Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wallis cf 4 1 1 1
Duncan 3b 5 0 1 0
Page lf 4 0 1 0
Horton dh 3 0 0 0
  Dilone pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Revering 1b 3 0 0 1
Guerrero ss 2 2 1 0
Essian c 1 1 0 0
  Newman ph,c 1 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 4 0 3 1
Burke rf 3 0 0 0
Broberg p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Bailor rf 5 1 2 0
Howell 3b 5 1 2 0
Carty dh 4 1 2 1
Mayberry 1b 5 0 2 0
Woods lf 4 0 2 2
Ashby c 3 1 2 0
McKay 2b 3 1 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 1 2
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 13 5
Oakland 100 201 000470
Toronto 020 020 10x5131
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg   4.1 5 4 4 4 5
  Lacey  L (6-5) 2.0 5 1 1 0 1
  Sosa   1.2 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
5
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood   5.1 4 4 4 5 7
  Murphy  W (4-7) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Cruz  SV (5) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
9

  E–Underwood (4).  DP–Oakland 1, Toronto 1.  PB–Ashby 2 (7).  2B–Oakland Duncan (5,off Underwood); Edwards (9,off Underwood), Toronto Ashby 2 (5,off Broberg 2); Carty (12,off Broberg); A Woods (1,off Lacey).  3B–Toronto Gomez (2,off Broberg).  SH–Essian (12,off Underwood).  SF–Revering (2,off Underwood).  HBP–Guerrero (4,by Underwood).  IBB–Horton (5,by Underwood); Ashby (2,by Sosa).  CS–Dilone (17,2nd base by Murphy/Ashby).  HBP–Underwood (2,Guerrero).  IBB–Sosa (8,Ashby); Underwood (3,Horton).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:33.  A–21,050.
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