New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
June 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 4, Oakland Athletics 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 5 0 0 0
Munson c 4 1 1 0
Jackson rf 4 2 1 1
Piniella lf 5 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 3 1
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 1
Johnson dh 3 0 1 0
  Spencer ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Stanley ss 2 0 1 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Dent ss 0 0 0 0
Gullett p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dilone cf 5 1 2 1
Edwards 2b 4 2 1 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 2 1
Newman 1b 4 1 0 0
  Revering 1b 0 0 0 0
Page lf 2 1 1 2
  Murphy lf 1 0 0 0
Armas dh 4 0 1 1
Essian c 3 0 1 0
Alexander rf 1 0 0 0
  Thomasson rf 3 1 2 1
Duncan 3b 1 0 0 0
  Gross 3b 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
New York 011 010 0104100
Oakland 200 130 00x6101
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Gullett   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Eastwick  L (2-1) 4.1 3 3 3 1 2
  Lyle   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Clay   1.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Gossage   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   2.2 4 2 2 4 1
  Lacey  W (5-2) 4.1 5 2 1 1 1
  Sosa  SV (7) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
5
4

  E–Lacey (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Johnson (6,off Johnson); Stanley (1,off Lacey), Oakland Guerrero (7,off Gullett); Page (7,off Lyle); Armas (1,off Lyle).  HR–New York Jackson (8,2nd inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out); Chambliss (5,8th inning off Lacey 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Dilone (1,1st inning off Gullett 0 on, 0 out); Thomasson (5,4th inning off Eastwick 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Page (7,2nd base off Eastwick/Munson); Dilone (17,2nd base off Eastwick/Munson).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:35.  A–19,289.
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