Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles
September 17, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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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Toronto Blue Jays 0, Baltimore Orioles 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 4 0 2 0
Bailor rf 4 0 1 0
Velez lf 4 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
Ault 1b 2 0 1 0
Howell 3b 3 0 1 0
McKay 2b 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0
  Garvin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 3 2 1 0
  Anderson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 1 0
  Lopez rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 2 1
DeCinces 3b 4 1 3 3
  Smith 2b 0 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Dauer 2b,3b 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 4
Toronto 000 000 000052
Baltimore 104 000 00x580
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Kirkwood  L (4-4) 2.1 6 5 4 1 2
  Garvin   5.2 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
2
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (18-13) 9.0 5 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
5

  E–Bosetti (6), Ault (5).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Toronto Bosetti (23,off Flanagan), Baltimore Murray (32,off Garvin); DeCinces (33,off Garvin).  HR–Baltimore DeCinces (24,3rd inning off Kirkwood 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Kelly (9,2nd base off Kirkwood/Cerone).  WP–Kirkwood (3).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:10.  A–4,436.
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