California Angels vs Baltimore Orioles
July 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 4, Baltimore Orioles 2

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Grich 2b 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund rf 3 0 2 0
  Bostock pr,rf 1 1 1 1
Lansford 3b 5 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 4 1 0 0
Baylor dh 3 1 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 2 1
Downing c 4 0 3 2
  Humphrey c 0 0 0 0
Chalk ss 3 0 1 0
Miller cf 4 1 2 0
Frost p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 13 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 3 0 1 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 3 0
Singleton rf 4 0 2 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 1
Kelly lf 3 0 0 0
  Mora ph,lf 1 0 0 0
May dh 3 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
California 010 000 0214130
Baltimore 000 000 020280
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Frost  W (3-4) 7.2 7 2 2 3 5
  LaRoche  SV (15) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (13-9) 7.2 10 3 3 3 2
  Stanhouse   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
3
2

  E–None.  DP–California 1, Baltimore 3.  2B–California Lansford (13,off Flanagan); Rettenmund (4,off Flanagan), Baltimore Murray (23,off Frost); Singleton (12,off Frost); DeCinces (22,off Frost).  SH–Grich (9,off Stanhouse).  HBP–Chalk (5,by Flanagan).  CS–Rettenmund (2,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey); Bostock (11,2nd base by Stanhouse/Dempsey).  WP–Flanagan (6).  HBP–Flanagan (2,Chalk).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–3:11.  A–15,350.
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