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Elias Sosa

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Apr 09 L, 2-3 at Angels Finish 4.2 2 18 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.00 OAK Apr 11 W, 2-0 vs Mariners Finish 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 OAK Apr 16 L, 1-2 vs Angels Middle 0.2 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 OAK Apr 17 W, 7-2 at Twins Finish 2.2 1 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 OAK Apr 19 W, 6-5 at Twins Finish 2.2 1 11 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.00 W (1-0) OAK Apr 21 W, 5-3 at Mariners Finish 2 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OAK Apr 22 W, 3-0 at Mariners Finish 3 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OAK Apr 25 (1) W, 5-3 vs Twins Finish 4.0 3 17 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00 W (2-0) OAK Apr 26 W, 9-8 vs Twins Middle 1.1 4 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.06 OAK Apr 28 L, 2-6 vs Indians Middle 0.2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.02 OAK Apr 30 W, 2-1 vs Indians Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.92 W (3-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK May 02 W, 2-1 vs Blue Jays Finish 4 3.0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.79 OAK May 10 L, 1-3 at Blue Jays Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.76 OAK May 12 W, 10-4 at Tigers Middle 1.2 2 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.71 W (4-0) OAK May 13 W, 3-2 at Tigers Finish 5 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.67 OAK May 15 W, 3-2 at Indians Finish 6 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.64 OAK May 17 L, 3-4 at Rangers Finish 0.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.63 OAK May 18 L, 4-6 at Rangers Finish 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0.91 OAK May 19 L, 2-6 vs White Sox Finish 1.0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.88 OAK May 21 (1) L, 2-6 vs White Sox Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.87 OAK May 24 L, 1-7 vs Brewers Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.84 OAK May 27 W, 4-3 at White Sox Middle 1.2 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.07 OAK May 28 (1) L, 2-3 at White Sox Finish 1.2 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.27 OAK May 30 L, 1-2 at Brewers Middle 1.0 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.49 L (4-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Jun 04 W, 6-4 vs Yankees Finish 7 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.41 OAK Jun 05 W, 9-7 vs Red Sox Finish 8 2.1 3 9 2 2 1 0 0 2 1.77 OAK Jun 07 (2) W, 1-0 vs Angels Finish 9 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.74 OAK Jun 08 L, 7-10 vs Angels Finish 2.0 5 13 6 5 2 1 0 2 2.70 L (4-2) OAK Jun 13 L, 3-5 at Yankees Finish 2.0 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 2.58 OAK Jun 16 L, 0-6 at Orioles Middle 1.0 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.91 OAK Jun 17 L, 4-5 at Orioles Middle 3.0 3 12 2 2 1 0 0 1 3.10 OAK Jun 19 W, 2-1 at Rangers Finish 10 0.2 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.06 OAK Jun 23 (1) L, 3-5 at Royals Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.04 OAK Jun 23 (2) W, 5-4 at Royals Middle 0.1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.20 OAK Jun 25 W, 6-3 at Royals Finish 11 1.0 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 3.14 OAK Jun 28 W, 2-1 vs Rangers Middle 3.1 2 14 0 0 0 2 2 2 2.95 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Jul 02 (1) L, 2-4 vs Royals Middle 0.0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.95 OAK Jul 04 W, 9-4 at Mariners Middle 4.2 2 17 1 1 0 1 0 1 2.87 W (5-2) OAK Jul 06 L, 2-3 at Mariners Middle 0.2 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.83 OAK Jul 08 L, 8-9 vs Twins Middle 1.2 2 8 1 1 0 0 1 2 2.90 OAK Jul 15 W, 3-2 vs Blue Jays Finish 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.87 W (6-2) OAK Jul 16 W, 8-5 vs Blue Jays Middle 2.2 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.76 W (7-2) OAK Jul 21 (2) L, 4-5 at Blue Jays Finish 1.2 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.69 OAK Jul 22 L, 3-7 at Blue Jays Middle 1.2 4 8 3 3 0 0 0 2 3.01 OAK Jul 24 L, 1-4 at Tigers Middle 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.97 OAK Jul 25 L, 2-11 at Tigers Middle 1.0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.93 OAK Jul 26 W, 8-4 at White Sox Finish 12 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.92 OAK Jul 27 W, 7-4 at White Sox Finish 13 3.0 5 12 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.92 OAK Jul 29 W, 6-5 at Indians Middle 2.0 2 10 1 1 0 2 0 2 2.96 OAK Jul 30 W, 5-4 at Indians Finish 1.2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.90 W (8-2) OAK Jul 31 W, 2-0 at Angels Finish 14 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.86 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Aug 06 (2) W, 4-3 vs Mariners Middle 1.1 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 2.81 OAK Aug 08 L, 1-2 vs Angels Finish 1.2 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.76 OAK Aug 11 (2) L, 2-3 at Twins Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.69 OAK Aug 15 L, 0-6 vs Yankees Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.66 OAK Aug 16 L, 3-5 vs Yankees Finish 2.1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.59 OAK Aug 18 L, 3-6 vs Red Sox Middle 0.1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.78 OAK Aug 23 L, 0-11 vs Orioles Middle 5.0 5 21 2 1 0 1 0 3 2.73 OAK Aug 29 L, 2-6 at Orioles Finish 3.0 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.64 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Sep 02 W, 4-3 at Red Sox Middle 1.2 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.60 OAK Sep 03 L, 6-11 at Red Sox Finish 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.59 OAK Sep 05 L, 0-3 vs Royals Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.56 OAK Sep 06 L, 8-11 vs Royals Finish 0.2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.55 OAK Sep 08 W, 11-4 vs Rangers Finish 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.50 OAK Sep 10 (1) L, 3-8 vs Rangers Finish 2.1 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.45 OAK Sep 13 L, 1-9 at Royals Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.40 OAK Sep 15 (2) L, 0-5 at Rangers Finish 2.0 2 11 2 2 0 2 1 1 2.52 OAK Sep 19 (2) L, 3-7 vs White Sox Finish 2.0 3 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.64

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Middle relief    3   1   4.19   24   0   0   0   0   0   38.2   52   186   20   18   1   17   5   16   10-14
As closer        5   1   1.79   44   0   0  44  14   0   70.1   54   273   17   14   4   17   5   45   21-23

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              181   18   47   63   4   3   2   17   4   1   21   8   0   29   3  .260  .348  .360  .708
vs RHB              221   40   59   81   7   3   3   36   3   5   13   2   1   32   7  .267  .367  .316  .683

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   1   2.76   30   0   0  19   5   0   49.0   47   207   18   15   3   15   4   30   13-17
Road             4   1   2.55   38   0   0  25   9   0   60.0   59   252   19   17   2   19   6   31   18-20

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              5   0   0.84   20   0   0  13   3   0   32.1   27   136    3    3   1   16   2   18   11-9 
Night            3   2   3.40   48   0   0  31  11   0   76.2   79   323   34   29   4   18   8   43   20-28

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   0   0.92   11   0   0   8   3   0   19.2   15    84    2    2   0   11   1    8    8-3 
May              1   1   2.16   13   0   0   9   3   0   16.2   18    70    5    4   1    2   1   10    5-8 
June             0   1   5.79   12   0   0   8   5   0   18.2   21    83   14   12   4    6   3   12    7-5 
July             4   0   2.66   15   0   0   6   3   0   23.2   26    97    7    7   0    6   3   10    8-7 
August           0   0   1.62    8   0   0   5   0   0   16.2   12    65    4    3   0    5   1   12    1-7 
September        0   0   2.63    9   0   0   8   0   0   13.2   14    60    5    4   0    4   1    9    2-7 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   1   4.22    6   0   0   5   2   0   10.2    8    47    6    5   2    6   1    7    2-4 
Blue Jays        2   0   2.53    6   0   0   4   1   0   10.2    8    38    3    3   0    1   1    3    3-3 
Brewers          0   1   4.50    2   0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    11    1    1   0    0   0    2    0-2 
Indians          2   0   1.23    5   0   0   3   1   0    7.1    7    29    1    1   0    2   0    5    4-1 
Mariners         1   0   1.17    6   0   0   3   3   0    7.2    5    33    1    1   0    4   1    2    5-1 
Orioles          0   0   3.75    4   0   0   1   0   0   12.0   11    47    6    5   1    2   0    8    0-4 
Rangers          0   0   2.31    7   0   0   6   1   0   11.2   10    50    3    3   0    6   4    8    3-4 
Red Sox          0   0   7.71    4   0   0   2   1   0    4.2    9    24    5    4   1    1   0    2    2-2 
Royals           0   0   1.69    7   0   0   5   1   0    5.1    8    26    1    1   0    3   0    6    2-5 
Tigers           1   0   0.00    4   0   0   1   1   0    5.1    6    24    0    0   0    2   1    2    2-2 
Twins            2   0   1.88    6   0   0   4   0   0   14.1   11    61    3    3   0    6   2    6    4-2 
White Sox        0   0   4.50    7   0   0   5   2   0   10.0   16    44    6    5   1    0   0    4    3-4 
Yankees          0   0   0.00    4   0   0   4   1   0    7.1    3    25    1    0   0    1   0    6    1-3 

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