Posting his sixth shutout of the season and 51st of his career, Jim Palmer tossed a three-hitter in hurling the Orioles to an 11-0 romp over the A's. Ken Singleton and Lee May, with three hits each, led the 15-hit attack against three Oakland pitchers. Doug DeCinces doubled home two runs in the first inning when the Orioles scored four times and singled another across in the five-run third. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 11, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    23, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Orioles      4  0  5    0  0  1    0  0  1  -  11 15  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  3


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harlow cf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .236      Alston rf,1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .252
  Lopez cf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Page lf               2   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Smith 2b              4   1   0   0     1   1   .241        Dilone lf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .241
Singleton rf          4   2   3   2     0   0   .296      Carty dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .292
  Anderson rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .045      Duncan 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .268
Murray 1b             4   2   1   0     1   0   .282        Essian c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
DeCinces 3b           5   2   2   3     0   0   .270      Robinson c            2   0   0   0     1   1   .353
May dh                4   1   3   1     0   1   .244        Armas rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
  Hendricks pr,dh     1   1   1   1     0   0   .375      Guerrero ss           1   0   1   0     0   0   .280
Mora lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .239        Picciolo ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Dempsey c             5   0   1   0     0   1   .261      Wallis cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Garcia ss             5   0   0   1     0   3   .300      Gross 1b,3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Edwards 2b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .265
                                                            Woodard 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42  11  15   9     3   7             Totals               30   0   3   0     3   5

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  2,497
Left on Base: Orioles 7, A's 6
DP: Orioles 0, A's 1
Errors: Duncan, Gross 2
Doubles: DeCinces (27), Singleton (15), Lopez (5), Guerrero (17), Carty (18)
Home Runs: Hendricks (1)
Stolen Bases: Page (20)
Caught Stealing: Harlow (11)
GIDP: Dempsey (10)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(15-12)         9     3   0   0   3   5   0  33   2.58
Totals                  9     3   0   0   3   5   0  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko L(6-9)            2     7   8   4   2   2   0  15   3.77
Sosa                    5     5   2   1   1   3   0  21   2.73
Heaverlo                2     3   1   1   0   2   1   9   3.09
Totals                  9    15  11   6   3   7   1  45

Passed Balls: Robinson (1)
Wild Pitches: Palmer (5)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow reached on an error by Gross; Smith grounded
out (second to first) [Harlow to second]; Singleton singled to
left [Harlow scored (unearned), Singleton to second (on throw to
home)]; Murray walked; DeCinces doubled [Singleton scored,
Murray scored]; May singled to second [DeCinces scored (error by
Gross) (unearned)]; Mora flied out to right; Dempsey flied out
to center; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston grounded out (second to first); Page flied
out to left; Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Garcia struck out; Harlow walked; Harlow was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan lined to shortstop; Robinson grounded out
(second to first); Guerrero doubled to left; Wallis flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Singleton singled to right; Murray singled to left
[Singleton to second]; DeCinces singled to center [Singleton
scored, Murray to second]; May singled to left [Murray scored,
DeCinces to second]; SOSA REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Mora
reached on an error by Duncan [DeCinces scored (unearned), May
to second]; Robinson allowed a passed ball [May to third, Mora
to second]; Dempsey was called out on strikes; Garcia grounded
out (shortstop to first) [May scored (unearned), Mora to third];
Harlow singled to left [Mora scored (unearned)]; Smith grounded
out (second to first); 5 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 9,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross grounded out (second to first); Edwards
made an out to shortstop; Alston was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 9, Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); Singleton
grounded out (second to first); Murray flied out to center;
DeCinces grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 9, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page walked; Page stole second; Carty flied out
to center; Duncan grounded out (second to first) [Page to
third]; Robinson walked; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 9, Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: May struck out; Mora singled to left; Dempsey
forced Mora (third to second); Garcia flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 9, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Wallis grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
flied out to right; Edwards singled to left; Palmer threw a wild
pitch [Edwards to second]; Alston grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 9, Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Smith
walked; Singleton doubled to left [Smith scored]; Murray
grounded out (first unassisted) [Singleton to third]; DeCinces
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 10, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: LOPEZ REPLACED HARLOW (PLAYING CF); Page grounded
out (second to first); Carty doubled to center; Duncan struck
out; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 10,
Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: WOODARD REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING 2B); GROSS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); ARMAS REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING
RF); ESSIAN REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING C ); DILONE REPLACED PAGE
(PLAYING LF); ALSTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); May singled
to center; HENDRICKS RAN FOR MAY; Mora singled to left
[Hendricks to second]; Dempsey grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Hendricks to third, Mora out at
second]; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 10,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HENDRICKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ANDERSON
REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Picciolo flied out to center;
Wallis popped to first in foul territory; Gross grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 10, Athletics
0.

ORIOLES 8TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Lopez doubled to
left; Smith flied to left in foul territory; Anderson struck
out; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 10, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Woodard popped to third in foul territory; Alston
grounded out (second to first); Dilone walked; Carty forced
Dilone (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 10,
Athletics 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: DeCinces popped to third in foul territory;
Hendricks homered; Mora made an out to second; Dempsey singled
to third; Garcia struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 11,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Essian made an out to shortstop; Armas flied out
to right; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 11, Athletics 0.