Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles
July 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 1, Baltimore Orioles 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0
Bailor rf 3 1 0 0
Howell 3b 3 0 1 0
Carty dh 4 0 2 0
Velez lf 3 0 1 1
Ault 1b 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 1 0
Singleton rf 3 0 1 1
  Harlow pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Murray 1b 2 0 0 0
May dh 3 0 1 1
Mora lf 3 1 1 1
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
Lopez cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Skaggs c 2 1 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
Toronto 000 000 001150
Baltimore 000 012 00x350
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin  L (2-9) 8.0 5 3 3 2 6
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
2
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (12-5) 9.0 5 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Toronto Bosetti (12,off Flanagan); Carty (11,off Flanagan), Baltimore May (12,off Garvin); Singleton (9,off Garvin).  HR–Baltimore Mora (5,5th inning off Garvin 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Belanger (4,off Garvin).  IBB–Murray (4,by Garvin).  CS–Skaggs (1,2nd base by Garvin/Cerone).  IBB–Garvin (3,Murray).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–(none), 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–1:53.
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