Jeff Newman homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the A's their third straight victory over the Mariners, 4-3. The Mariners broke a scoreless tie in the seventh on a double by Bill Stein, single by Bob Stinson and triple by Craig Reynolds.

The A's got three in the bottom of the inning on two errors, a walk, a wild pitch and singles by Wayne Gross and Tony Armas. Bruce Bochte's double, an infield out and Steve Braun's sacrifice fly tied it for the Mariners in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 4, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Wednesday, April 12, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 3 8 3 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 4 9 0 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .154 Dilone lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Bochte lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .267 Edwards 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Meyer 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .143 Guerrero ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .381 Stanton dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Alexander dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .267 Braun ph,dh 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Revering 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Ruppert Jones cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Murphy pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Hale rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Adams ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Stein 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .172 Essian c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .188 Stinson c 3 1 2 1 1 0 .350 North pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .100 Reynolds ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .263 Newman c 1 1 1 1 0 0 .500 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross 3b,1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .150 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas cf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .143 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomasson rf,1b,rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .087 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 8 3 3 4 Totals 32 4 9 3 1 6 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 1,742 Left on Base: Mariners 6, A's 5 DP: Mariners 2, A's 1 Errors: Meyer 2, Reynolds Doubles: Hale (1), Stein (1), Bochte (2) Triples: Reynolds (1) Home Runs: Newman (1) Stolen Bases: Cruz (1) Caught Stealing: Edwards (1), Thomasson (1) Sacrifice Flies: Braun (1) GIDP: Reynolds (1), Essian (1), Alexander (2) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt 6.1 6 3 0 1 4 0 25 2.03 Romo 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0.00 Rawley L(0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1.13 Totals 8 9 4 1 1 6 1 33 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford 6.2 6 2 2 3 3 0 27 2.13 Lacey 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 2.25 Heaverlo W(1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 4 0 36 Wild Pitches: Honeycutt (1) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to left; Bochte flied out to center; Meyer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone struck out; Edwards singled; Edwards was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. MARINERS 2ND: Stanton struck out; Ruppert Jones walked; Hale doubled [Ruppert Jones to third, Hale out at second (right to first to shortstop)]; Stein flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Alexander singled; Revering flied out to left; Essian grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Alexander out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. MARINERS 3RD: Stinson walked; Reynolds grounded into a double play (second to first) [Stinson out at second]; Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Armas struck out; Thomasson singled; Thomasson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. MARINERS 4TH: Bochte flied out to left; Meyer made an out to shortstop; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Dilone flied out to left; Edwards reached on an error by Meyer [Edwards to second]; Guerrero singled [Edwards to third]; Alexander grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Guerrero out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. MARINERS 5TH: Ruppert Jones flied out to center; Hale popped to catcher; Stein singled; Stinson popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering flied out to center; Essian made an out to shortstop; Gross singled; Armas forced Gross (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds made an out to shortstop; Cruz singled; Cruz stole second; Bochte flied out to left; Meyer was walked intentionally; Stanton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Dilone struck out; Edwards popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. MARINERS 7TH: Ruppert Jones struck out; Hale grounded out (second to first); Stein doubled; Stinson singled [Stein scored]; Reynolds tripled [Stinson scored]; LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero reached on an error by Reynolds [Guerrero to second]; Alexander struck out; Honeycutt threw a wild pitch [Guerrero to third]; Revering reached on an error by Meyer [Guerrero scored (unearned) (no RBI), Revering to first]; MURPHY RAN FOR REVERING; Essian walked [Murphy to second]; Gross singled [Murphy scored (unearned), Essian to third]; ROMO REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); NORTH RAN FOR ESSIAN; Armas singled [North scored (unearned), Gross to second]; Thomasson struck out; Dilone popped to catcher; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 2, Athletics 3. MARINERS 8TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NEWMAN REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING C ); THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Bochte doubled; Meyer grounded out (second to first) [Bochte to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); BRAUN BATTED FOR STANTON; Braun hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bochte scored]; Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Edwards grounded out (second to first); Guerrero singled; Alexander struck out; RAWLEY REPLACED ROMO (PITCHING); ADAMS BATTED FOR MURPHY; Adams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. MARINERS 9TH: GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Hale popped to catcher; Stein struck out; Stinson singled; Reynolds popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Newman homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 4.

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