Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
June 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 5 0 1 0
Smith 2b 4 1 2 1
Murray 1b 4 2 1 2
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
  Lopez rf 1 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 0
  Dauer 3b 0 0 0 0
Mora lf 4 0 1 1
Dempsey c 4 1 1 1
Garcia ss 2 1 1 0
  Belanger ss 1 0 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 1 2
  Staggs 2b 0 0 0 0
Duncan dh 4 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0
Page lf 2 1 1 0
Armas cf 3 0 0 1
Revering 1b 3 1 0 0
Essian c 3 0 0 0
Gross 3b 2 1 0 0
Budaska rf 1 0 0 0
  Newman ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy rf 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
Broberg p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 3 3
Baltimore 000 220 0105100
Oakland 000 000 210333
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (8-4) 9.0 3 3 3 6 6
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
6
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg  L (6-5) 4.2 6 4 4 0 3
  Heaverlo   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Lacey   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Langford   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
8

  E–Edwards (8), Revering (7), Budaska (1).  2B–Oakland Duncan (2,off Flanagan); Alexander (6,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore Murray (9,4th inning off Broberg 1 on, 1 out); Dempsey (2,5th inning off Broberg 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Smith (1,by Langford).  SH–Gross (2,off Flanagan); Guerrero (10,off Flanagan).  SF–Armas (1,off Flanagan).  SB–Garcia (3,2nd base off Broberg/Essian); Belanger (3,2nd base off Langford/Essian); Page 2 (10,2nd base off Flanagan/Dempsey 2).  CS–DeCinces (2,2nd base by Broberg/Essian).  WP–Flanagan (4).  IBB–Langford (3,Smith).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:32.  A–3,323.
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