The Oakland Athletics were defeated by the New York Yankees, 5 to 3, on August 16, 1978.

1978 Oakland Athletics

Final

NYY

Yankees

68-51

5

1

0

1

2

0

0

3

2

0

4

0

0

5

1

0

6

0

2

7

2

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

5

3

H

7

9

E

2

2

Bottom 1st

NYY

OAK

Athletics

Single by Dell Alston; Miguel Dilone scored.

0

1

Top 3rd

NYY

OAK

Yankees

Single by Lou Piniella; Mickey Rivers and Willie Randolph scored.

2

1

Top 5th

NYY

OAK

Yankees

Home run by Mickey Rivers.

3

1

Bottom 6th

NYY

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Rico Carty; Mitchell Page scored.

3

3

Top 7th

NYY

OAK

Yankees

Home run by Bucky Dent.

4

3

Yankees

Single by Lou Piniella; Thurman Munson scored.

5

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Willie Randolph 2B 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Thurman Munson C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chris Chambliss 1B 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Lou Piniella DH 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Graig Nettles 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Reggie Jackson RF 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Gary Thomasson LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roy White PH,LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 33 5 7 5 2 5 4 0 1 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Catfish Hunter (W) 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 1
Sparky Lyle 1.1 0 0 0 2 2 0
Rich Gossage (S) 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 3 3 4 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Miguel Dilone CF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Joe Wallis PH,CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Newman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Armas CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dell Alston RF 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
Mitchell Page LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rico Carty DH 4 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 7
Darrell Woodard PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor Duncan 3B,2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Guerrero SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Wayne Gross 1B,3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Essian C 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Mike Edwards 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Dave Revering PH,1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Glenn Burke PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3 1 4 5 2 1 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pete Broberg 5.1 4 3 1 4 1 1
Bob Lacey (L) 1.1 2 2 2 1 0 1
Elias Sosa 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 9.0 7 5 3 5 4 2

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Athletics Athletics
0 0
Angels Angels
0 1 .000 0.5
Rangers Rangers
0 0
Astros Astros
0 0
Mariners Mariners
0 0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
10:07 PM
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

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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

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4-1
Wed
3/27
WSH WSH
@
CIN CIN
2-8
Wed
3/27
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
8-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:35 PM
Thu
3/28
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
10:07 PM
Thu
3/28
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
10:10 PM