Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 18, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1980 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Toronto Blue Jays 12

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 1 2 1
Newman 1b 4 0 1 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Klutts 3b 4 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0
Essian dh 4 0 2 0
Heath c 4 0 1 0
McKay 2b 4 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Souza p 0 0 0 0
  Lysander p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 10 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 3 3 1
Bailor rf 3 1 1 0
Woods lf 5 2 3 5
Velez dh 5 2 3 3
Howell 3b 2 1 1 3
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 5 0 2 0
Garcia 2b 5 2 2 0
Davis c 5 1 1 0
Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 16 12
Oakland 000 000 0101100
Toronto 100 232 04x12160
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (3-2) 4.2 7 6 6 1 2
  Hamilton   1.1 3 2 2 2 0
  Souza   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lysander   1.0 5 4 4 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
12
12
5
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Mirabella  W (4-2) 9.0 10 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Oakland Murphy (3,off Mirabella); Armas (2,off Mirabella), Toronto Griffin (5,off Langford); Bosetti (5,off Souza); Velez (2,off Lysander).  3B–Toronto Griffin (5,off Langford); Velez (1,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Murphy (3,8th inning off Mirabella 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Woods (4,8th inning off Lysander 1 on, 1 out); Howell (3,8th inning off Lysander 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Howell (1,off Langford).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:26.  A–14,414.
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