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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 29, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Oakland Athletics, played on July 29, 1978 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 29, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 29, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Renko |
Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Wise |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 17,828 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Terry Cooney 1B: Al Clark 2B: Bill Kunkel 3B: Bill Deegan |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dwayne Murphy | Shortstop |
Mike Edwards | Second Baseman |
Joe Wallis | Center Fielder |
Mitchell Page | Left Fielder |
Willie Horton | DH |
Dave Revering | First Baseman |
Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
Jeff Newman | Catcher |
Glenn Burke | Right Fielder |
Jack McKeon | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Norris | Right Fielder |
Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
Johnny Grubb | Left Fielder |
Andre Thornton | First Baseman |
Bernie Carbo | DH |
Gary Alexander | Catcher |
Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
Ted Cox | Third Baseman |
Jeff Torborg | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 29, 1978
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Wise
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Wise
Edwards hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Wise
Wallis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Renko
Rob Picciolo now playing shortstop.
Norris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Renko
Manning strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grubb vs. Renko
Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Renko
Thornton hits a fly ball into right field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Wise
Page hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Wise
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Wise
Revering hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Wise
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Renko
Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Renko
Alexander hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Renko
Veryzer hits a popup towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Wise
Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burke vs. Wise
Burke is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Wise
Picciolo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Edwards vs. Wise
Edwards hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Norris who is chasing the ball. Edwards reaches third base with a triple. Newman scores. Picciolo goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wallis vs. Wise
Wallis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Page vs. Wise
Page is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Horton vs. Wise
Horton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Manning. Horton reaches second base with a double. Edwards scores. Page goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Revering vs. Monge
Sid Monge now pitching.
Revering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Renko
Kuiper hits a fly ball into right field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Renko
Cox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Norris vs. Renko
Norris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Manning vs. Renko
Manning is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grubb vs. Renko
Grubb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cox scores. Norris moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thornton vs. Renko
Thornton hits a popup towards short. Picciolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Monge
Gross is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Monge
Newman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Monge
Burke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Monge
Monge fires to first and has Burke trapped. There's the throw to Veryzer who tags Burke for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Renko
Carbo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alexander vs. Renko
Alexander hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Renko
Veryzer hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Renko
Kuiper is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Renko
Cox hits a popup towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Monge
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Monge
Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wallis vs. Monge
There goes Edwards. The throw from Alexander and he is safe. Edwards steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wallis vs. Monge
Wallis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Page vs. Monge
Page takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Monge
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Renko
Norris hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Renko
Manning hits a fly ball into right field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Renko
Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Monge
Revering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Monge
Gross hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Monge
Newman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Alexander settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Renko
Thornton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Renko
Carbo strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Renko
Alexander bunts towards the mound. Renko fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veryzer vs. Renko
There goes Alexander. The throw from Newman to Picciolo and they have Alexander trapped. The throw over to Revering, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Renko
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Monge
Burke hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Monge
Picciolo hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Monge
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Sosa
Elias Sosa now pitching.
Kuiper hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Sosa
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Sosa
Norris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Monge
Wallis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Monge
Page bunts towards the mound. Monge juggles the ball. That's an error on Monge. Wallis moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Monge
Horton bunts towards first. Thornton scoops it up and throws to first, with Kuiper covering, for the out. Wallis moves to third. Page moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Revering vs. Monge
Revering is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Duncan vs. Spillner
Taylor Duncan pinch hits for Wayne Gross. Tony Armas pinch runs for Dave Revering. Dan Spillner now pitching.
Duncan strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Newman vs. Spillner
Newman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Sosa
Tony Armas now playing right field. Glenn Burke now playing left field. Jim Essian now catching. Jeff Newman now playing first base. Taylor Dunca
Manning strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Sosa
Grubb is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Sosa
Thornton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carbo vs. Sosa
Carbo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thornton moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alexander vs. Sosa
Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Spillner
Burke hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Spillner
Picciolo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Spillner
Edwards bunts towards the mound. Spillner fields it and throws to first for the out. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wallis vs. Spillner
Wallis is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Essian vs. Spillner
Essian hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Picciolo scores. Wallis moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Spillner
Horton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Sosa
Veryzer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuiper vs. Sosa
Kuiper takes first base on ball four. Veryzer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cox vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
Cox bunts towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out. Veryzer moves to third. Kuiper moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Pruitt vs. Lacey
Ron Pruitt pinch hits for Jim Norris.
Pruitt is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bell vs. Heaverlo
Horace Speed pinch runs for Ron Pruitt. Buddy Bell pinch hits for Rick Manning. Dave Heaverlo now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Veryzer scores. Speed moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grubb vs. Heaverlo
Paul Dade pinch runs for Buddy Bell.
Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/29/1978 -- Oakland at Cleveland (N) Oakland AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Murphy D, ss 1 0 0 0 Norris J, rf 4 0 2 0 Picciolo R, ss 4 2 2 0 Pruitt R, ph 0 0 0 0 Edwards M, 2b 4 1 2 2 Speed H, pr 0 0 0 0 Wallis J, cf 3 0 0 0 Manning R, cf 4 0 0 0 Page M, lf 1 2 1 1 Bell B, ph 1 0 0 1 Essian J, c 1 0 1 1 Dade P, pr 0 0 0 0 Horton W, dh 4 0 1 2 Grubb J, lf 5 0 1 1 Revering D, 1b 3 0 1 0 Thornton A, 1b 3 1 1 1 Armas T, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Carbo B, dh 4 1 2 0 Gross W, 3b 3 0 0 0 Alexander G, c 4 1 2 2 Duncan T, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Veryzer T, ss 4 1 1 0 Newman J, c-1b 4 1 1 0 Kuiper D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Burke G, rf-lf 4 0 1 0 Cox T, 3b 2 1 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 6 10 6 34 5 9 5 Oakland 014 000 001 -- 6 Cleveland 001 201 001 -- 5 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Renko S (W) 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 Sosa E* 2.0 2 1 1 2 2 Lacey B 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 Heaverlo D (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Wise R (L) 2.2 6 5 5 1 4 Monge S 4.2 2 0 0 3 2 Spillner D 1.2 2 1 1 1 3 * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th E -- Monge S DP -- Cleveland 1 LOB -- Oakland 8, Cleveland 7 2B -- Horton W 3B -- Edwards M HR -- Page M, Alexander G, Thornton A SB -- Edwards M CS -- Burke G, Alexander G SH -- Page M, Horton W, Edwards M, Cox T T -- 2:45 A -- 17828
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