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."

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Toronto Blue Jays 6, Baltimore Orioles 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 4 1 0 0
Upshaw lf 2 0 0 0
  Bailor ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Howell 3b 4 0 2 1
Carty dh 5 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 0 0
Hutton rf,lf 4 1 2 0
McKay 2b 4 3 3 1
Ashby c 4 0 2 1
Johnson ss 1 0 1 2
  Ault ph 1 0 0 0
  Gomez ss 1 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 4 0 1 0
  Crowley ph 0 0 0 1
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 5 1 1 1
Singleton rf 3 0 2 0
  Lopez pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 1
May dh 5 0 1 0
Mora lf 3 2 2 0
  Harlow cf 2 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 2 2 2
Anderson cf,lf 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 1 2 1 3
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Flinn p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Toronto 010 104 0006111
Baltimore 021 120 20x8120
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood   4.1 7 6 5 4 2
  Murphy  L (2-7) 2.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Cruz   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
6
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Flinn   4.2 7 4 4 3 2
  Martinez   0.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Kerrigan  W (1-0) 3.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
6

  E–Howell (12).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Toronto McKay (13,off T Martinez), Baltimore Mora (5,off Underwood); Dauer (8,off Underwood); DeCinces (12,off Murphy).  HR–Baltimore Dempsey (5,2nd inning off Underwood 1 on, 2 out); DeCinces (9,5th inning off Underwood 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Johnson (1,off Flinn); Dempsey (6,off Murphy); Crowley (1,off Cruz).  IBB–Kelly (1,by Murphy).  CS–Kelly (5,2nd base by Cruz/Ashby).  IBB–Murphy (7,Kelly).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–(none), 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:57.  A–9,886.
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