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Orioles 3 @ Athletics 2
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 21, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles, played on August 21, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Orioles with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 21, 1978 
Visiting Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 3 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 2 H: 3 E: 3 LOB: 2
Runs: 2
Hits: 3
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 2
Winning PitcherMike Flanagan  
Losing PitcherRick Langford  
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Game Winning RBIEddie Murray 

Game Info

DateAugust 21, 1978 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Home TeamOakland Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Flanagan  
Home Starting PitcherRick Langford  
BallparkOakland-Alameda County Stadium 
CityOakland 
StateCA 
Attendance9,786 
Time of Game2 hours 16 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Al Clark
1B: Bill Kunkel
2B: Bill Deegan
3B: Terry Cooney

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Larry Harlow  Center Fielder 
Rich Dauer  Second Baseman 
Ken Singleton  Right Fielder 
Eddie Murray  First Baseman 
Doug DeCinces  Third Baseman 
Terry Crowley  DH 
Andres Mora  Left Fielder 
Rick Dempsey  Catcher 
Kiko Garcia  Shortstop 
Earl Weaver  Manager 

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Wallis  Center Fielder 
Dell Alston  Right Fielder 
Mitchell Page  Left Fielder 
Rico Carty  DH 
Taylor Duncan  Third Baseman 
Mario Guerrero  Shortstop 
Dave Revering  First Baseman 
Mike Edwards  Second Baseman 
Bruce Robinson  Catcher 
Jack McKeon  Manager 

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Orioles 3 @ Athletics 2
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 21, 1978

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/21/1978 -- Baltimore at Oakland (N)

  Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI    Oakland            AB  R  H RBI
Harlow L, cf          3  1  0  0   Wallis J, cf          4  0  0  0   
Dauer R, 2b           5  1  1  0   Alston D, rf          3  1  0  0   
Singleton K, rf       3  0  0  0   Page M, lf            3  0  1  1   
Lopez C, rf           0  0  0  0   Carty R, dh           3  0  1  1   
Murray E, 1b          3  0  1  2   Dilone M, pr          0  0  0  0   
DeCinces D, 3b        4  0  1  0   Armas T, ph           1  0  0  0   
Crowley T, dh         4  1  1  0   Duncan T, 3b          3  0  0  0   
Mora A, lf            3  0  0  0   Guerrero M, ss        3  0  0  0   
Anderson M, lf        0  0  0  0   Revering D, 1b        3  0  0  0   
Dempsey R, c          3  0  1  0   Edwards M, 2b         2  0  0  0   
Garcia K, ss          4  0  2  0   Gross W, ph           0  0  0  0   
Belanger M, ss        0  0  0  0   Woodard D, pr-2b      0  0  0  0   
                                   Robinson B, c         3  1  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  3  7  2                        28  2  3  2

Baltimore        002 000 001 --  3
Oakland          000 000 101 --  2

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Flanagan M (W)        9.0  3  2  2  3  8

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Langford R (L)        8.1  7  3  1  5  6
Heaverlo D            0.2  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Edwards M, Robinson B, Page M
DP -- Oakland 2
LOB -- Baltimore 8, Oakland 2
2B -- DeCinces D, Robinson B
SB -- Murray E, Alston D
CS -- Dauer R, Dilone M, Woodard D
SH -- Mora A
T -- 2:16
A -- 9786

    

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