One of the players obtained from the Giants in the Vida Blue deal, Alan Wirth pitched 7 2/3 innings and gained his first major league victory when the A's defeated the Mariners, 3-0. Wirth, a 21-year-old righthander, had a 15-5 record at Waterbury (Eastern) last season.

The Mariners, who were shut out by the A's for the third time this year, collected only three singles off Wirth but threatened against reliever Bob Lacey in the ninth before Elias Sosa saved the game. The A's scored twice in the sixth on a pair of two-out singles by Tony Armas and Miguel Dilone and a double by Mike Edwards. Singles by Mitchell Page, Gary Alexander and Jim Essian added the final tally in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 3, Seattle Mariners 0

Game Played on Saturday, April 22, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

A's 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 3 9 0 Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .267 Stinson c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .362 Guerrero ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .412 Baez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Page lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .111 Meyer ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .149 North pr,cf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Bochte lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .314 Alexander dh 1 0 1 0 2 0 .316 Stanton dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Murphy pr,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ruppert Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Revering 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .267 Roberts rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .350 Essian c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .238 Robertson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .178 Stein 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Armas cf,rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .282 Milbourne 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dilone rf,lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .191 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Wirth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 9 3 4 3 Totals 32 0 5 0 2 4 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 23,756 Left on Base: A's 11, Mariners 7 DP: A's 0, Mariners 0 Doubles: Edwards (2), Roberts (1) Stolen Bases: Stinson (1) Caught Stealing: Guerrero (2) Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero 2 (3), Revering (1) Hit by Pitch: Edwards (1,by Honeycutt), Alexander (1,by Honeycutt) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wirth W(1-1) 7.2 3 0 0 2 4 0 28 1.04 Lacey 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.77 Sosa SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 5 0 0 2 4 0 34 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt L(1-2) 6 7 3 3 4 3 0 31 4.30 Romo 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.35 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 3 0 41 Hit by Pitch: Honeycutt 2 (2) Wild Pitches: Wirth 2 (2) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards was hit by a pitch; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Edwards to second]; Page grounded out (first to pitcher) [Edwards to third]; Alexander walked; Revering walked [Alexander to second]; Essian flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Stinson walked; Stinson stole second; Baez grounded out (third to first); Wirth threw a wild pitch [Stinson to third]; Bochte lined to left; Stanton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross struck out; Armas walked; Dilone flied to center; Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones was called out on strikes; Roberts grounded out (second to first); Robertson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Guerrero singled to right; Page struck out; Alexander was hit by a pitch [Guerrero to second]; Revering struck out; Essian forced Alexander (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Stinson flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Dilone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Baez flied to center; Bochte singled to right; Stanton struck out; Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards singled to shortstop; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Edwards to second]; Page grounded out (second to first) [Edwards to third]; Alexander was walked intentionally; Revering grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Robertson flied to center; Milbourne popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Essian grounded out (second to first); Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas singled to left; Dilone singled to shortstop [Armas to second]; Edwards doubled to left [Armas scored, Dilone scored]; Guerrero flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds lined to shortstop; Stinson flied to left; Baez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Page singled to center; NORTH RAN FOR PAGE; Alexander singled to left [North to second]; MURPHY RAN FOR ALEXANDER; ROMO REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Revering out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [North to third, Murphy to second]; Essian singled to left [North scored, Murphy to third, Essian to second (on throw)]; Gross popped to third; Armas lined to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 7TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NORTH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); ARMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); DILONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); On a bunt Bochte singled to third; Stanton popped to second; Ruppert Jones lined to left; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Dilone flied out to right; Edwards flied to right; Guerrero singled to center; Guerrero was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 8TH: Robertson popped to second; BRAUN BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Braun grounded out (second to first); Reynolds singled to right; Wirth threw a wild pitch [Reynolds to second]; Stinson walked; LACEY REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); MEYER BATTED FOR BAEZ; Meyer popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: MEYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CRUZ REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING 2B); STEIN REPLACED ROBERTSON (PLAYING 3B); North flied to left; Murphy flied to center; Revering grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 9TH: Bochte popped to third; Stanton singled to left; Ruppert Jones flied to left; Roberts doubled to center [Stanton to third]; SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Stein flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 0.

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