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Blue Jays
@ Athletics
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.
Game Summary
Date | July 16, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 16, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Clancy |
Home Starting Pitcher | Pete Broberg |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 3,753 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Lou DiMuro 2B: Ken Kaiser 3B: Mike Reilly |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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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 |
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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 |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Blue Jays
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 16, 1978
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Broberg
Bosetti hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Broberg
Bailor hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Broberg
Howell hits a popup in front of the plate. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Clancy
Wallis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Clancy
Clancy fires to first and has Wallis trapped. There's the throw to Gomez who tags Wallis for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Clancy
Gross strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Clancy
Page strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Broberg
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Broberg
Mayberry hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutton vs. Broberg
Hutton strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Broberg
McKay strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Clancy
Horton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti. Horton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Revering vs. Clancy
Revering hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Clancy
Newman hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Clancy
Armas strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Broberg
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Broberg
Gomez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Broberg
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Clancy
Edwards hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti. Edwards reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Picciolo vs. Clancy
There's a wild pitch. Edwards moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Picciolo vs. Clancy
Picciolo strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wallis vs. Clancy
Wallis strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gross vs. Clancy
Gross strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Broberg
Bailor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Broberg
There goes Bailor. The throw from Newman and he is out, Picciolo applying the tag. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Broberg
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Broberg
Carty hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Clancy
Page hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti who is chasing the ball. Page reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Horton vs. Clancy
Horton hits a popup towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Revering vs. Clancy
Revering hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Page scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Clancy
There's a wild pitch. Revering moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Clancy
Newman strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Clancy
Armas strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Broberg
Mayberry strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutton vs. Broberg
Hutton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wallis. Hutton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McKay vs. Broberg
McKay strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cerone vs. Broberg
Cerone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gomez vs. Broberg
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Clancy
Edwards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Clancy
Picciolo bunts towards the mound. Clancy fields it and throws to first for the out. Edwards moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wallis vs. Clancy
Wallis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields it and has Edwards trapped. There's the throw to Howell and over to McKay, who tags Edwards for the out. Wallis moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Clancy
Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wallis scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Clancy
Page hits a line drive into right field. Bailor picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bailor. Gross moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Horton vs. Clancy
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Broberg
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailor vs. Broberg
Bailor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bosetti moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Howell vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Bailor moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Howell vs. Lacey
Howell hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carty vs. Lacey
Carty hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bosetti scores. Bailor moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mayberry vs. Lacey
Mayberry hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wallis. Mayberry reaches second base with a double. Bailor scores. Carty goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hutton vs. Sosa
Elias Sosa now pitching.
Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mayberry moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McKay vs. Sosa
McKay hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mayberry scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Sosa
Cerone hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Clancy
Revering hits a ball on the ground into center field. Bosetti picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bosetti. Revering moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Newman vs. Clancy
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Revering scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Clancy
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Clancy
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Sosa
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Sosa
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Sosa
Bailor hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Clancy
Dwayne Murphy pinch hits for Rob Picciolo.
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wallis vs. Moore
Balor Moore now pitching.
Wallis hits a popup in front of the plate. Cerone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Duncan vs. Moore
Taylor Duncan pinch hits for Wayne Gross.
Duncan strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Moore
Page hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti. Page reaches second base with a double. Murphy goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Moore
Horton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti. Horton reaches second base with a double. Page scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Revering vs. Willis
Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Willie Horton. Mike Willis now pitching.
Revering hits a popup towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Sosa
Taylor Duncan now playing third base. Miguel Dilone now playing left field. Elias Sosa now pitching. Mike Adams now playing second base. Jim Essi
Howell hits a popup towards first. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Sosa
Carty hits a popup towards short. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Sosa
Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Willis
Newman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Willis
Glenn Burke pinch runs for Jeff Newman.
Armas bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Armas for the out. Burke moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Edwards vs. Coleman
Joe Coleman now pitching.
Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Hutton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adams vs. Coleman
Adams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wallis vs. Coleman
Wallis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Coleman
Duncan hits a fly ball into left field. Hutton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutton vs. Sosa
Glenn Burke now playing first base.
Hutton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Heaverlo
Dave Heaverlo now pitching.
McKay hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hutton moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerone vs. Heaverlo
Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ewing vs. Heaverlo
Sam Ewing pinch hits for Luis Gomez.
Ewing hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bosetti vs. Heaverlo
Bosetti hits a popup towards third. Duncan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
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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