Athletics @ Indians
July 30, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 11 0
Indians 4 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 11 0
Indians 4 12 1

Duane Kuiper Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .283
OBP .250 .311
At Bats 3 357
Hits 0 101
• Singles 0 86
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 12
RBI’s 0 31

Elias Sosa Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 2 13
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - July 30, 1978
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Elias Sosa
Jim Essian
Jeff Newman
Mike Edwards
Wayne Gross
Mario Guerrero
Miguel Dilone
Joe Wallis
Glenn Burke
Duane Kuiper
Jim Norris

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 5 11 0 4
Cleveland Indians 4 12 1 12
Winning Pitcher Elias Sosa
Losing Pitcher Jim Kern
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jeff Newman
Attendance 10,272
Time of Game 2 hours 52 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jim Norris pinch hits for Horace Speed. Norris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Miguel Dilone now playing left field. Jim Essian now catching. Jeff Newman now playing first base. Mario Guerrero now playing shortstop. Mike EdwAlexander hits a fly ball into right field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Burke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Dan Spillner now pitching. Newman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Duncan scores.
Top 9 Rick Langford pinch runs for Dave Revering. Duncan hits a line drive into left field. Grubb picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Grubb. Langford scores. Duncan moves to third.
Top 9 Revering hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grubb. Revering reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Kern fires to first and has Dilone trapped. There's the throw to Veryzer who tags Dilone for the out.
Top 9 Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Mitchell Page. Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Speed settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Page hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Elias Sosa now pitching. Thornton hits a line drive towards first. Revering catches it and steps on first to double up Grubb.
Bottom 8 Grubb bunts towards the mound. Lacey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Manning moves to second.
Bottom 8 Manning hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Veryzer hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wallis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wallis for the out.
Top 8 Jim Kern now pitching. There goes Edwards. The throw from Diaz and he is safe. Edwards steals second.
Top 8 Edwards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Burke hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Cox is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Lacey now pitching. Speed hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thornton scores. Alexander moves to third. Speed moves to second.
Bottom 7 Alexander takes first base on ball four. Thornton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thornton takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Newman hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Duncan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Grubb strikes out.
Bottom 6 Manning strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Veryzer. The throw from Newman and he is safe. Veryzer steals second.
Bottom 6 Veryzer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 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.
Bottom 5 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuiper takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Speed bunts in front of the plate. Newman fields it and throws to first for the out. Thornton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Alexander is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Wayne Gross now playing third base. Taylor Duncan now playing second base. Mike Edwards now playing shortstop. Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Edwards hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wayne Gross pinch hits for Rob Picciolo. Gross hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Manning who is chasing the ball. Gross reaches third base with a triple. Horton scores. Revering scores. Duncan goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Burke hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Newman hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Duncan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Horton moves to third. Revering moves to second.
Top 5 Revering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Horton moves to second.
Top 5 Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Grubb strikes out.
Bottom 4 Manning hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering fields it and throws to home to get Cox. Veryzer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Veryzer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cox moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mike Norris now pitching. Diaz bunts towards the mound. Norris fields it and throws to first for the out. Cox moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Page hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wallis hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuiper hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Speed takes first base on ball four. Manning moves to third. Alexander moves to second.
Bottom 3 Alexander is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Thornton strikes out.
Bottom 3 Grubb bunts towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. Manning moves to second.
Bottom 3 Manning hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Picciolo for the out.
Top 3 Burke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Newman hits a fly ball into right field. Speed settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Duncan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Veryzer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Diaz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Revering 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.
Top 2 Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Page hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Speed strikes out.
Bottom 1 Alexander hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wallis. Alexander reaches second base with a double. Thornton scores.
Bottom 1 Thornton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Page. Thornton reaches second base with a double. Manning scores.
Bottom 1 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grubb for the out. Manning moves to second.
Bottom 1 Manning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rob Picciolo now playing shortstop. Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Wallis hits a fly ball into right field. Speed settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Edwards hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Speed settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Murphy strikes out.