Making his American League debut, southpaw Floyd Bannister hurled the Mariners to a 5-2 victory over the winless A's. A single by Ruppert Jones drove home the first two runs in a three-run third inning and the third tally came across on a fielder's choice. Bill Stein had an RBI single in the fourth frame. [The Sporting News]



Seattle Mariners 5, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Monday, April     9, 1979 (Night game) at Kingdome
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  9  5
Mariners     0  0  3    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   5  9  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burke lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .118      Cruz 2b               2   1   0   0     3   1   .167
Dilone rf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .000      B. Stein 3b           4   1   3   1     1   0   .350
Page dh               4   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Paciorek lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Newman c              3   0   0   1     0   0   .143        Meyer ph,lf,1b      2   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Klutts ss             4   0   2   0     0   0   .333      Roberts rf            4   1   1   0     1   1   .421
Revering 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .385      Horton dh             3   1   0   0     1   2   .316
Armas cf              4   1   1   0     0   3   .200      R. Jones cf           3   1   2   2     1   0   .412
Gross 3b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .333      Bochte 1b             2   0   1   1     1   0   .500
Edwards 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .267        Simpson pr,lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cox c                 4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
  Wirth p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mendoza ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .278
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bannister p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   9   2     1   5             Totals               31   5   9   4     8   4

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  6,176
Left on Base: A's 5, Mariners 11
DP: A's 0, Mariners 1
Errors: Newman 2, Klutts, Armas, Edwards
Doubles: Edwards (1)
Stolen Bases: Dilone (1), Cruz 2 (3), R. Jones (2)
Caught Stealing: Page (1), Revering (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bochte (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Newman (1)
GIDP: Dilone (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(0-1)          5     7   4   4   6   3   0  27   7.20
Wirth                   1.1   1   1   1   1   1   0   6   6.75
Lacey                   0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.00
Todd                    1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   6.00
Totals                  8     9   5   5   8   4   0  40

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister W(1-0)        7     7   2   1   1   3   0  27   1.29
Rawley SV(1)            2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.38
Totals                  9     9   2   1   1   5   0  34

Passed Balls: Newman (1), Cox (1)

Umpires: HP - Roy Dreke, 1B - Dave Perez, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Gale Miller


ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke flied to right; Dilone walked; Dilone stole
second; Page singled to center [Dilone to third]; Newman hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Dilone scored]; Page was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; B. Stein singled to left [Cruz to
third]; Paciorek popped to first; Roberts struck out; Horton
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Klutts grounded out (third to first); Revering
singled to right; Revering was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Armas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: R. Jones grounded out (second to first); Bochte
walked; Cox flied to right; Mendoza singled to left [Bochte to
third]; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Mariners 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross flied to left; Edwards doubled to left;
Burke grounded out (second to first) [Edwards to third]; Dilone
grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: B. Stein singled to left; Paciorek flied to
center; Roberts singled to left [B. Stein to second]; Horton
walked [B. Stein to third, Roberts to second]; R. Jones singled
to right [B. Stein scored, Roberts scored, Horton to third];
Bochte forced R. Jones (second to shortstop) [Horton scored];
Cox singled to shortstop [Bochte to third, Cox to second (error
by Klutts)]; Bochte was out trying to advance to home (catcher
to pitcher); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (third to first); Newman popped
to first; Klutts singled to left; Revering singled to right
[Klutts to third]; Armas struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 4TH: Mendoza popped to second; Cruz walked; Cruz stole
second [Cruz to third (error by Newman)]; B. Stein singled to
center [Cruz scored]; Paciorek forced B. Stein (second
unassisted); Roberts walked [Paciorek to second]; Horton struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Edwards
flied to right; Burke popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Mariners 4.

MARINERS 5TH: R. Jones walked; Bochte out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [R. Jones to second]; Cox grounded out
(shortstop to first) [R. Jones to third]; Mendoza lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Dilone struck out; Page grounded out (second to
first); Newman flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Mariners 4.

MARINERS 6TH: WIRTH REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Cruz grounded
out (second to first); B. Stein walked; MEYER BATTED FOR
PACIOREK; Meyer flied to left; Roberts forced B. Stein (second
to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Mariners 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MEYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Klutts flied
to right; Revering flied to right; Armas singled to left; Cox
allowed a passed ball [Armas to second]; Gross singled to right
[Armas scored (unearned)]; Edwards flied to center; 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Mariners 4.

MARINERS 7TH: Horton struck out; R. Jones singled to right;
LACEY REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); R. Jones stole second [R. Jones
scored (error by Newman) (error by Armas)]; Bochte singled to
right; SIMPSON RAN FOR BOCHTE; Cox forced Simpson (shortstop to
second) [Cox to second (error by Edwards)]; Mendoza reached on a
fielder's choice [Cox out at third (third unassisted)]; 1 R, 2
H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Mariners 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SIMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MEYER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); RAWLEY REPLACED BANNISTER
(PITCHING); Burke singled to right; Dilone grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Burke out at
second]; Page grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 8TH: TODD REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Cruz walked; Cruz
stole second; Newman allowed a passed ball [Cruz to third]; B.
Stein grounded out (second to first); Meyer lined to first;
Roberts grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Mariners 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Newman grounded out (second to first); Klutts
singled; Revering was called out on strikes; Armas was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Mariners 5.