Coming from behind with two runs in the ninth inning, the A's beat Cleveland, 5-4. The bases were empty with two out in the ninth when Dave Revering socked a two-base hit. Rick Langford ran for Revering and scored on a single by Taylor Duncan, who wound up on third base when Johnny Grubb's throw hit Langford. Jim Kern was replaced on the mound by Dan Spillner, who yielded a single to Jeff Newman, enabling the winning run to cross the plate. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Sunday, July      30, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  2  -   5 11  0
Indians      2  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4 12  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   .196      Veryzer ss            4   0   1   0     1   1   .292
  Picciolo ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Manning cf            5   1   3   0     0   1   .266
  Gross ph,3b         2   0   1   3     0   0   .201      Grubb lf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .274
Edwards 2b,ss,2b      4   0   1   0     0   0   .282      Thornton 1b           4   2   2   1     1   1   .271
Wallis cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Alexander dh          3   0   1   1     2   1   .238
Page lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Speed rf              2   0   1   1     1   1   .219
  Dilone pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .242        Norris ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Horton dh             4   1   2   0     0   0   .266      Kuiper 2b             4   0   0   0     1   0   .282
Revering 1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .272      Cox 3b                3   0   1   0     1   0   .221
  Langford pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Diaz c                3   1   1   1     0   0   .239
  Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Paxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Duncan 3b,2b          4   2   2   1     0   0   .265        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Guerrero ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Newman c,1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .255
Burke rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .248
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Norris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  11   5     0   1             Totals               33   4  12   4     7   7

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 10,272
Left on Base: A's 4, Indians 12
DP: A's 3, Indians 1
Errors: Grubb
Doubles: Revering (13), Thornton (16), Alexander (12)
Triples: Gross (2)
Home Runs: Diaz (1)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (16), Veryzer (1)
Caught Stealing: Dilone (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Grubb (6), Diaz (2), Speed (2)
GIDP: Revering (7), Diaz (2), Kuiper (10)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson                 3     6   3   3   2   3   1  17   2.95
Norris                  3     2   1   1   4   4   0  15   3.00
Lacey                   1.1   3   0   0   1   0   0   7   2.49
Sosa W(8-2)             1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.90
Totals                  9    12   4   4   7   7   1  43

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paxton                  7.2   7   3   3   0   1   0  29   3.44
Kern L(7-5)             1     3   2   2   0   0   0   5   3.00
Spillner                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.41
Totals                  9    11   5   5   0   1   0  36

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy struck out; Edwards flied to right in foul
territory; Wallis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED MURPHY (PLAYING SS); Veryzer
grounded out (second to first); Manning singled to left; Grubb
grounded out (first unassisted) [Manning to second]; Thornton
doubled to left [Manning scored]; Alexander doubled to center
[Thornton scored]; Speed struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 2.

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

INDIANS 2ND: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Cox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Diaz homered; Veryzer struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan made an out to second; Newman flied out to
right; Burke singled to left; Picciolo grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning singled to center; Grubb out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Manning to second]; Thornton struck
out; Alexander was walked intentionally; Speed walked [Manning
to third, Alexander to second]; Kuiper flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis
flied out to left; Page grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Cox singled to left; NORRIS REPLACED JOHNSON
(PITCHING); Diaz out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Cox to second]; Veryzer singled to center [Cox to third];
Manning reached on a fielder's choice [Cox out at home (first to
catcher), Veryzer to second]; Grubb struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Horton singled to center; Revering singled to
right [Horton to second]; Duncan singled [Horton to third,
Revering to second]; Newman made an out to shortstop; Burke
flied out to center; GROSS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Gross tripled to
center [Horton scored, Revering scored, Duncan scored]; Edwards
popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DUNCAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); EDWARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Thornton singled to left; Alexander was called out on strikes;
Speed out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Thornton to
second]; Kuiper walked; Cox grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Page
grounded out (second to first); Horton grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Diaz grounded out (third to first); Veryzer walked;
Veryzer stole second; Manning struck out; Grubb struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering flied out to left; Duncan popped to
third in foul territory; Newman made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Thornton walked; Alexander walked [Thornton to
second]; LACEY REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Speed singled to left
[Thornton scored, Alexander to third, Speed to second (on
throw)]; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Cox was
walked intentionally; Diaz grounded into a double play (third to
catcher to first) [Alexander out at home]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Burke flied out to center; Gross grounded out
(second to first); Edwards singled; KERN REPLACED PAXTON
(PITCHING); Edwards stole second; Wallis grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Veryzer flied out to left; Manning singled to
center; On a bunt Grubb singled [Manning to second]; SOSA
REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Thornton lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Grubb out at first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Page singled to left; DILONE RAN FOR PAGE; Horton
flied out to right; Dilone was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first); Revering
doubled to left; LANGFORD RAN FOR REVERING; Duncan singled to
left [Langford scored (RBI), Duncan to third (error by Grubb)];
SPILLNER REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Newman singled to left
[Duncan scored]; Burke forced Newman (shortstop to second); 2 R,
4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ESSIAN REPLACED
LANGFORD (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
GUERRERO REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING SS); EDWARDS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 2B); Alexander flied out to right; NORRIS BATTED FOR
SPEED; Norris singled to center; Kuiper grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Norris out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Indians 4.