The A's climbed out of the A. L. West cellar by downing the Mariners, 5-3. Wildness in the fourth inning by losing starter Dick Pole was Seattle's downfall. Pole walked Mitchell Page and Wayne Gross and then threw Rick McKinney's attempted sacrifice bunt past third base, allowing Page to score.

Gross later tallied on what would have been an inning-ending double play and Sheldon Mallory singled home McKinney to send Pole to the showers. Vida Blue got credit for the victory as Bob Lacey snuffed out a ninth-inning Mariner rally. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3
Game Played on Friday, July      22, 1977 (Night game) at Kingdome
A's          1  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0
Mariners     0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  1  -   3 10  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott ss              4   1   1   0     0   1   .281      Cruz 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .323
  Picciolo ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .171      Collins lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .225
Perez 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .248      Meyer 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .265
Sanguillen c          4   0   2   2     0   2   .272      Stanton rf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .277
Page lf               2   1   0   0     2   0   .308        Baez pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .261
Gross 3b              3   1   1   0     1   2   .237      Stein 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
McKinney 1b           4   1   0   0     0   0   .191      Ruppert Jones cf      4   1   1   1     0   1   .256
Crawford dh           3   0   0   0     1   1   .227      Bernhardt dh          4   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Armas cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Cox c                 4   0   3   1     0   0   .289
Mallory rf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .311      Reynolds ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lopez ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Milbourne ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .218
                                                            Jutze ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .254
                                                          Pole p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   7   3     4   8             Totals               36   3  10   3     0   7

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 13,960
Left on Base: A's 4, Mariners 6
DP: A's 1, Mariners 2
Errors: Stanton, Pole
Doubles: Perez (12), Cox (3)
Home Runs: Meyer (12), Ruppert Jones (19)
Stolen Bases: Scott (14), Mallory (6), Reynolds (6)
Caught Stealing: Mallory (4)
GIDP: Armas (5), McKinney (6), Meyer (12)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(9-11)            8.2  10   3   3   0   6   2  35   3.81
Lacey SV(6)             0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.15
Totals                  9    10   3   3   0   7   2  36

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pole L(6-6)             3.2   4   4   1   4   3   0  18   4.04
Montague                5.1   3   1   1   0   5   0  18   4.75
Totals                  9     7   5   2   4   8   0  36

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan


ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott singled to center; Scott stole second;
Perez struck out; Sanguillen singled to left [Scott scored,
Sanguillen to second (on throw to home)]; Page walked; Gross
struck out; McKinney forced Page (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to right; Collins lined to
shortstop; Meyer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); Armas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mallory singled; Mallory was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton struck out; Stein was called out on
strikes; Ruppert Jones popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Scott grounded out (second to first); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Bernhardt grounded out (pitcher to first); Cox
doubled to right; Reynolds reached on a fielder's choice [Cox
out at third (pitcher to third)]; Reynolds stole second; Cruz
lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page walked; Gross walked [Page to second];
McKinney reached on a fielder's choice [Page scored (error by
Pole) (unearned), Gross to third, McKinney to second]; Crawford
was walked intentionally; Armas grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Gross scored (unearned) (no RBI), McKinney
to third, Crawford out at second]; Mallory singled to left
[McKinney scored (unearned)]; MONTAGUE REPLACED POLE (PITCHING);
Mallory stole second; Scott grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Collins was called out on strikes; Meyer homered;
Stanton struck out; Stein grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Mariners 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Perez doubled to right [Perez to third (error by
Stanton)]; Sanguillen singled to center [Perez scored]; Page
popped to third in foul territory; Gross singled to right
[Sanguillen to third]; McKinney grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Gross out at second]; 1 R, 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Ruppert Jones homered; Bernhardt grounded out
(first unassisted); Cox grounded out (shortstop to first);
Reynolds grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Crawford lined to left; Armas struck out; Mallory
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 6TH: Cruz lined to left; Collins singled to center;
Meyer grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Collins out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
5, Mariners 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Scott struck out; Perez flied out to right;
Sanguillen struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 7TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED SCOTT (PLAYING SS); Stanton
grounded out (third to first); Stein singled to right; Ruppert
Jones made an out to shortstop; Bernhardt flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page grounded out (second to first); Gross struck
out; McKinney flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 8TH: Cox singled to left; LOPEZ BATTED FOR REYNOLDS;
Lopez forced Cox (second to shortstop); Cruz singled to center
[Lopez to second]; Collins made an out to second; Meyer made an
out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: MILBOURNE REPLACED LOPEZ (PLAYING SS); Crawford
struck out; Armas grounded out (second to first); Mallory popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Mariners 2.

MARINERS 9TH: Stanton singled to left; BAEZ RAN FOR STANTON;
Stein flied out to center; Ruppert Jones struck out; Bernhardt
singled to center [Baez to second]; Cox singled to left [Baez
scored, Bernhardt to second]; LACEY REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING);
JUTZE BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Jutze struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 5, Mariners 3.