Dennis Martinez posted his first major league shutout and Eddie Murray drove in four runs with two homers and a single as the Orioles defeated the A's, 6-0. The victory was the Orioles' 14th in their last 15 games, while the A's went down to their ninth straight loss. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Friday, June      16, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  9  1
Orioles      0  0  0    1  0  2    0  3  x  -   6  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alston lf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .250      Harlow cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .282
Murray rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Dauer 3b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .253
Guerrero ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .278      Murray 1b             4   3   3   4     0   1   .266
Revering 1b           4   0   3   0     0   0   .269      Singleton rf          2   0   0   0     2   1   .293
Page dh               2   0   0   0     2   1   .266        Lopez pr,rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .212      May dh                4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Armas cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .255      Kelly lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Essian c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .244      Smith 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .266
Edwards 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Belanger ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .216
  Duncan ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .205      Skaggs c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .116
  Staggs 2b           0   0   0   0     1   0   .244      D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   0   9   0     4   3             Totals               32   6   8   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 31,944
Left on Base: A's 10, Orioles 6
DP: A's 0, Orioles 2
Errors: Gross
Doubles: Essian (8), Murray (10)
Home Runs: Murray 2 (13)
Caught Stealing: Alston (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Smith (4)
GIDP: Essian (8)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(1-4)         6     5   3   3   1   5   2  24   2.87
Sosa                    1     2   2   2   0   0   0   5   2.91
Lacey                   0.1   1   1   0   2   0   0   5   2.55
Heaverlo                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.55
Totals                  8     8   6   5   3   5   2  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez W(6-3)      9     9   0   0   4   3   0  37   4.64
Totals                  9     9   0   0   4   3   0  37

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston made an out to pitcher; Murray grounded
out (catcher to first); Guerrero singled to right; Revering
singled to left [Guerrero to second]; Page grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Dauer flied
out to center; Murray was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas
struck out; Essian doubled to left; Edwards grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton struck out; May was called out on
strikes; Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alston grounded out (second to first); Murray
grounded out (third to first); Guerrero lined to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Smith made an out to catcher; Belanger singled to
left; Skaggs struck out; Harlow flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering singled to right; Page struck out; Gross
walked [Revering to second]; Armas flied out to center; Essian
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Dauer grounded out (second to first); Murray
homered; Singleton walked; May made an out to first; Kelly
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Alston
singled to center; Alston was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Smith lined to right; Belanger was called out on
strikes; Skaggs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero singled to right; Revering singled
[Guerrero to second]; Page walked [Guerrero to third, Revering
to second]; Gross lined into a double play (pitcher to third)
[Guerrero out at third]; Armas flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Harlow grounded out (first to pitcher); Dauer
singled to left; Murray homered [Dauer scored]; Singleton flied
out to left; May made an out to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Essian lined to pitcher; DUNCAN BATTED FOR
EDWARDS; Duncan struck out; Alston singled to right; Murray
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles
3.

ORIOLES 7TH: STAGGS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 2B); Kelly singled
to left; SOSA REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Smith out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Kelly to second]; Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Skaggs grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Orioles 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Revering
flied out to center; Page walked; Gross grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Harlow singled to right; Dauer singled to left
[Harlow to third]; LACEY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Murray
doubled [Harlow scored, Dauer to third]; Singleton was walked
intentionally; LOPEZ RAN FOR SINGLETON; May reached on an error
by Gross [Dauer scored (no RBI), Murray scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Lopez to third, May to second]; Kelly grounded out
(shortstop to first); Smith was walked intentionally; HEAVERLO
REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Belanger forced Lopez (second to
first) [May to third, Smith to second]; Skaggs made an out to
first; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LOPEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Armas singled
to center; Essian grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Armas out at second]; Staggs walked; Alston
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Orioles 6.