California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
August 7, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels 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)
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California Angels 0, Oakland Athletics 1

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Landreaux cf 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0
Bostock rf 4 0 0 0
Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Goodwin dh 3 0 0 0
Downing c 3 0 2 0
Chalk ss 3 0 1 0
Grich 2b 2 0 0 0
Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 4 0 1 0
Alston lf 4 0 1 0
  Burke cf 0 0 0 0
Wallis rf 3 1 1 0
  Armas rf 0 0 0 0
Page dh 2 0 2 0
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Duncan 3b 3 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 1 0
Dilone cf,lf 3 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Horton ph 1 0 1 0
  Woodard pr 0 0 0 0
  Guerrero ss 0 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 8 0
California 000 000 000041
Oakland 100 000 00x181
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Aase  L (8-7) 8.0 8 1 0 5 0
Totals
8.0
8
1
0
5
0
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (6-6) 9.0 4 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
5

  E–Bostock (3), Revering (10).  2B–California Lansford (15,off Renko), Oakland Page 2 (20,off Aase 2); Wallis (12,off Aase).  SH–Grich (13,off Renko).  IBB–Landreaux (2,by Renko).  CS–Landreaux (3,2nd base by Renko/Essian); Woodard (1,2nd base by Aase/Downing); Edwards (17,2nd base by Aase/Downing); Page (14,2nd base by Aase/Downing).  SB–Alston (3,2nd base off Aase/Downing).  IBB–Renko (3,Landreaux).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:17.  A–17,183.
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