The Oakland Athletics couldn't pull it off against the Minnesota Twins, 9 to 8, on July 8, 1978.

1978 Oakland Athletics

Final

MIN

Twins

38-42

9

1

0

0

2

4

0

3

2

0

4

0

3

5

0

4

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

0

10

1

1

11

1

0

R

9

8

H

23

12

E

0

0

Top 2nd

MIN

OAK

Twins

Single by Glenn Adams; Mike Cubbage scored.

1

0

Twins

Single by Rob Wilfong; Rich Chiles scored.

2

0

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Hosken Powell; Glenn Adams scored.

3

0

Twins

Single by Roy Smalley; Willie Norwood scored.

4

0

Top 3rd

MIN

OAK

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Rich Chiles; Butch Wynegar scored.

5

0

Twins

Single by Willie Norwood; Glenn Adams scored.

6

0

Bottom 4th

MIN

OAK

Athletics

Double by Mitchell Page; Dwayne Murphy and Rob Picciolo scored.

6

2

Athletics

Single by Dave Revering; Mitchell Page scored.

6

3

Bottom 5th

MIN

OAK

Athletics

Mike Adams walked; Mike Edwards scored.

6

4

Athletics

Passed ball; Joe Wallis scored.

6

5

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Mitchell Page; Dwayne Murphy scored.

6

6

Athletics

Wild pitchSome( by Gary Serum); Mike Adams scored.

6

7

Top 8th

MIN

OAK

Twins

Triple by Roy Smalley; Rob Wilfong scored.

7

7

Top 10th

MIN

OAK

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Roy Smalley; Hosken Powell scored.

8

7

Bottom 10th

MIN

OAK

Athletics

Single by Jim Essian; Miguel Dilone scored.

8

8

Top 11th

MIN

OAK

Twins

Single by Willie Norwood; Bombo Rivera scored.

9

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Hosken Powell RF 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Roy Smalley SS 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Rod Carew 1B 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Butch Wynegar C 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mike Cubbage 3B 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Wolfe PH,3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rich Chiles LF 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bombo Rivera PH,LF 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Glenn Adams DH 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Craig Kusick PH 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jose Morales PH 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Willie Norwood CF 6 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
Rob Wilfong 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Bob Randall PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 9 23 9 0 3 6 0 0 29

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roger Erickson 4.0 7 7 7 1 5 0
Jeff Holly 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Serum 3.1 2 0 0 1 2 0
Mike Marshall (W) 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 11.0 12 8 8 3 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Joe Wallis CF 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dwayne Murphy LF 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Glenn Burke PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Guerrero SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo PR,SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Adams PH,2B,3B 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mitchell Page DH 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 3
Taylor Duncan 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Miguel Dilone PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tito Fuentes 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Revering 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Newman C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Essian C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tony Armas RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Mike Edwards 2B,SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 43 8 12 6 0 3 8 1 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pete Broberg 1.1 6 4 4 0 0 0
Steve McCatty 1.1 5 2 2 0 0 0
John Henry Johnson 3.0 4 0 0 1 2 0
Elias Sosa 1.2 2 1 1 1 2 0
Dave Heaverlo (L) 3.0 6 2 2 1 2 0
Craig Minetto 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 11.0 23 9 9 3 6 0

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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