Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
June 18, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 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."

"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)
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Oakland Athletics 1, Baltimore Orioles 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wallis cf 4 0 1 0
Alston lf 3 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0
Revering 1b 4 1 1 1
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Armas rf 2 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 1 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 1 0 0 0
  Staggs 2b 0 0 0 0
  Newman ph 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo 2b 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Broberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Dauer 3b 2 1 1 0
Singleton rf 4 0 2 0
Murray 1b 2 0 0 1
May dh 4 0 3 0
Mora lf 4 0 1 0
Lopez cf 2 0 0 0
  Harlow ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Smith 2b 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 1 1 1
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 9 2
Oakland 000 000 100140
Baltimore 000 020 00x291
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (4-4) 4.2 7 2 2 2 5
  Broberg   3.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
3
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (10-4) 8.0 4 1 1 1 3
  Martinez  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
4

  E–Palmer (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Baltimore May (9,off Johnson); Dauer (2,off Johnson); Singleton (7,off Broberg).  HR–Oakland Revering (7,7th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Dempsey (3,5th inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Armas (1,off Palmer).  SF–Murray (3,off Johnson).  IBB–Murray (2,by Broberg).  IBB–Broberg (2,Murray).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:14.  A–17,143.
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