Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
May 2, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 4 0 2 1
Bailor rf 4 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Carty dh 3 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Upshaw lf 2 0 1 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0
Gomez ss 2 1 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 1 0
Edwards 2b 1 0 0 0
Page lf 3 0 0 0
  Murphy lf 0 0 0 0
Alexander dh 3 1 1 1
Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0
Revering 1b 2 0 0 0
  Staggs pr 0 0 0 0
  Perez 3b 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b,1b 2 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 0 0
Dilone rf 3 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 2 2 1
Toronto 000 010 000152
Oakland 000 200 00x220
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  L (0-3) 8.0 2 2 2 4 5
Totals
8.0
2
2
2
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  W (2-0) 6.0 5 1 1 3 2
  Sosa  SV (4) 3.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
3

  E–Underwood 2 (2).  DP–Toronto 3, Oakland 3.  2B–Oakland North (3,off Underwood).  3B–Toronto Bosetti (1,off Keough).  HR–Oakland Alexander (7,4th inning off Underwood 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Edwards (1,off Underwood).  CS–Carty (1,2nd base by Keough/Essian); Dilone (5,3rd base by Underwood/Cerone); Staggs (2,2nd base by Underwood/Cerone).  SB–Dilone (7,2nd base off Underwood/Cerone).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:03.  A–5,663.
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