Oakland Athletics (5) Cleveland Indians (4)

| 1978

Date of Game: Sunday, July 30, 1978
Stadium: Cleveland Stadium

Oakland Athletics (AL)	Cleveland Indians (AL)
Record: 54-51	Record: 48-54
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Attendance: 10,272 Time of Game: 2:52

Game Notes:

Bo Diaz - 1st career home run

Best at-bats

Jeff Newman 1B in 9th inning (45.82)

Wayne Gross 3B in 5th inning (31.34)

Taylor Duncan 1B in 9th inning (29.88)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland Athletics	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	5	11	0
Cleveland Indians	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	1

Oakland Athletics Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Dwayne Murphy	ss	23.133	1	0	0	0	0	1	.196	57	57	0	5	0
Rob Picciolo	ss	25.176	1	0	0	0	0	0	.237	41	189	0	2	0
Wayne Gross	ph-3b	26.198	2	0	1	3	0	0	.201	81	237	5	19	0
Mike Edwards	2b-ss-2b	25.337	4	0	1	0	0	0	.282	96	103	1	18	14
Joe Wallis	cf	26.203	4	0	0	0	0	0	.286	67	260	7	27	1
Mitchell Page	lf	26.289	4	0	1	0	0	0	.290	91	236	12	52	13
Miguel Dilone	pr-lf	23.271	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	92	167	1	9	25
Willie Horton	dh	35.285	4	1	2	0	0	0	.266	68	1721	7	32	3
Dave Revering	1b	25.168	4	1	2	0	0	0	.272	103	103	13	34	0
Rick Langford	pr	26.132	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	14	32	0	0	0
Jim Essian	c	27.209	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	94	307	2	25	2
Taylor Duncan	3b-2b	25.079	4	2	2	1	0	0	.265	55	63	2	26	1
Mario Guerrero	ss	28.305	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	93	485	3	29	0
Jeff Newman	c-1b	29.322	4	0	1	1	0	0	.255	70	207	6	26	0
Glenn Burke	rf	25.256	4	0	1	0	0	0	.248	56	164	1	11	12
Mike Norris	p	23.133	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	12	0	0	0
Bob Lacey	p	24.339	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	54	118	0	0	0
Elias Sosa	p	28.050	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	50	344	0	0	0
Totals:			36	5	11	5	0	1	.306	1183	4805

Cleveland Indians Batting Stats

Cleveland Indians	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Tom Veryzer	ss	25.169	4	0	1	0	1	1	.292	77	467	0	23	1
Rick Manning	cf	23.331	5	1	3	0	0	1	.266	97	423	3	37	9
Johnny Grubb	lf	29.360	4	0	1	0	0	2	.274	88	635	11	43	4
Andre Thornton	1b	28.351	4	2	2	1	1	1	.271	94	565	21	67	2
Gary Alexander	dh	25.125	3	0	1	1	2	1	.238	102	179	20	56	0
Horace Speed	rf	26.300	2	0	1	1	1	1	.219	39	56	0	4	0
Jim Norris	ph	29.222	1	0	1	0	0	0	.264	67	200	1	17	8
Duane Kuiper	2b	28.041	4	0	0	0	1	0	.282	98	481	0	31	2
Ted Cox	3b	23.187	3	0	1	0	1	0	.221	56	69	0	12	0
Bo Diaz	c	25.129	3	1	1	1	0	0	.239	18	20	1	3	0
Jim Kern	p	29.137	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	34	149	0	0	0
Dan Spillner	p	26.246	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	35	205	0	0	0
Totals:			33	4	12	4	7	7	.364	805	3449

Game Stats

2B: Gary Alexander (12), Dave Revering (13), Andre Thornton (16)
3B: Wayne Gross (2)
HR: Bo Diaz (1)
RBIs: Gary Alexander (56), Bo Diaz (3), Taylor Duncan (26), Wayne Gross 3 (19), Jeff Newman (26), Horace Speed (4), Andre Thornton (67)
SB: Mike Edwards (14), Tom Veryzer (1)
SH: Bo Diaz (2), Johnny Grubb (6), Horace Speed (2)
GDP: Bo Diaz (2), Duane Kuiper (10), Dave Revering (7)

Oakland Athletics Pitching Stats

Oakland Athletics	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
John Henry Johnson	21.343	3	6	3	3	2	3	1	2.96	1.28	0	0	0	24	24
Mike Norris	23.133	3	2	1	1	4	4	0	3.00	2.00	0	0	0	1	45
Bob Lacey	24.339	1.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	2.48	1.34	0	0	0	54	118
Elias Sosa (W 8-2)	28.050	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	1.45	0	0	0	50	343
Pitching Totals:		9	12	4	4	7	7	1			0	0	0	129	530

Cleveland Indians Pitching Stats

Cleveland Indians	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Mike Paxton	24.330	7.2	7	3	3	0	1	0	3.44	1.27	0	0	0	21	50
Jim Kern (L 7-5)	29.137	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	3.00	1.30	0	0	0	34	161
Dan Spillner	26.246	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	1.51	0	0	0	35	210
Pitching Totals:		9	11	5	5	0	1	0			0	0	0	90	421

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: John Henry Johnson 0-0-0; Mike Norris 0-0-0; Bob Lacey 0-0-0; Elias Sosa 0-0-0; Mike Paxton 0-0-0; Jim Kern 0-0-0; Dan Spillner 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: John Henry Johnson 17; Mike Norris 15; Bob Lacey 7; Elias Sosa 4; Mike Paxton 29; Jim Kern 5; Dan Spillner 2;
Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 10,272
Umpires: Home: Al Clark 1B Bill Kunkel 2B Bill Deegan 3B Terry Cooney

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