Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Oakland Athletics 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 3 1 0 0
Dauer 2b 5 1 1 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
  Lopez rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 1 2
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 0
Crowley dh 4 1 1 0
Mora lf 3 0 0 0
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
Garcia ss 4 0 2 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wallis cf 4 0 0 0
Alston rf 3 1 0 0
Page lf 3 0 1 1
Carty dh 3 0 1 1
  Dilone pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Armas ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Duncan 3b 3 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0
Revering 1b 3 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
  Woodard pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Robinson c 3 1 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 2
Baltimore 002 000 001370
Oakland 000 000 101233
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (16-11) 9.0 3 2 2 3 8
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
3
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (6-9) 8.1 7 3 1 5 6
  Heaverlo   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
1
5
6

  E–Page (2), Edwards (21), Robinson (1).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Baltimore DeCinces (26,off Langford), Oakland Robinson (1,off Flanagan).  SH–Mora (1,off Langford).  IBB–Dempsey (1,by Langford); Harlow (2,by Langford).  SB–Murray (5,2nd base off Langford/Robinson); Alston (6,2nd base off Flanagan/Dempsey).  CS–Dauer (4,2nd base by Langford/Robinson); Dilone (21,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey); Woodard (3,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey).  IBB–Langford 2 (7,Dempsey,Harlow).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:16.  A–9,786.
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