Aggressive baserunning helped the A's defeat the Blue Jays, 5-3. The A's got their first run in the opening inning on a single by Mike Edwards, a stolen base and a single by Willie Horton. Mitchell Page clouted a solo homer in the sixth stanza and the A's added another tally in that same inning on a double by Mario Guerrero and single by Taylor Duncan.

In the seventh canto, Joe Wallis, who had singled and taken second on an infield out, stole third on a delayed steal and scored when reliever Mike Willis threw wildly trying to get him at third. Miguel Dilone, running for Dave Revering, who had walked, then stole second and sailed home on a double by Horton. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Game Played on Sunday, July 23, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

A's 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 - 5 13 3 Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 3 5 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .288 Bosetti cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .260 Wallis cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .299 Bailor 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .263 Page lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .296 A. Woods lf 3 0 1 2 0 0 .200 Essian c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Carty dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Revering 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .272 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Dilone pr,lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .244 Velez rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .298 Horton dh 4 0 2 2 0 0 .248 Ashby c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .244 Murphy pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 McKay 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Guerrero ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .286 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Duncan 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .260 Upshaw ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Newman c,1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .255 Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Armas rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 5 13 4 2 6 Totals 32 3 5 3 1 1 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 23,153 Left on Base: A's 8, Blue Jays 4 DP: A's 0, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Edwards, Guerrero, Duncan, Willis Doubles: Duncan (6), Guerrero (11), Horton (11), Edwards (10), Bailor (20) Home Runs: Page (11), Ashby (5) Stolen Bases: Edwards (14), Wallis (1), Dilone (30) Caught Stealing: Bosetti (6) Sacrifice Flies: A. Woods (1) GIDP: Armas (5) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(3-7) 7.2 5 3 2 1 0 1 30 3.08 Heaverlo SV(8) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.80 Totals 9 5 3 2 1 1 1 34 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garvin L(2-11) 5.2 10 3 3 1 6 1 26 5.76 Willis 2.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 12 5.69 Murphy 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.64 Totals 9 13 5 5 2 6 1 40 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards singled; Edwards stole second; Wallis flied out to center; Page walked; Revering struck out; Horton singled to right [Edwards scored, Page to second]; Guerrero forced Horton (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied out to right; Bailor flied out to center; A. Woods flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan struck out; Newman singled to center; Armas grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Newman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty made an out to shortstop; Mayberry flied out to right; Velez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards flied out to left; Wallis singled to left; Page struck out; Revering struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby homered; McKay grounded out (first to pitcher); Gomez flied out to right; Bosetti reached on an error by Guerrero; Bosetti was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Horton flied out to right; Guerrero singled to center [Guerrero out at second (center to second)]; Duncan doubled to left; Newman struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor made an out to third; A. Woods grounded out (first unassisted); Carty grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas grounded out (third to first); Edwards popped to catcher in foul territory; Wallis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry popped to pitcher in foul territory; Velez grounded out (first unassisted); Ashby singled to center; McKay reached on an error by Edwards [Ashby to second]; Gomez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Page homered; Revering grounded out (second to first); Horton made an out to second; Guerrero doubled to right; Duncan singled to right [Guerrero scored]; Newman singled to left [Duncan to second]; WILLIS REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Armas forced Newman (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti singled to third [Bosetti to second (error by Duncan)]; Bailor grounded out (second to first) [Bosetti to third]; A. Woods hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bosetti scored (unearned)]; Carty flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Wallis singled to left; Page grounded out (first to pitcher) [Wallis to second]; Wallis stole third; Wallis was picked off third but was safe on an error by Willis [Wallis scored]; Revering walked; DILONE RAN FOR REVERING; Dilone stole second; Horton doubled to left [Dilone scored]; MURPHY RAN FOR HORTON; Guerrero flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ESSIAN REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; Velez walked; Ashby grounded out (second to first) [Velez to second]; McKay grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Duncan flied out to center; Newman flied out to right; Armas made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: UPSHAW BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Upshaw made an out to third; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Bailor doubled to left; A. Woods singled to right [Bailor scored]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Carty forced A. Woods (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING SS); Edwards doubled to left; Wallis reached on a fielder's choice [Edwards out at third (pitcher to third)]; MURPHY REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Essian popped to third in foul territory; Dilone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Velez struck out; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 3.

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