Extending their winning streak to eight games, the Orioles defeated the A's, 6-2. The Birds finished the season series against the A's with an 11-0 mark. It marked the second time in A.L. history that a team won all its games with another club. In 1970, Baltimore beat Kansas City 12 times without losing.

A four-run third inning ignited the Oriole victory. Rich Dauer led off with a single and after Mark Belanger walked, Larry Harlow's bunt was fielded by A's pitcher Mike Norris, who flipped the ball past third base and ran headfirst into Dauer, who was coming home. Norris suffered shoulder, neck, rib and groin injuries in the collision and was replaced by Pete Broberg. Dauer was allowed to score due to obstruction by Norris. After Ken Singleton drove in Belanger, Lee May capped the rally with a two-run single. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Tuesday, August    29, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  8  1
Orioles      0  0  4    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  8  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alston rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Harlow cf             4   2   2   0     0   0   .237
Gross 3b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .196      Kelly lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .248
Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .275        Anderson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .042
Carty dh              4   1   1   1     0   1   .296      Singleton rf          4   1   2   2     0   1   .297
Page lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .286        Lopez rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Murray 1b             3   0   1   0     1   2   .284
Robinson c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .333      DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .273
Armas cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .215      May dh                4   0   1   2     0   1   .247
Edwards 2b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .271      Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .266
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dauer 2b              4   2   2   1     0   0   .269
  Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           2   1   0   0     1   1   .207
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   8   2     0   4             Totals               30   6   8   5     5   8

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  4,995
Left on Base: A's 5, Orioles 5
DP: A's 2, Orioles 1
Errors: Norris, Harlow
Doubles: Edwards (13)
Home Runs: Gross (7), Carty (25), Dauer (6)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (26)
GIDP: Edwards (7), DeCinces (11), Dauer (11)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(0-2)           2     2   3   3   2   2   0  10   4.62
Broberg                 3     5   3   3   2   2   1  16   4.70
Sosa                    3     1   0   0   1   4   0   9   2.64
Totals                  8     8   6   6   5   8   1  35

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez W(11-10)    9     8   2   2   0   4   2  34   3.95
Totals                  9     8   2   2   0   4   2  34

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston flied out to right; Gross grounded out
(second to first); Revering singled to right; Carty forced
Revering (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow grounded out (first unassisted); Kelly
walked; Singleton grounded out (second to first) [Kelly to
second]; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Page struck out; Guerrero singled to center;
Robinson flied out to center; Armas flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces struck out; May lined to second; Dempsey
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards singled to right; On a bunt Alston made
an out to pitcher; Edwards stole second; Gross struck out;
Revering flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer singled to left; Belanger walked [Dauer to
second]; On a bunt Harlow singled to pitcher [Dauer scored (no
RBI), Belanger to third, Harlow to second (error by Norris)];
Mike Norris injured rib and groin colliding with Rich Dauer, who
is also injured but stayed in the game; BROBERG REPLACED
NORRIS (PITCHING); Kelly grounded out (third to first);
Singleton singled to center [Belanger scored, Harlow to third];
Murray walked [Singleton to second]; DeCinces made an out to
second; May singled to left [Harlow scored, Singleton scored,
Murray to second]; Dempsey struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Carty popped to catcher in foul territory; Page
grounded out (second to first); Guerrero lined to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Dauer homered; Belanger popped to first in foul
territory; Harlow singled to right; Kelly grounded out (third to
first) [Harlow to second]; Singleton singled [Harlow scored];
Murray struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Robinson singled to left; Armas lined to third;
Edwards grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces walked; May lined to center; Dempsey made
an out to shortstop; Dauer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alston grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Gross
homered; Revering flied out to center; Carty struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: SOSA REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Belanger struck
out; Harlow flied out to right; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page singled to center [Page to second (error by
Harlow)]; Guerrero grounded out (second to first) [Page to
third]; Robinson flied out to left; Armas was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton struck out; Murray singled to right;
DeCinces grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Murray out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Orioles 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Edwards
doubled to left; Alston flied out to left; ANDERSON REPLACED
KELLY (PLAYING LF); Gross grounded out (shortstop to first);
Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: May struck out; Dempsey walked; Dauer grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Dempsey out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Carty homered; Page popped to third in foul
territory; Guerrero flied out to center; Robinson grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 6.