California Angels vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1978 at Exhibition 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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California Angels 6, Toronto Blue Jays 10

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Grich 2b 3 2 2 3
Chalk ss 3 0 0 0
Bostock cf 5 0 1 1
Rudi dh 5 0 0 0
Baylor lf 4 1 0 0
Jackson 1b 3 0 1 0
Rettenmund rf 2 1 1 1
  Landreaux pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 1 0
Downing c 4 1 2 1
Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Hartzell p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 5 1 2 1
Bailor rf 5 1 1 1
Howell 3b 4 1 1 1
Carty dh 2 3 2 0
Velez lf 3 1 1 0
  Hutton lf 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 1
Cerone c 3 1 2 2
McKay 2b 3 1 0 1
Gomez ss 2 0 1 0
  Ewing ph 1 0 1 2
  Johnson pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 11 9
California 040 110 000682
Toronto 010 000 90x10111
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Brett   6.1 5 4 4 3 2
  Hartzell  L (0-3) 0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  LaRoche   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
10
10
5
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin   1.2 5 4 4 2 1
  Wallace   3.1 2 2 2 3 1
  Moore  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Murphy   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
7
6

  E–Landreaux (2), Lansford (4), Bosetti (2).  DP–California 2.  PB–Downing (1); Cerone (3).  2B–California Grich (4,off Garvin); Downing (2,off Moore), Toronto Carty (3,off Brett); Bailor (6,off Hartzell).  HR–California Grich (1,4th inning off Wallace 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Rettenmund (1,off Wallace).  SB–Baylor (6,2nd base off Wallace/Cerone).  CS–Baylor (1,3rd base by Moore/Cerone).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:48.  A–11,295.
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