California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
August 10, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The California Angels defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 16, Oakland Athletics 5

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Landreaux cf 5 4 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 3 2 1
Bostock rf 5 2 3 4
Baylor 1b 6 1 3 3
Rudi lf 6 2 2 1
Goodwin dh 3 2 2 2
Downing c 2 0 2 2
  Humphrey pr,c 0 0 0 0
Chalk ss 5 1 0 0
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Grich 2b 4 1 3 2
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 16 18 15
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0
  Woodard 2b 1 1 0 0
Alston lf,1b,lf,1b 5 1 2 0
Wallis rf 1 1 0 0
  Horton lf 2 1 2 3
  Newman 1b 1 0 0 0
  Minetto p 0 0 0 0
Page dh,lf 5 1 3 0
Duncan 3b 4 0 2 2
  Dilone 3b 1 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 2 0 1 0
  Armas rf 3 0 0 0
Revering 1b 2 0 0 0
  Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0
Essian c 3 0 1 0
Burke cf 4 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
California 230 500 31216180
Oakland 001 022 0005132
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (15-7) 7.0 11 5 5 3 3
  Griffin   2.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (7-9) 1.2 3 5 5 2 0
  Norris   1.1 4 3 3 2 0
  Heaverlo   0.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Minetto   6.0 7 6 2 6 1
Totals
9.0
18
16
12
10
1

  E–Horton 2 (2).  DP–Oakland 4.  PB–Humphrey (2).  2B–California Baylor 2 (16,off Keough,off Minetto); Goodwin (3,off Keough); Downing (10,off Minetto), Oakland Duncan (9,off Tanana); Horton (15,off Tanana).  3B–California Bostock (4,off Heaverlo).  HR–California Rudi (8,9th inning off Minetto 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Horton (8,5th inning off Tanana 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Grich (15,off Keough).  SF–Goodwin (1,off Minetto).  HBP–Landreaux (1,by Keough); Downing 2 (6,by Norris,by Minetto).  SB–Woodard (1,2nd base off Tanana/Downing); Dilone (41,2nd base off Griffin/Humphrey).  WP–Tanana (5).  HBP–Keough (3,Landreaux); Norris (1,Downing); Minetto (2,Downing).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:05.  A–3,832.
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