Two unearned runs in the ninth inning on two singles, a sacrifice and three errors enabled the A's to defeat the Mariners, 5-3. Gary Alexander, Dave Revering, Jim Essian and Wayne Gross all singled in the fourth for the A's first two runs and Alexander homered in the fifth.

After handing the A's their pair in the ninth, the Mariners staged a rally in the home half, scoring their three runs, before Elias Sosa relieved and retired Dan Meyer to save the game for Oakland. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Friday, April 21, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

A's 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 - 5 11 0 Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 8 3 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .231 Cruz 2b,ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .231 Guerrero ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .396 Braun ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .188 Page dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stinson c 1 0 1 0 2 0 .378 Alexander lf 4 2 2 1 0 2 .297 Robertson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy lf,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pasley c 1 0 0 1 0 0 .167 Revering 1b 4 1 3 0 0 1 .286 Bochte lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .303 Essian c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .237 Stanton dh 4 0 2 0 1 1 .250 Gross 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .195 Milbourne pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .278 Ruppert Jones cf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .214 Thomasson rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Meyer 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .152 North ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Stein 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .210 Dilone lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Hale rf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .143 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baez ph,2b 1 1 0 0 1 0 .229 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 .243 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roberts ph,rf 2 1 2 1 0 0 .375 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pole p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 5 11 3 2 7 Totals 34 3 8 3 8 5 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 7,939 Left on Base: A's 7, Mariners 12 DP: A's 0, Mariners 2 Errors: Stein, Baez, Rawley Doubles: Revering (4), Stinson (3), Braun (1) Home Runs: Alexander (4) Caught Stealing: Ruppert Jones (1) Sacrifice Hits: North (1) GIDP: Guerrero (2), Page (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough W(1-0) 5 2 0 0 6 5 0 22 1.42 Lacey 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 13 3.00 Heaverlo 0.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 6 1.42 Sosa SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 8 3 3 8 5 0 42 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pole L(1-3) 4.2 8 3 3 2 3 1 23 5.16 Rawley 3.1 3 2 0 0 4 0 13 4.30 Todd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.15 Totals 9 11 5 3 2 7 1 39 Wild Pitches: Keough (1) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards struck out; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Page flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Stinson doubled to right; Bochte grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanton flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Alexander was called out on strikes; Revering doubled to center; Essian walked; Gross popped to catcher in foul territory; Armas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones walked; Ruppert Jones was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Meyer flied to left; Stein flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Thomasson flied to right; Edwards singled to center; Guerrero grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Hale walked; Reynolds was called out on strikes; Cruz struck out; Keough threw a wild pitch [Hale to second]; Stinson walked; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Page flied to left in foul territory; Alexander singled to left; Revering singled to right [Alexander to third]; Essian singled to left [Alexander scored, Revering to second]; Gross singled to left [Revering scored, Essian to third, Gross to second (on throw)]; Armas was walked intentionally; Thomasson struck out; Edwards forced Armas (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Stanton struck out; Ruppert Jones flied to left; Meyer flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero popped to shortstop; Page flied to left in foul territory; Alexander homered; Revering singled to center; RAWLEY REPLACED POLE (PITCHING); Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Stein flied to center; Hale struck out; Reynolds singled to right; Cruz walked [Reynolds to second]; Stinson walked [Reynolds to third, Cruz to second]; Bochte was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross struck out; Armas flied to right; Thomasson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 6TH: Stanton walked; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Ruppert Jones flied to right; Meyer popped to shortstop; Stein forced Stanton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Guerrero singled to left; Page grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Guerrero out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 7TH: BAEZ BATTED FOR HALE; Baez grounded out (shortstop to first); ROBERTS BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Roberts singled to left; Cruz popped to shortstop; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR STINSON; Robertson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: PASLEY REPLACED ROBERTSON (PLAYING C ); BAEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Alexander was called out on strikes; Revering was called out on strikes; Essian flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 8TH: MURPHY REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING LF); Bochte grounded out (second to first); Stanton singled to center; Ruppert Jones flied to center; Meyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross singled to third [Gross scored (error by Baez) (error by Stein) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Armas singled to center; NORTH BATTED FOR THOMASSON; North reached on an error by Rawley on a sacrifice bunt [Armas scored (unearned) (no RBI), North to second]; TODD REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero grounded out (second to first) [North to third]; Page lined to right; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 9TH: DILONE REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING LF); MURPHY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Stein singled to shortstop; Baez walked [Stein to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Roberts singled to left [Stein scored, Baez to second]; BRAUN BATTED FOR CRUZ; Braun doubled [Baez scored, Roberts to third]; Pasley grounded out (shortstop to first) [Roberts scored]; Bochte flied to center; Stanton singled to center [Braun to third]; MILBOURNE RAN FOR STANTON; Ruppert Jones walked [Milbourne to second]; SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Meyer grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 3.

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