Mike Edwards drove in two runs with his first major league triple and Willie Horton accounted for two more with a double to highlight the A's 6-5 victory over the Indians. Mitchell Page homered for the A's in the second before Edwards and Horton made it 5-0 with their extra-base hits in the third.

Homers by Gary Alexander and Andre Thornton helped the Indians pull within one run, but the A's then pushed over their deciding tally in the ninth with a single by Rob Picciolo, sacrifice by Edwards and single by Jim Essian. The Indians loaded the bases with one out in their half but fell short with one run on a forceout by Buddy Bell. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 6, Cleveland Indians 5

Game Played on Saturday, July 29, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

A's 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 10 0 Indians 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 - 5 9 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 .200 Norris rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .259 Picciolo ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 .243 Pruitt ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Edwards 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .283 Speed pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Wallis cf 3 0 0 0 2 2 .292 Manning cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .261 Page lf 1 2 1 1 2 0 .290 Bell ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .302 Essian c 1 0 1 1 0 0 .239 Dade pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Horton dh 4 0 1 2 0 2 .262 Grubb lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .275 Revering 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .269 Thornton 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .268 Armas pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Carbo dh 4 1 2 0 0 1 .269 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .198 Alexander c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .237 Duncan ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Veryzer ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .293 Newman c,1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .285 Burke rf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248 Cox 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .219 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 6 10 6 5 9 Totals 34 5 9 5 4 6 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 17,828 Left on Base: A's 8, Indians 7 DP: A's 0, Indians 1 Errors: Monge Doubles: Horton (14) Triples: Edwards (2) Home Runs: Page (12), Alexander (20), Thornton (21) Stolen Bases: Edwards (15) Caught Stealing: Burke (3), Alexander (4) Sacrifice Hits: Page (4), Horton (2), Edwards (9), Cox (6) GIDP: Gross (3) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko W(5-5) 6 7 4 4 1 4 2 25 3.17 Sosa 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 10 2.96 Lacey 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.53 Heaverlo SV(9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.90 Totals 9 9 5 5 4 6 2 39 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise L(8-13) 2.2 6 5 5 1 4 1 14 3.25 Monge 4.2 2 0 0 3 2 0 19 2.68 Spillner 1.2 2 1 1 1 3 0 8 4.44 Totals 9 10 6 6 5 9 1 41 Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy struck out; Edwards made an out to shortstop; Wallis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED MURPHY (PLAYING SS); Norris singled to center; Manning struck out; Grubb flied out to left; Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page homered; Horton struck out; Revering singled to center; Gross grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Revering out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Alexander popped to catcher in foul territory; Veryzer made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman singled to center; Burke was called out on strikes; Picciolo singled to right [Newman to second]; Edwards tripled to right [Newman scored, Picciolo scored]; Wallis struck out; Page was walked intentionally; Horton doubled to center [Edwards scored, Page scored]; MONGE REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Revering grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper flied out to right; Cox walked; Norris singled to center [Cox to second]; Manning was called out on strikes; Grubb singled to right [Cox scored, Norris to third]; Thornton made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross was called out on strikes; Newman made an out to second; Burke singled to center; Burke was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Carbo singled to center; Alexander homered [Carbo scored]; Veryzer flied out to left; Kuiper was called out on strikes; Cox made an out to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards singled to left; Edwards stole second; Wallis struck out; Page walked; Horton forced Page (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 3. INDIANS 5TH: Norris flied out to center; Manning flied out to right; Grubb flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering grounded out (second to first); Gross made an out to third; Newman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 3. INDIANS 6TH: Thornton homered; Carbo struck out; On a bunt Alexander singled; Alexander was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first); Veryzer grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: Burke flied out to center; Picciolo made an out to shortstop; Edwards grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 4. INDIANS 7TH: SOSA REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Kuiper flied out to left; Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: Wallis walked; Page reached on an error by Monge on a sacrifice bunt [Wallis to second]; Horton out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Wallis to third, Page to second]; Revering was walked intentionally; DUNCAN BATTED FOR GROSS; ARMAS RAN FOR REVERING; SPILLNER REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); Duncan struck out; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 4. INDIANS 8TH: ARMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BURKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ESSIAN REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); DUNCAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Manning struck out; Grubb was called out on strikes; Thornton walked; Carbo singled to center [Thornton to third]; Alexander grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: Burke flied out to center; Picciolo singled to right; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Picciolo to second]; Wallis was walked intentionally; Essian singled to left [Picciolo scored, Wallis to second]; Horton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Indians 4. INDIANS 9TH: Veryzer singled to center; Kuiper walked [Veryzer to second]; LACEY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Cox out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Veryzer to third, Kuiper to second]; PRUITT BATTED FOR NORRIS; Pruitt was walked intentionally; SPEED RAN FOR PRUITT; BELL BATTED FOR MANNING; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Bell forced Kuiper (third unassisted) [Veryzer scored, Speed to second]; DADE RAN FOR BELL; Grubb flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Indians 5.

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