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Blue Jays 5 @ Athletics 8
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 16, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on July 16, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Blue Jays with a score of 8 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 16, 1978 
Visiting Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 5 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 8 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherElias Sosa  
Losing PitcherMike Willis  
SaveDave Heaverlo  
Game Winning RBIJoe Wallis 

Game Info

DateJuly 16, 1978 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Home TeamOakland Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Clancy  
Home Starting PitcherPete Broberg  
BallparkOakland-Alameda County Stadium 
CityOakland 
StateCA 
Attendance3,753 
Time of Game2 hours 41 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Haller
1B: Lou DiMuro
2B: Ken Kaiser
3B: Mike Reilly

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rick Bosetti  Center Fielder 
Bob Bailor  Right Fielder 
Roy Howell  Third Baseman 
Rico Carty  DH 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Tom Hutton  Left Fielder 
Dave McKay  Second Baseman 
Rick Cerone  Catcher 
Luis Gomez  Shortstop 
Roy Hartsfield  Manager 

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Wallis  Center Fielder 
Wayne Gross  Third Baseman 
Mitchell Page  Left Fielder 
Willie Horton  DH 
Dave Revering  First Baseman 
Jeff Newman  Catcher 
Tony Armas  Right Fielder 
Mike Edwards  Second Baseman 
Rob Picciolo  Shortstop 
Jack McKeon  Manager 

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Blue Jays 5 @ Athletics 8
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 16, 1978

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         Game of 7/16/1978 -- Toronto at Oakland (D)

  Toronto            AB  R  H RBI    Oakland            AB  R  H RBI
Bosetti R, cf         5  1  1  0   Wallis J, cf          5  2  2  3   
Bailor B, rf          4  1  2  0   Gross W, 3b           3  0  1  1   
Howell R, 3b          4  0  0  0   Duncan T, ph-3b       2  0  0  0   
Carty R, dh           4  1  1  1   Page M, lf            4  2  3  1   
Mayberry J, 1b        4  2  2  3   Sosa E, p-p           0  0  0  0   
Hutton T, lf          3  0  1  0   Heaverlo D, p         0  0  0  0   
McKay D, 2b           4  0  2  1   Horton W, dh          4  0  2  1   
Cerone R, c           3  0  0  0   Dilone M, pr-lf       0  0  0  0   
Gomez L, ss           3  0  0  0   Revering D, 1b        4  1  2  1   
Ewing S, ph           1  0  0  0   Essian J, c           0  0  0  0   
                                   Newman J, c-1b        4  0  1  1   
                                   Burke G, pr-1b        0  1  0  0   
                                   Armas T, rf           3  0  0  0   
                                   Edwards M, 2b-ss      4  0  2  0   
                                   Picciolo R, ss        1  0  0  0   
                                   Murphy D, ph          0  1  0  0   
                                   Adams M, 2b           0  1  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5  9  5                        34  8 13  8

Toronto          010 004 000 --  5
Oakland          000 111 23x --  8

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Clancy J*             6.0  9  4  3  1  8
Moore B               0.2  2  1  1  0  1
Willis M (L)          0.2  1  1  1  0  0
Coleman J             0.2  1  2  2  1  0

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Broberg P+            5.0  5  3  3  1  4
Lacey B               0.1  2  2  2  0  0
Sosa E (W)#           2.2  1  0  0  1  0
Heaverlo D (S)        1.0  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
  # Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Bailor B, Bosetti R
LOB -- Toronto 5, Oakland 6
2B -- Horton W 2, Edwards M, Hutton T, Mayberry J, Page M
3B -- Page M
HR -- Mayberry J, Wallis J
CS -- Wallis J, Bailor B
SH -- Picciolo R, Armas T
WP -- Clancy J 2, Lacey B
T -- 2:41
A -- 3753

    

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