Dennis Martinez posted his first major league shutout and Eddie Murray drove in four runs with two homers and a single as the Orioles defeated the A's, 6-0. The victory was the Orioles' 14th in their last 15 games, while the A's went down to their ninth straight loss. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 6, Oakland Athletics 0

Game Played on Friday, June 16, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 9 1 Orioles 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 x - 6 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alston lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Harlow cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Murray rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Dauer 3b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .253 Guerrero ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .278 Murray 1b 4 3 3 4 0 1 .266 Revering 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .269 Singleton rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .293 Page dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .266 Lopez pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .212 May dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Armas cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Kelly lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Essian c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Smith 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Edwards 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Belanger ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .216 Duncan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Skaggs c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .116 Staggs 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244 D. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 0 9 0 4 3 Totals 32 6 8 4 3 5 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 31,944 Left on Base: A's 10, Orioles 6 DP: A's 0, Orioles 2 Errors: Gross Doubles: Essian (8), Murray (10) Home Runs: Murray 2 (13) Caught Stealing: Alston (1) Sacrifice Hits: Smith (4) GIDP: Essian (8) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford L(1-4) 6 5 3 3 1 5 2 24 2.87 Sosa 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 2.91 Lacey 0.1 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 2.55 Heaverlo 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.55 Totals 8 8 6 5 3 5 2 36 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Martinez W(6-3) 9 9 0 0 4 3 0 37 4.64 Totals 9 9 0 0 4 3 0 37 Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston made an out to pitcher; Murray grounded out (catcher to first); Guerrero singled to right; Revering singled to left [Guerrero to second]; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Dauer flied out to center; Murray was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas struck out; Essian doubled to left; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton struck out; May was called out on strikes; Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Alston grounded out (second to first); Murray grounded out (third to first); Guerrero lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Smith made an out to catcher; Belanger singled to left; Skaggs struck out; Harlow flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering singled to right; Page struck out; Gross walked [Revering to second]; Armas flied out to center; Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Dauer grounded out (second to first); Murray homered; Singleton walked; May made an out to first; Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Alston singled to center; Alston was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Smith lined to right; Belanger was called out on strikes; Skaggs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero singled to right; Revering singled [Guerrero to second]; Page walked [Guerrero to third, Revering to second]; Gross lined into a double play (pitcher to third) [Guerrero out at third]; Armas flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Harlow grounded out (first to pitcher); Dauer singled to left; Murray homered [Dauer scored]; Singleton flied out to left; May made an out to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Essian lined to pitcher; DUNCAN BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Duncan struck out; Alston singled to right; Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 7TH: STAGGS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 2B); Kelly singled to left; SOSA REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Kelly to second]; Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Skaggs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Revering flied out to center; Page walked; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 8TH: Harlow singled to right; Dauer singled to left [Harlow to third]; LACEY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Murray doubled [Harlow scored, Dauer to third]; Singleton was walked intentionally; LOPEZ RAN FOR SINGLETON; May reached on an error by Gross [Dauer scored (no RBI), Murray scored (unearned) (no RBI), Lopez to third, May to second]; Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith was walked intentionally; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Belanger forced Lopez (second to first) [May to third, Smith to second]; Skaggs made an out to first; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 6. ATHLETICS 9TH: LOPEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Armas singled to center; Essian grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Armas out at second]; Staggs walked; Alston made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 6.

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