The A's took both ends of a doubleheader from the Mariners by identical scores of 4-3. The score was 3-3 going into the bottom of the eighth inning in the first game when Dave Revering led off with a double. Darrell Woodard, making his major league debut from Jersey (Eastern), was inserted as a pinch-runner and scored on a single by Taylor Duncan.

The A's came back from a 3-1 deficit in the nightcap. Mitchell Page provided two RBIs with a triple and single and the winning run came across in the seventh on a single by Rob Picciolo, sacrifice bunt by Mike Edwards and single by Dell Alston. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 4, Seattle Mariners 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, August 6, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Mariners 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 A's 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 x - 4 9 0 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .253 Edwards 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Alston lf,1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .208 Ruppert Jones cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .247 Wallis rf,lf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .283 Roberts rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .310 Page dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Bochte dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .267 Revering 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .266 Meyer 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .214 Woodard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Hale lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .181 Essian c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Milbourne 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .255 Duncan 3b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .272 Plummer c 3 1 1 2 0 0 .246 Newman c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .234 Mitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burke pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dilone cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .245 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Picciolo ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .244 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 5 3 3 5 Totals 29 4 9 4 5 1 Time of Game: 2:10 Left on Base: Mariners 4, A's 8 DP: Mariners 1, A's 1 Doubles: Ruppert Jones (13), Meyer (13), Revering (14) Home Runs: Plummer (2) Stolen Bases: Picciolo (1), Dilone (39) Caught Stealing: Alston (3) Sacrifice Hits: Duncan (6), Picciolo (3) GIDP: Meyer (4), Page (5) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Mitchell 4 4 3 3 4 0 0 19 4.17 Rawley L(4-8) 3.1 5 1 1 1 1 0 15 4.32 Todd 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.33 Totals 8 9 4 4 5 1 0 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(5-7) 9 5 3 3 3 5 1 34 2.97 Totals 9 5 3 3 3 5 1 34 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Lou DiMuro MARINERS 1ST: Cruz struck out; Reynolds made an out to second; Ruppert Jones doubled; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Alston flied out to left; Wallis walked; Page flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. MARINERS 2ND: Bochte singled; Meyer grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Bochte out at second]; Hale struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering made an out to third; Duncan singled; Newman popped to shortstop; Dilone forced Duncan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. MARINERS 3RD: Milbourne flied out to left; Plummer grounded out (second to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo singled; Picciolo stole second; Edwards popped to first; Alston walked; Wallis singled [Picciolo scored, Alston to third]; Page grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wallis out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 1. MARINERS 4TH: Reynolds flied out to left; Ruppert Jones flied out to center; Roberts flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering walked; Duncan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Revering to second]; Newman walked; Dilone singled [Revering scored, Newman to third]; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Newman scored, Dilone to second]; Edwards flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Athletics 3. MARINERS 5TH: Bochte walked; Meyer doubled [Bochte scored]; Hale struck out; Milbourne reached on a fielder's choice [Meyer out at third (shortstop to third to second to third)]; Plummer homered [Milbourne scored]; Cruz grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: RAWLEY REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Alston singled; Alston was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Wallis struck out; Page singled; Revering grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds made an out to shortstop; Ruppert Jones singled; Roberts grounded out (second to first) [Ruppert Jones to second]; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan made an out to first; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Dilone walked; Dilone stole second; Picciolo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. MARINERS 7TH: Meyer made an out to third; Hale grounded out (pitcher to first); Milbourne flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Alston flied out to right; Wallis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. MARINERS 8TH: Plummer grounded out (catcher to first); Cruz walked; Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted) [Cruz to second]; Ruppert Jones was walked intentionally; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering doubled; WOODARD RAN FOR REVERING; Duncan singled [Woodard scored]; Debut game for Darrell Woodard; Newman singled [Duncan to third]; TODD REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); BURKE RAN FOR NEWMAN; Dilone reached on a fielder's choice [Duncan out at home (pitcher to third to catcher), Burke to second]; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 4. MARINERS 9TH: BURKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); ALSTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); ARMAS REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING RF); ESSIAN REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING C ); WALLIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bochte flied out to left; Meyer flied out to right; Hale made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Athletics 4.

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