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Oakland Athletics @ Baltimore Orioles

1979-05-09 · Night game · Memorial Stadium · Att: 11147 · 2:28

Oakland Athletics defeated Baltimore Orioles 4–2. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 9th. Mike Norris earned the win. Wayne Gross went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5
BAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1

W: Mike Norris L: Jim Palmer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim O'Connor · 1B: Wayne Keister · 2B: Fred Spenn · 3B: Jerry Phipps · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Miguel Dilone	3	1	0	0	1	0
Larry Murray	4	0	0	0	0	2
Wayne Gross	3	2	2	2	1	0
Dave Revering	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mario Guerrero	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mitchell Page	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dwayne Murphy	2	0	0	0	2	0
Jeff Newman	3	0	0	1	0	0
Mickey Klutts	4	0	0	0	0	3

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Bumbry	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Dauer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Singleton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Murray	4	1	0	0	0	2
Lee May	3	1	0	0	1	2
Gary Roenicke	3	0	1	2	1	1
Billy Smith	2	0	0	0	1	0
Kiko Garcia	1	0	0	0	1	0
Rick Dempsey	3	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	1	0	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Norris	9.0	1	4	6

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Palmer	8.0	5	4	4
Don Stanhouse	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Miguel Dilone: 8
Larry Murray: K
Wayne Gross: HR/9
Dave Revering: W
Mario Guerrero: 5

Bot 1

Al Bumbry: 43
Rich Dauer: 63
Ken Singleton: 7

Top 2

Mitchell Page: S9
Dwayne Murphy: E3.1-2
Jeff Newman: 25(2)4(1)/GDP.B-1
Mickey Klutts: K

Bot 2

Eddie Murray: K
Lee May: 8
Gary Roenicke: W
Billy Smith: 9

Top 3

Miguel Dilone: W
Larry Murray: 8
Wayne Gross: SB2
Wayne Gross: S4.2-H
Dave Revering: 3
Mario Guerrero: 9

Bot 3

Kiko Garcia: W
Rick Dempsey: 64(1)/FO
Al Bumbry: 46(1)/FO
Rich Dauer: SB2.1-3(E4)
Rich Dauer: 63

Top 4

Mitchell Page: 5/FL
Dwayne Murphy: 8
Jeff Newman: 9

Bot 4

Ken Singleton: 3/G
Eddie Murray: 63
Lee May: K/C

Top 5

Mickey Klutts: K
Miguel Dilone: 43
Larry Murray: K/C

Bot 5

Gary Roenicke: 7
Billy Smith: 9/9D
Kiko Garcia: 8

Top 6

Wayne Gross: 3
Dave Revering: 3/G
Mario Guerrero: 8

Bot 6

Rick Dempsey: 4/L
Al Bumbry: 13
Rich Dauer: 63

Top 7

Mitchell Page: 4
Dwayne Murphy: W
Jeff Newman: CS2(26)
Jeff Newman: 8

Bot 7

Ken Singleton: 7
Eddie Murray: E3
Lee May: W.1-2
Gary Roenicke: D7.2-H(UR);1-H
Billy Smith: IW
Terry Crowley: K
Rick Dempsey: 9

Top 8

Mickey Klutts: 9
Miguel Dilone: 63
Larry Murray: 31

Bot 8

Al Bumbry: 8
Rich Dauer: 7/7D
Ken Singleton: 43

Top 9

Wayne Gross: W
Dave Revering: S8.1-3
Mario Guerrero: S9.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Mitchell Page: 13
Dwayne Murphy: IW
Jeff Newman: 7/SF.3-H
Mickey Klutts: K

Bot 9

Eddie Murray: K/C
Lee May: K
Gary Roenicke: K

Notes & reviews

Protest=H
Athletics argued the call on Lee May at HP; Gary Roenicke ran to 3B during the argument but 2B umpire Fred Spenn sent him back to 2B; Orioles manager Earl Weaver protested the game

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