The A's ended their five-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Indians. The A's scored four unearned runs in the second inning. Two-out singles by Tony Armas and Mike Adams and Tom Veryzer's error on Joe Wallis' roller filled the bases.

A single by Taylor Duncan got two runs home and a double by Mitchell Page plated another pair. A homer by Dave Revering, a walk, stolen base, passed ball and throwing error by catcher Bo Diaz netted two more Oakland tallies in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Thursday, July      13, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  7  2
A's          0  4  0    0  0  2    0  1  x  -   7 10  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               5   0   0   0     0   2   .271      Wallis cf             5   1   0   0     0   1   .301
Veryzer ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .285      Duncan 3b             3   1   1   2     1   0   .261
Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .301        Gross 3b,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Thornton 1b           2   1   1   0     2   0   .264      Page lf               4   0   2   2     0   0   .288
Alexander dh          4   1   2   2     0   0   .236        Dilone lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Speed cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .249
  Manning ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Newman c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Cox lf                3   0   0   0     0   1   .210        Essian c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Grubb ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Revering 1b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .259
Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .265        Picciolo pr,3b      0   1   0   0     0   0   .182
Diaz c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .284
  Carbo ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Armas rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .226
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Adams 2b              2   1   1   0     1   1   .154
  Reuschel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Edwards pr,2b       1   1   1   1     0   0   .260
                                                          Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   7   3     2   4             Totals               35   7  10   6     2   4

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance:  2,987
Left on Base: Indians 7, A's 6
DP: Indians 0, A's 0
Errors: Veryzer, Diaz, Guerrero
Doubles: Page (13)
Home Runs: Alexander (18), Revering (10)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (11)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits L(6-10)           6     7   6   1   2   3   1  28   2.68
Reuschel                2     3   1   1   0   1   0   9   3.91
Totals                  8    10   7   2   2   4   1  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson W(6-5)          7     7   3   2   2   3   1  31   2.53
Heaverlo SV(6)          2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.93
Totals                  9     7   3   2   2   4   1  37

Passed Balls: Diaz (2)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller


INDIANS 1ST: On a bunt Dade grounded out (pitcher to first);
Veryzer flied out to right; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan
walked; Page singled [Duncan to second]; Horton grounded out
(third to first) [Duncan to third, Page to second]; Newman
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton singled to left; Alexander singled to
center [Thornton to second]; On a bunt Speed made an out to
catcher; Cox struck out; Kuiper singled to left [Thornton
scored, Alexander to third]; Diaz flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (shortstop to first);
Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Armas
singled to center; Adams singled to left [Armas to second];
Wallis reached on an error by Veryzer [Armas to third, Adams to
second]; Duncan singled to right [Armas scored (unearned), Adams
scored (unearned), Wallis to second]; Page doubled to center
[Wallis scored (unearned), Duncan scored (unearned)]; Horton
struck out; 4 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 4.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade struck out; Veryzer struck out; Bell singled
to right; Thornton walked [Bell to second]; Alexander flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman grounded out (third to first); Revering
flied out to center; Guerrero made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Speed flied out to right; Cox popped to first in
foul territory; Kuiper grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas flied out to center; Adams struck out;
Wallis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Athletics 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Diaz popped to catcher in foul territory; Dade
grounded out (third to first); Veryzer grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan flied out to left; Page grounded out
(first unassisted); Horton singled to left; Newman forced Horton
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Athletics 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell reached on an error by Guerrero; Thornton
flied out to center; Alexander homered [Bell scored (unearned)];
Speed made an out to second; Cox grounded out (third to first);
2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering homered; Guerrero flied out to center;
Armas flied out to center; Adams walked; EDWARDS RAN FOR ADAMS;
Edwards stole second; Diaz allowed a passed ball [Edwards scored
(error by Diaz) (unearned)]; Wallis grounded out (third to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 6.

INDIANS 7TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Kuiper
grounded out (second to first); Diaz singled to right; Dade
flied out to center; Veryzer singled to right [Diaz to third];
Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3,
Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: REUSCHEL REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Duncan made
an out to second; Page flied out to center; Horton flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 6.

INDIANS 8TH: GROSS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); DILONE REPLACED
PAGE (PLAYING LF); ESSIAN REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING C ); Thornton
walked; HEAVERLO REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Alexander flied
out to right; MANNING BATTED FOR SPEED; Manning flied out to
left; GRUBB BATTED FOR COX; Grubb flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MANNING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GRUBB STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Essian flied out to center; Revering
singled to center; PICCIOLO RAN FOR REVERING; Guerrero singled
to center [Picciolo to second]; Armas popped to first in foul
territory; Edwards singled to center [Picciolo scored, Guerrero
to second]; Wallis was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 7.

INDIANS 9TH: PICCIOLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GROSS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Kuiper grounded out (second to first);
CARBO BATTED FOR DIAZ; Carbo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Dade was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
3, Athletics 7.