Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 27, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 8, Toronto Blue Jays 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 5 1 1 0
Dauer 3b 4 2 3 2
Murray 1b 4 1 2 0
Singleton rf 1 0 1 1
  Lopez pr,rf 4 0 1 1
May dh 5 0 1 1
Kelly lf 5 1 1 0
Hendricks c 4 1 2 0
  Dempsey pr,c 0 0 0 0
Smith 2b 5 1 2 3
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 0 0 0 0
  Garcia pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 14 8
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 2 1 0 1
Bailor rf 5 1 3 1
Howell 3b 4 1 1 1
Carty dh 4 2 2 4
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Upshaw lf 2 0 0 0
  Velez ph,lf 2 1 0 0
McKay 2b 5 1 2 0
Johnson ss 3 1 1 0
  Ewing ph 1 0 1 1
Cerone c 4 1 1 0
Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 8
Baltimore 101 020 0408142
Toronto 151 100 0019110
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   1.2 6 6 6 2 1
  Martinez   4.2 3 2 1 3 5
  Stanhouse  L (1-5) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.1
11
9
8
6
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Jefferson   7.0 11 7 7 3 7
  Coleman   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Cruz  W (1-0) 1.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
4
9

  E–Harlow (4), Dauer (4).  2B–Baltimore Harlow (12,off Jefferson); Singleton (8,off Jefferson); Murray 2 (14,off Jefferson 2); Dauer (4,off Coleman).  HR–Baltimore Dauer (4,5th inning off Jefferson 0 on, 1 out); Smith (5,8th inning off Jefferson 2 on, 0 out), Toronto Carty (10,2nd inning off Briles 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Johnson (2,off T Martinez).  SF–Carty (4,off Briles); Bosetti (1,off Briles).  WP–T Martinez (4), Cruz (1).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:15.  A–38,563.
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