The Oakland Athletics squeaked out a win over the Minnesota Twins, 9 to 8, on April 26, 1978.

1978 Oakland Athletics

Final

MIN

Twins

6-14

8

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

2

0

5

1

2

6

0

0

7

3

2

8

0

0

9

0

2

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

2

3

R

8

9

H

12

15

E

3

2

Top 4th

MIN

OAK

Twins

Dan Ford ground ball; Error by Mario Guerrero; Rod Carew scored.

1

0

Twins

Single by Butch Wynegar; Dan Ford scored.

2

0

Top 5th

MIN

OAK

Twins

Dan Ford grounded out; Willie Norwood scored.

3

0

Bottom 5th

MIN

OAK

Athletics

Tony Armas grounded out; Error by Rod Carew; Jim Essian and Wayne Gross scored.

3

2

Top 7th

MIN

OAK

Twins

Home run by Dan Ford; Bob Randall and Roy Smalley scored.

6

2

Bottom 7th

MIN

OAK

Athletics

Single by Mario Guerrero; Gary Thomasson scored.

6

3

Athletics

Single by Mitchell Page; Mike Edwards scored.

6

4

Bottom 9th

MIN

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Mitchell Page; Dwayne Murphy scored.

6

6

Top 12th

MIN

OAK

Twins

Double by Dan Ford; Roy Smalley and Rod Carew scored.

8

6

Bottom 12th

MIN

OAK

Athletics

Single by Dave Revering; Mitchell Page scored.

8

7

Athletics

Single by Jim Essian; Error by Dan Ford; Miguel Dilone and Steve Staggs scored.

8

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Roy Smalley SS 6 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Rod Carew 1B 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
Dan Ford CF 6 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 6
Mike Cubbage 3B 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butch Wynegar C 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Glenn Adams DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Kusick PH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hosken Powell RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Morales PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Chiles PH,RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Norwood LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Randall 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 8 12 8 1 4 2 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roger Erickson 6.0 8 4 4 3 3 0
Greg Thayer 2.2 3 2 2 0 3 1
Tom Johnson (L) 2.1 4 3 2 0 1 0
Totals 11.0 15 9 8 3 7 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mike Edwards 2B 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mario Guerrero SS 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dwayne Murphy PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marty Perez SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitchell Page LF 6 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 8
Gary Alexander DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Miguel Dilone PR 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Revering 1B 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Staggs PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Essian C 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Wayne Gross 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Tony Armas CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Gary Thomasson RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Totals 48 9 15 7 1 3 7 0 0 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Keough 6.1 6 5 3 3 2 0
Bob Lacey 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 1
Elias Sosa 1.1 4 2 2 1 0 0
Joe Coleman (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 12.0 12 8 6 4 2 1

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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AVG

.500

Bleday

JJ Bleday

Team Pitching Leaders

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K

3

Wood

Alex Wood

ERA

9.00

Kelly

Michael Kelly

Team Rankings

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HR

0

20th

R

0

25th

SO

7

19th

ERA

8.00

22nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
1 0 1.000
Athletics Athletics
0 1 .000 1.0
Angels Angels
0 1 .000 1.0
Astros Astros
0 1 .000 1.0
Mariners Mariners
0 1 .000 1.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Sat
3/30
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Sun
3/31
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Mon
4/1
BOS BOS
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Tue
4/2
BOS BOS
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM

Last Game

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0

Final

8

Thu 28 Mar 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2024 Betting

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Wed
3/27
COL COL
@
ARI ARI
1-16
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Fri
3/29
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
3:05 PM
Fri
3/29
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
3/29
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
3/29
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM