Aggressive baserunning helped the A's defeat the Blue Jays, 5-3. The A's got their first run in the opening inning on a single by Mike Edwards, a stolen base and a single by Willie Horton. Mitchell Page clouted a solo homer in the sixth stanza and the A's added another tally in that same inning on a double by Mario Guerrero and single by Taylor Duncan.

In the seventh canto, Joe Wallis, who had singled and taken second on an infield out, stole third on a delayed steal and scored when reliever Mike Willis threw wildly trying to get him at third. Miguel Dilone, running for Dave Revering, who had walked, then stole second and sailed home on a double by Horton. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Game Played on Sunday, July 23, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

A's          1  0  0    0  0  2    2  0  0  -   5 13  3
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  5  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .288      Bosetti cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .260
Wallis cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .299      Bailor 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .263
Page lf               3   1   1   1     1   1   .296      A. Woods lf           3   0   1   2     0   0   .200
  Essian c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Revering 1b           3   0   0   0     1   2   .272      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Dilone pr,lf        1   1   0   0     0   0   .244      Velez rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .298
Horton dh             4   0   2   2     0   0   .248      Ashby c               4   1   2   1     0   0   .244
  Murphy pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .174      McKay 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Guerrero ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .286      Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Duncan 3b             4   0   2   1     0   1   .260        Upshaw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Newman c,1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .255        Johnson ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Armas rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  13   4     2   6             Totals               32   3   5   3     1   1

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 23,153
Left on Base: A's 8, Blue Jays 4
DP: A's 0, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Edwards, Guerrero, Duncan, Willis
Doubles: Duncan (6), Guerrero (11), Horton (11), Edwards (10), Bailor (20)
Home Runs: Page (11), Ashby (5)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (14), Wallis (1), Dilone (30)
Caught Stealing: Bosetti (6)
Sacrifice Flies: A. Woods (1)
GIDP: Armas (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(3-7)         7.2   5   3   2   1   0   1  30   3.08
Heaverlo SV(8)          1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.80
Totals                  9     5   3   2   1   1   1  34

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin L(2-11)          5.2  10   3   3   1   6   1  26   5.76
Willis                  2.2   3   2   2   1   0   0  12   5.69
Murphy                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.64
Totals                  9    13   5   5   2   6   1  40

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards singled; Edwards stole second; Wallis
flied out to center; Page walked; Revering struck out; Horton
singled to right [Edwards scored, Page to second]; Guerrero
forced Horton (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied out to right; Bailor flied out to
center; A. Woods flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan struck out; Newman singled to center;
Armas grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Newman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty made an out to shortstop; Mayberry flied
out to right; Velez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards flied out to left; Wallis singled to
left; Page struck out; Revering struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby homered; McKay grounded out (first to
pitcher); Gomez flied out to right; Bosetti reached on an error
by Guerrero; Bosetti was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Horton flied out to right; Guerrero singled to
center [Guerrero out at second (center to second)]; Duncan
doubled to left; Newman struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor made an out to third; A. Woods grounded
out (first unassisted); Carty grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas grounded out (third to first); Edwards
popped to catcher in foul territory; Wallis struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry popped to pitcher in foul territory;
Velez grounded out (first unassisted); Ashby singled to center;
McKay reached on an error by Edwards [Ashby to second]; Gomez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page homered; Revering grounded out (second to
first); Horton made an out to second; Guerrero doubled to right;
Duncan singled to right [Guerrero scored]; Newman singled to
left [Duncan to second]; WILLIS REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING);
Armas forced Newman (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti singled to third [Bosetti to second
(error by Duncan)]; Bailor grounded out (second to first)
[Bosetti to third]; A. Woods hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Bosetti scored (unearned)]; Carty flied out to left; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Wallis
singled to left; Page grounded out (first to pitcher) [Wallis to
second]; Wallis stole third; Wallis was picked off third but was
safe on an error by Willis [Wallis scored]; Revering walked;
DILONE RAN FOR REVERING; Dilone stole second; Horton doubled to
left [Dilone scored]; MURPHY RAN FOR HORTON; Guerrero flied out
to center; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DILONE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ESSIAN REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Mayberry popped to catcher in
foul territory; Velez walked; Ashby grounded out (second to
first) [Velez to second]; McKay grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Blue Jays 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Duncan flied out to center; Newman flied out to
right; Armas made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: UPSHAW BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Upshaw made an out to
third; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Bailor doubled to
left; A. Woods singled to right [Bailor scored]; HEAVERLO
REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Carty forced A. Woods (shortstop
to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Blue Jays 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING SS); Edwards
doubled to left; Wallis reached on a fielder's choice [Edwards
out at third (pitcher to third)]; MURPHY REPLACED WILLIS
(PITCHING); Essian popped to third in foul territory; Dilone
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
5, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Velez
struck out; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Blue Jays 3.

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