A three-run eighth-inning homer by Joe Wallis snapped a 5-5 deadlock and gave the A's an 8-5 triumph over the Blue Jays. Jeff Newman led off the decisive frame with a walk and went to second on a sacrifice. Glenn Burke ran for Newman and after Mike Adams walked, Wallis homered off reliever Joe Coleman. The A's had tied the score in the seventh on a walk to Dwayne Murphy and back-to-back doubles by Mitchell Page and Willie Horton. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Toronto Blue Jays 5
Game Played on Sunday, July      16, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Blue Jays    0  1  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   5  9  2
A's          0  0  0    1  1  1    2  3  x  -   8 13  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti cf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .262      Wallis cf             5   2   2   3     0   1   .299
Bailor rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .257      Gross 3b              3   0   1   1     0   2   .208
Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .285        Duncan ph,3b        2   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Carty dh              4   1   1   1     0   0   .287      Page lf               4   2   3   1     0   1   .291
Mayberry 1b           4   2   2   3     0   1   .268        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hutton lf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .251        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McKay 2b              4   0   2   1     0   2   .240      Horton dh             4   0   2   1     0   0   .254
Cerone c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .232        Dilone pr,dh,lf     0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Gomez ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .209      Revering 1b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .266
  Ewing ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .194        Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Newman c,1b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .254
  Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burke pr,1b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .235
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Armas rf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .237
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Edwards 2b,ss         4   0   2   0     0   0   .269
                                                          Picciolo ss           1   0   0   0     0   1   .185
                                                            Murphy ph           0   1   0   0     1   0   .182
                                                            Adams 2b            0   1   0   0     1   0   .200
                                                          Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   5     2   4             Totals               34   8  13   8     2   9

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance:  3,753
Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, A's 6
DP: Blue Jays 0, A's 0
Errors: Bosetti, Bailor
Doubles: Hutton (9), Mayberry (11), Horton 2 (10), Edwards (8), Page (14)
Triples: Page (3)
Home Runs: Mayberry (15), Wallis (5)
Caught Stealing: Bailor (6), Wallis (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Picciolo (2), Armas (5)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy                  6     9   4   3   1   8   0  27   4.50
Moore                   0.2   2   1   1   0   1   0   4   3.43
Willis L(1-5)           0.2   1   1   1   0   0   0   3   5.66
Coleman                 0.2   1   2   2   1   0   1   4   2.72
Totals                  8    13   8   7   2   9   1  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg                 5     5   3   3   1   4   1  20   4.06
Lacey                   0.1   2   2   2   0   0   0   3   3.06
Sosa W(7-2)             2.2   1   0   0   1   0   0  10   2.76
Heaverlo SV(7)          1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.89
Totals                  9     9   5   5   2   4   1  37

Wild Pitches: Clancy 2 (7), Lacey (2)

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied out to center; Bailor flied out to
right; Howell made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis singled; Wallis was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Gross struck
out; Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry
homered; Hutton struck out; McKay struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Horton doubled; Revering flied out to right;
Newman flied out to right; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone grounded out (third to first); Gomez made
an out to second; Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards doubled; Clancy threw a wild pitch
[Edwards to third]; Picciolo struck out; Wallis struck out;
Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics
0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor singled; Bailor was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Howell grounded out (pitcher to first);
Carty made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page tripled; Horton made an out to first;
Revering singled [Page scored]; Clancy threw a wild pitch
[Revering to second]; Newman struck out; Armas struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry struck out; Hutton doubled; McKay struck
out; Cerone walked; Gomez forced Cerone (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards singled; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Edwards to second]; Wallis reached on a
fielder's choice [Edwards out at third (shortstop to third to
second to catcher), Wallis to second]; Gross singled [Wallis
scored]; Page singled to right [Gross to third (error by
Bailor)]; Horton grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti singled; Bailor singled [Bosetti to
third]; LACEY REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Lacey threw a wild
pitch [Bailor to second]; Howell made an out to third; Carty
singled [Bosetti scored, Bailor to third]; Mayberry doubled
[Bailor scored, Carty scored]; SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING);
Hutton grounded out (second to first) [Mayberry to third]; McKay
singled [Mayberry scored]; Cerone flied out to center; 4 R, 5 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering singled [Revering to third (error by
Bosetti)]; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first) [Revering
scored (unearned)]; Armas grounded out (third to first); Edwards
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Athletics 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor made an out to third;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MURPHY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Murphy walked; MOORE
REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Wallis made an out to catcher;
DUNCAN BATTED FOR GROSS; Duncan struck out; Page doubled [Murphy
scored]; Horton doubled [Page scored]; DILONE RAN FOR HORTON;
WILLIS REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Revering made an out to first;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: DUNCAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DILONE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SOSA REPLACED PAGE (PITCHING); ADAMS
REPLACED MURPHY (PLAYING 2B); ESSIAN REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING
C ); NEWMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); EDWARDS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Howell made an out to first; Carty made
an out to shortstop; Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Newman singled; BURKE RAN FOR NEWMAN; Armas out
on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Burke to second];
COLEMAN REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Edwards flied out to left;
Adams walked; Wallis homered [Burke scored, Adams scored];
Duncan flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5,
Athletics 8.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: BURKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Hutton walked;
HEAVERLO REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); McKay singled [Hutton to
second]; Cerone flied out to left; EWING BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ewing
flied out to left; Bosetti made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 8.