Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
June 13, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1978 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, New York Yankees 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 2 1 1 1
  Duncan ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy lf 0 0 0 0
Thomasson rf 3 0 1 1
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0
Page dh 3 0 1 1
Revering 1b 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 4 0 1 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Essian c 3 1 2 0
  Edwards pr,2b 0 1 0 0
  Murray ph 1 0 0 0
Staggs 2b 2 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 0 0
  Newman c 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 3 2 3 0
White lf 2 2 2 3
Munson c 4 0 1 0
Piniella dh 3 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 0 1 1
Blair cf 3 0 1 0
Stanley ss 3 0 0 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 9 4
Oakland 100 010 100381
New York 001 120 10x591
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   3.2 5 2 2 4 2
  Langford  L (1-3) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Lacey   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sosa   2.0 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
5
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  W (7-4) 6.2 8 3 3 2 5
  Gossage  SV (9) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
7

  E–Newman (2), Stanley (3).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Revering (7,off Figueroa).  HR–New York White 2 (4,3rd inning off Johnson 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Langford 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Jackson (3,off Johnson).  SB–Dilone (19,2nd base off Figueroa/Munson); Essian (2,2nd base off Figueroa/Munson); Thomasson (4,2nd base off Figueroa/Munson); Edwards (7,2nd base off Figueroa/Munson); Randolph (16,3rd base off Sosa/Newman); White (4,2nd base off Sosa/Newman).  CS–Page (4,2nd base by Gossage/Munson); Randolph 2 (5,2nd base by Johnson/Essian 2); White (4,2nd base by Johnson/Essian).  WP–Figueroa (5).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:34.  A–30,779.
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