Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
June 17, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 4, Baltimore Orioles 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wallis cf 4 0 1 2
Alston lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0
Revering 1b 4 0 1 0
  Dilone pr 0 0 0 0
  Murphy lf 0 0 0 0
Duncan 3b 3 0 2 0
  Staggs pr,2b 0 1 0 0
  Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Page dh 4 2 3 1
Armas rf 4 1 1 1
Essian c 3 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 1 0 1 0
  Newman ph 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo 3b,2b 0 0 0 0
  Murray ph 1 0 0 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 1 1 0
Dauer 3b 4 0 1 1
Murray 1b 4 2 2 0
Singleton rf 3 1 1 2
  Lopez rf 0 0 0 0
May dh 4 1 2 0
Mora lf 4 0 1 2
Smith 2b 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Oakland 010 000 3004101
Baltimore 302 000 00x590
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  L (0-2) 1.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Sosa   3.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Heaverlo   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Langford   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
1
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (10-4) 6.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Martinez   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Stanhouse  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
5

  E–Essian (4).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Oakland Wallis (1,off Flanagan), Baltimore Mora (3,off Morgan).  HR–Oakland Page (6,2nd inning off Flanagan 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Singleton (7,3rd inning off Sosa 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Dilone (12,2nd base by T Martinez/Dempsey); Page (5,2nd base by Stanhouse/Dempsey).  SB–Harlow (11,2nd base off Morgan/Essian).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.
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