Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
July 14, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 11, Oakland Athletics 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 6 2 2 0
Grubb lf 4 2 1 2
Bell 3b 6 1 1 2
Thornton 1b 4 3 2 3
Carbo dh 5 2 2 0
Alexander c 4 0 2 1
Norris rf 5 0 2 2
Kuiper 2b 5 0 1 1
Veryzer ss 5 1 3 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 11 16 11
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wallis cf 3 0 1 0
  Murphy ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Duncan 3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Page lf 4 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 1 0
  Dilone pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Revering 1b 3 0 1 0
  Newman 1b 1 0 1 1
Essian c 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 3 0 3 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
Edwards 2b,ss 2 0 1 0
  Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0
  Adams ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 9 1
Cleveland 000 200 54011160
Oakland 000 000 001193
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  W (8-11) 9.0 9 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (6-5) 6.0 6 6 6 3 2
  Langford   1.2 7 5 5 0 0
  McCatty   1.1 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
3
3

  E–Edwards (14), Picciolo (3), Keough (2).  DP–Cleveland 3, Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Horton (8,off Wise).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (16,7th inning off Langford 2 on, 0 out); Grubb (9,8th inning off Langford 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Grubb (4,off Keough).  IBB–Alexander (3,by Keough).  CS–Duncan (2,2nd base by Wise/Alexander).  WP–Keough (6).  IBB–Keough (2,Alexander).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:37.  A–3,326.
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