Toronto Blue Jays vs California Angels
April 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1978 at Anaheim Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 9, California Angels 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Upshaw lf 5 2 3 0
Bailor cf 5 1 2 2
Howell 3b 6 1 2 3
Carty dh 4 1 3 2
Mayberry 1b 4 0 3 1
Hutton rf 5 1 1 0
Cerone c 5 1 1 0
Iorg 2b 4 1 1 1
Gomez ss 2 1 0 0
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 16 9
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller R. cf 3 0 1 0
Grich 2b 4 0 0 0
Downing c 4 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0
Baylor lf 4 2 2 1
Rettenmund rf 4 1 1 0
Chalk 3b 3 0 2 1
Hampton dh 3 0 1 1
Mulliniks ss 3 0 1 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Miller D. p 0 0 0 0
  Hartzell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Toronto 150 011 1009160
California 000 000 201380
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin  W (2-1) 9.0 8 3 3 3 7
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
7
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp  L (3-2) 1.2 8 6 6 1 0
  Griffin   2.2 0 1 1 5 1
  Miller   2.0 6 2 2 1 1
  Hartzell   2.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
7
2

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 2, California 3.  2B–Toronto Cerone (3,off Knapp); Howell (5,off Knapp); Mayberry 2 (4,off Knapp,off D Miller); Upshaw (3,off D Miller), California Rettenmund (1,off Garvin).  HR–Toronto Carty (6,2nd inning off Knapp 1 on, 2 out), California Baylor (7,9th inning off Garvin 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Iorg (1,by Griffin).  CS–R Miller (4,2nd base by Garvin/Cerone).  HBP–Griffin (1,Iorg).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:29.  A–27,367.
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