Taking over first place in the A. L. West, the A's topped the Mariners, 5-3, on a ninth-inning home run by Mario Guerrero. The A's led, 3-1, going into the bottom of the seventh, but the Mariners tied the contest with a pair of runs driven in on an infield out by Bill Stein and a single by Larry Milbourne. Guerrero's game-winning clout was preceded by an infield single by Dave Revering. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

A's 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 - 5 9 1 Mariners 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 8 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Murray 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Milbourne 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .324 Edwards 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .244 Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .315 Wallis cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .321 Meyer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Burke lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Roberts rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .290 Page dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .282 Bochte cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .262 Duncan 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .277 Paciorek lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .353 Dilone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Stinson c 2 1 1 0 2 0 .288 Essian c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Cruz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Robertson dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .190 Alston pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Stein 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .241 Picciolo 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Parrott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guerrero ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 .286 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Newman c,1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .289 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .237 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 9 4 2 2 Totals 34 3 8 3 2 4 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 6,723 Left on Base: A's 6, Mariners 6 DP: A's 0, Mariners 1 Errors: Duncan, Milbourne, Reynolds Doubles: Bochte (16) Triples: Roberts (2) Home Runs: Newman (5), Guerrero (3) Stolen Bases: Cruz (27) Caught Stealing: Dilone (15) Sacrifice Flies: Duncan (2) GIDP: Armas (4) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough W(6-4) 8 7 3 3 2 2 0 32 2.16 Heaverlo SV(5) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.93 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 4 0 36 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Parrott 5.1 3 3 2 1 1 1 21 4.03 Rawley L(4-6) 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 13 3.52 Romo 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.18 Totals 9 9 5 4 2 2 2 38 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Bill Kunkel ATHLETICS 1ST: Murray flied out to left; Wallis grounded out (first unassisted); Burke grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: EDWARDS REPLACED MURRAY (PLAYING 2B); Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds flied out to right; Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page grounded out (second to first); Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Roberts tripled to left; Bochte singled to third [Roberts scored]; Paciorek flied out to right; Stinson grounded out (third to first) [Bochte to second]; Robertson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Guerrero lined to center; Newman singled to right; Armas grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Newman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 1. MARINERS 3RD: Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne singled to left; Reynolds grounded out (third to first) [Milbourne to second]; Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mariners 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards reached on an error by Milbourne [Edwards to second]; Wallis grounded out (second to first) [Edwards to third]; Burke grounded out (second to first); Page reached on an error by Reynolds [Edwards scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Duncan forced Page (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 1. MARINERS 4TH: Roberts lined to left; Bochte grounded out (shortstop to first); Paciorek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Mariners 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering was called out on strikes; Guerrero flied out to center; Newman homered; Armas grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 1. MARINERS 5TH: Duncan dropped a foul fly hit by Stinson for an error; Stinson walked; Robertson forced Stinson (second unassisted); Stein forced Robertson (second to shortstop); Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Mariners 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards flied out to center; Wallis walked; Burke singled to right [Wallis to second]; RAWLEY REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING); Page walked [Wallis to third, Burke to second]; Duncan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wallis scored]; Revering flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 1. MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds flied out to center; Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Roberts was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Newman grounded out (second to first); Armas singled to left; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 1. MARINERS 7TH: Bochte flied out to left; Paciorek singled to shortstop; Stinson walked [Paciorek to second]; Robertson singled to left [Paciorek to third, Stinson to second]; Stein grounded out (second to first) [Paciorek scored, Stinson to third, Robertson to second]; Milbourne singled to center [Stinson scored, Robertson out at home (center to catcher)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Wallis flied out to center; Burke flied out to right; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 3. MARINERS 8TH: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Meyer grounded out (second to first); Roberts grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Mariners 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Duncan singled to left; DILONE RAN FOR DUNCAN; Dilone was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Revering singled to right; ALSTON RAN FOR REVERING; Guerrero homered [Alston scored]; ROMO REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Newman flied out to left; Armas singled to center; Edwards singled to right [Armas to third]; Wallis flied out to left; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 3. MARINERS 9TH: NEWMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); PICCIOLO REPLACED ALSTON (PLAYING 3B); ESSIAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING C ); Bochte doubled to left; HEAVERLO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Paciorek was called out on strikes; Stinson singled to center [Bochte to third]; CRUZ RAN FOR STINSON; Cruz stole second; Robertson struck out; Stein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 3.

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