A pair of two-run homers by Joe Wallis sparked the A's to their seventh victory in eight games, a 9-4 triumph over the Mariners. Wallis' first round-tripper came in the opening inning and followed a walk to Larry Murray. A homer by Tony Armas netted two tallies in the second. Wallis' second circuit clout came in the eighth with Mike Edwards aboard via a single. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 9, Seattle Mariners 4

Game Played on Tuesday, July 4, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

A's 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 9 18 1 Mariners 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Murray 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .091 Cruz 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Edwards 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .244 Reynolds ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .320 Wallis cf 5 2 2 4 0 0 .333 Milbourne dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Burke lf 4 1 3 1 1 0 .247 Roberts rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .291 Page dh 3 1 2 0 2 1 .285 Paciorek cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .367 Duncan 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Stein 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Essian c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Meyer 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .213 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .287 Stanton lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .192 Revering 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Bochte ph,lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Newman c 4 1 3 1 0 0 .282 Stinson c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .286 Picciolo 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .230 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 9 18 8 5 1 Totals 34 4 7 3 1 4 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 10,942 Left on Base: A's 9, Mariners 5 DP: A's 0, Mariners 0 Errors: Armas Doubles: Newman (4), Edwards (6), Reynolds (5) Triples: Paciorek (1) Home Runs: Wallis 2 (4), Armas (2), Meyer (6) Stolen Bases: Edwards (10), Burke (7) Caught Stealing: Page 2 (10) Sacrifice Hits: Duncan (4) Hit by Pitch: Roberts (4,by Minetto) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Minetto 3.1 3 2 2 0 2 0 14 5.40 Sosa W(5-2) 4.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 17 2.87 McCatty 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 3.77 Totals 9 7 4 4 1 4 1 36 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt L(2-5) 1 7 5 5 1 1 2 10 4.50 Todd 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 20 4.24 House 3 6 4 4 2 0 1 15 5.36 Totals 9 18 9 9 5 1 3 45 Hit by Pitch: Minetto (1) Wild Pitches: Minetto (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Al Clark ATHLETICS 1ST: Murray walked; Debut game for Craig Minetto; Wallis homered [Murray scored]; Burke singled; Burke was picked off first (pitcher to second); Page struck out; Duncan singled; Guerrero singled [Duncan to second]; Revering forced Guerrero (second to shortstop); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: EDWARDS REPLACED MURRAY (PLAYING 2B); Cruz flied out to center; Reynolds grounded out (first to pitcher); Milbourne lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman doubled; Armas homered [Newman scored]; Edwards doubled; TODD REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Wallis grounded out (second to first) [Edwards to third]; Burke singled [Edwards scored]; Page singled [Burke to third]; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Duncan flied out to center; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Roberts was hit by a pitch; Paciorek tripled [Roberts scored]; Minetto threw a wild pitch [Paciorek scored]; Stein flied out to right; Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanton struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering singled; Newman flied out to right; Armas singled [Revering to second]; Edwards forced Armas (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 2. MARINERS 3RD: Stinson flied out to center; Cruz grounded out (second to first); Reynolds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Burke grounded out (second to first); Page walked; Duncan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 2. MARINERS 4TH: Milbourne lined to shortstop; Roberts singled; Paciorek singled [Roberts to second]; SOSA REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); Stein flied out to right; Meyer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Revering grounded out (first unassisted); Newman singled; Armas popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 2. MARINERS 5TH: Stanton flied out to center; Stinson walked; Cruz flied to left in foul territory; Reynolds doubled [Stinson scored]; Milbourne grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Wallis flied out to left; Burke walked; Burke was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 3. MARINERS 6TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Paciorek popped to third in foul territory; Stein singled to right [Stein to second (error by Armas)]; Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: HOUSE REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Page singled; Duncan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Page to second]; Guerrero was walked intentionally; Revering popped to second; Newman singled [Page scored, Guerrero out at third (center to first to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Mariners 3. MARINERS 7TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING 3B); ESSIAN REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING C ); BOCHTE BATTED FOR STANTON; Bochte flied out to center; Stinson flied out to right; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Mariners 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: BOCHTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Armas flied out to right; Edwards singled; Edwards stole second; Wallis homered [Edwards scored]; Burke singled; Page walked [Burke to second]; Burke stole third; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to second to first to shortstop) [Burke scored]; Essian singled; Guerrero flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 9, Mariners 3. MARINERS 8TH: Reynolds grounded out (first to pitcher); Milbourne flied out to center; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 9, Mariners 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Revering flied out to right; Picciolo popped to first in foul territory; Armas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 9, Mariners 3. MARINERS 9TH: MCCATTY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Paciorek struck out; Stein flied out to center; Meyer homered; Bochte singled; Stinson popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 9, Mariners 4.

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