Mike Edwards drove in two runs with his first major league triple and Willie Horton accounted for two more with a double to highlight the A's 6-5 victory over the Indians. Mitchell Page homered for the A's in the second before Edwards and Horton made it 5-0 with their extra-base hits in the third.

Homers by Gary Alexander and Andre Thornton helped the Indians pull within one run, but the A's then pushed over their deciding tally in the ninth with a single by Rob Picciolo, sacrifice by Edwards and single by Jim Essian. The Indians loaded the bases with one out in their half but fell short with one run on a forceout by Buddy Bell. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Cleveland Indians 5
Game Played on Saturday, July      29, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          0  1  4    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   6 10  0
Indians      0  0  1    2  0  1    0  0  1  -   5  9  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murphy ss             1   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Norris rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .259
  Picciolo ss         4   2   2   0     0   0   .243        Pruitt ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .242
Edwards 2b            4   1   2   2     0   0   .283        Speed pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .210
Wallis cf             3   0   0   0     2   2   .292      Manning cf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .261
Page lf               1   2   1   1     2   0   .290        Bell ph             1   0   0   1     0   0   .302
  Essian c            1   0   1   1     0   0   .239        Dade pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Horton dh             4   0   1   2     0   2   .262      Grubb lf              5   0   1   1     0   1   .275
Revering 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .269      Thornton 1b           3   1   1   1     1   0   .268
  Armas pr,rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Carbo dh              4   1   2   0     0   1   .269
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .198      Alexander c           4   1   2   2     0   0   .237
  Duncan ph,3b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Veryzer ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .293
Newman c,1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .255      Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .285
Burke rf,lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .248      Cox 3b                2   1   0   0     1   0   .219
Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6  10   6     5   9             Totals               34   5   9   5     4   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 17,828
Left on Base: A's 8, Indians 7
DP: A's 0, Indians 1
Errors: Monge
Doubles: Horton (14)
Triples: Edwards (2)
Home Runs: Page (12), Alexander (20), Thornton (21)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (15)
Caught Stealing: Burke (3), Alexander (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Page (4), Horton (2), Edwards (9), Cox (6)
GIDP: Gross (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko W(5-5)            6     7   4   4   1   4   2  25   3.17
Sosa                    2     2   1   1   2   2   0  10   2.96
Lacey                   0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.53
Heaverlo SV(9)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.90
Totals                  9     9   5   5   4   6   2  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(8-13)            2.2   6   5   5   1   4   1  14   3.25
Monge                   4.2   2   0   0   3   2   0  19   2.68
Spillner                1.2   2   1   1   1   3   0   8   4.44
Totals                  9    10   6   6   5   9   1  41

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy struck out; Edwards made an out to
shortstop; Wallis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED MURPHY (PLAYING SS); Norris
singled to center; Manning struck out; Grubb flied out to left;
Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Page homered; Horton struck out; Revering singled
to center; Gross grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Revering out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Alexander
popped to catcher in foul territory; Veryzer made an out to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman singled to center; Burke was called out on
strikes; Picciolo singled to right [Newman to second]; Edwards
tripled to right [Newman scored, Picciolo scored]; Wallis struck
out; Page was walked intentionally; Horton doubled to center
[Edwards scored, Page scored]; MONGE REPLACED WISE (PITCHING);
Revering grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper flied out to right; Cox walked; Norris
singled to center [Cox to second]; Manning was called out on
strikes; Grubb singled to right [Cox scored, Norris to third];
Thornton made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 5, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross was called out on strikes; Newman made an
out to second; Burke singled to center; Burke was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Carbo singled to center; Alexander homered [Carbo
scored]; Veryzer flied out to left; Kuiper was called out on
strikes; Cox made an out to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Edwards singled to left; Edwards stole second; Wallis struck
out; Page walked; Horton forced Page (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Norris flied out to center; Manning flied out to
right; Grubb flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
5, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering grounded out (second to first); Gross
made an out to third; Newman popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Thornton homered; Carbo struck out; On a bunt
Alexander singled; Alexander was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop to first); Veryzer grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Burke flied out to center; Picciolo made an out
to shortstop; Edwards grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: SOSA REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Kuiper flied out to
left; Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Wallis walked; Page reached on an error by Monge
on a sacrifice bunt [Wallis to second]; Horton out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Wallis to third, Page to
second]; Revering was walked intentionally; DUNCAN BATTED FOR
GROSS; ARMAS RAN FOR REVERING; SPILLNER REPLACED MONGE
(PITCHING); Duncan struck out; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: ARMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BURKE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ESSIAN REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING C );
NEWMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); DUNCAN STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 3B); Manning struck out; Grubb was called out on
strikes; Thornton walked; Carbo singled to center [Thornton to
third]; Alexander grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Burke flied out to center; Picciolo singled to
right; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Picciolo to second]; Wallis was walked intentionally; Essian
singled to left [Picciolo scored, Wallis to second]; Horton
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Veryzer singled to center; Kuiper walked [Veryzer
to second]; LACEY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Cox out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Veryzer to third, Kuiper to
second]; PRUITT BATTED FOR NORRIS; Pruitt was walked
intentionally; SPEED RAN FOR PRUITT; BELL BATTED FOR MANNING;
HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Bell forced Kuiper (third
unassisted) [Veryzer scored, Speed to second]; DADE RAN FOR
BELL; Grubb flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
6, Indians 5.