9 4 1 1 1 8 0 33 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford L(7-8) 6.1 7 3 2 0 4 1 26 2.96 Lacey 2.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.01 Totals 9 7 3 2 0 6 1 33 Hit by Pitch: Abbott (8) Wild Pitches: Langford (3) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano MARINERS 1ST: Cruz singled; Collins forced Cruz (shortstop to second); Meyer homered [Collins scored]; Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to first); Stanton flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Page walked; Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 0. MARINERS 2ND: Braun made an out to shortstop; Stein struck out; Stinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Sanguillen lined to right; McKinney grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 0. MARINERS 3RD: Reynolds flied out to center; Cruz grounded out (second to first); Collins grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas grounded out (pitcher to first); Newman struck out; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 0. MARINERS 4TH: Meyer singled; Ruppert Jones forced Meyer (pitcher to shortstop); Stanton reached on an error by Scott [Ruppert Jones to second]; Braun singled [Ruppert Jones scored (unearned), Stanton out at third (shortstop to third)]; Langford threw a wild pitch [Braun to second]; Stein struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Perez lined to right; Page singled; Page stole second; Gross made an out to second; Sanguillen tripled [Page scored]; McKinney lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. MARINERS 5TH: Stinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Reynolds grounded out (first to pitcher); Cruz singled; Collins grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Crawford flied out to right; Armas singled; Newman was hit by a pitch [Armas to second]; MURRAY RAN FOR NEWMAN; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first) [Armas to third, Murray to second]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. MARINERS 6TH: HOSLEY REPLACED MURRAY (PLAYING C ); Meyer lined to center; Ruppert Jones flied out to left; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Page flied out to center; Gross grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. MARINERS 7TH: Braun made an out to third; Stein singled; Stinson singled [Stein to third]; LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Stein was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted) [Stinson to second]; Reynolds struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: McKinney flied out to center; Crawford struck out; Armas grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. MARINERS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Collins lined to third; Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Hosley flied out to center; Scott struck out; Perez singled; ALEXANDER RAN FOR PEREZ; Alexander stole second; Page flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. MARINERS 9TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); SCOTT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Ruppert Jones grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanton flied out to right; Braun was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); McKinney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 1.

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