Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
July 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 5, Oakland Athletics 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 5 1 1 0
Bailor rf 4 1 2 0
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Carty dh 4 1 1 1
Mayberry 1b 4 2 2 3
Hutton lf 3 0 1 0
McKay 2b 4 0 2 1
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
  Ewing ph 1 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wallis cf 5 2 2 3
Gross 3b 3 0 1 1
  Duncan ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Page lf 4 2 3 1
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 2 1
  Dilone pr,dh,lf 0 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 1 2 1
  Essian c 0 0 0 0
Newman c,1b 4 0 1 1
  Burke pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Armas rf 3 0 0 0
Edwards 2b,ss 4 0 2 0
Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 0 1 0 0
  Adams 2b 0 1 0 0
Broberg p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 13 8
Toronto 010 004 000592
Oakland 000 111 23x8130
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   6.0 9 4 3 1 8
  Moore   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Willis  L (1-5) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Coleman   0.2 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
7
2
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg   5.0 5 3 3 1 4
  Lacey   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Sosa  W (7-2) 2.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Heaverlo  SV (7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
4

  E–Bosetti (3), Bailor (8).  2B–Toronto Hutton (9,off Broberg); Mayberry (11,off Lacey), Oakland Horton 2 (10,off Clancy,off Moore); Edwards (8,off Clancy); Page (14,off Moore).  3B–Oakland Page (3,off Clancy).  HR–Toronto Mayberry (15,2nd inning off Broberg 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Wallis (5,8th inning off Coleman 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Picciolo (2,off Clancy); Armas (5,off Willis).  CS–Bailor (6,2nd base by Broberg/Newman); Wallis (2,2nd base by Clancy/Cerone).  WP–Clancy 2 (7), Lacey (2).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:41.  A–3,753.
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