A two-out, 10th inning double by Rick Dempsey drove in two runs and gave the Orioles a 6-4 decision over the A's. After A's Manager Jack McKeon used up all but one of his players, the A's wound up with outfielder Miguel Dilone playing third base and catcher Jim Essian playing second.

In the 10th, after one out, Dilone committed two errors on a smash by Doug DeCinces, allowing the batter to reach second. After an intentional walk to Lee May and a groundout by Mike Anderson, Dempsey lined his two-base hit for the winning blow. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 6, Oakland Athletics 4

Game Played on Tuesday, August 22, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Orioles 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 10 0 A's 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 - 4 13 2 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harlow cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .235 Alston rf,1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .261 Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Page lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Singleton rf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .291 Carty dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .293 Lopez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Johnson pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murray 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .282 Duncan 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .271 DeCinces 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .268 Langford pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Crowley dh 4 1 1 0 0 2 .246 Armas rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Kelly pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Guerrero ss 5 0 2 0 0 2 .279 May ph,dh 0 1 0 0 1 0 .240 Robinson c 5 1 2 0 0 1 .400 Mora lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .235 Wallis cf 5 0 4 1 0 0 .286 Anderson lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .048 Gross 1b 2 1 0 1 1 0 .195 Dempsey c 3 1 1 2 2 0 .262 Woodard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Garcia ss 5 0 2 2 0 1 .313 Picciolo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Belanger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Essian ph,2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .225 McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Revering ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dilone pr,rf,3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 6 10 6 4 11 Totals 40 4 13 4 4 5 Time of Game: 3:29 Attendance: 1,930 Left on Base: Orioles 9, A's 11 DP: Orioles 1, A's 0 Errors: Dilone 2 Doubles: Dempsey (15), Robinson (2) Triples: Garcia (3) Home Runs: Harlow (5), Singleton (17) Caught Stealing: Page (15) Sacrifice Hits: Harlow (3) Sacrifice Flies: Alston (1) GIDP: Page (6) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGregor 7 9 3 3 1 2 0 29 3.38 Stanhouse W(6-6) 2.1 3 1 1 3 3 0 13 3.13 Kerrigan SV(1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.28 Totals 10 13 4 4 4 5 0 45 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg 1.1 4 4 4 1 1 2 9 4.63 Norris 5.2 4 0 0 2 8 0 23 3.86 Lacey L(8-7) 3 2 2 0 1 2 0 13 2.67 Totals 10 10 6 4 4 11 2 45 Wild Pitches: Stanhouse (2) Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Al Clark ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow homered; Dauer popped to third in foul territory; Singleton homered; Murray grounded out (second to first); DeCinces grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston lined to pitcher; Page singled to right; Page was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Carty struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Athletics 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley singled to right; Mora struck out; Dempsey walked [Crowley to second]; Garcia tripled [Crowley scored, Dempsey scored]; NORRIS REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Harlow struck out; Dauer flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan flied out to left; Guerrero flied out to center; Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Singleton singled to left; Murray singled to left [Singleton to second]; DeCinces flied out to center; Crowley was called out on strikes; Mora was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Wallis singled to left; Gross forced Wallis (third to second); On a bunt Edwards singled [Gross to second]; Alston singled to right [Gross scored, Edwards to third]; Page grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Alston out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Dempsey walked; Garcia struck out; Harlow singled to left [Dempsey to third]; Dauer grounded out (pitcher to first) [Harlow to second]; Singleton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Carty flied out to right; Duncan flied out to left; Guerrero struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Murray struck out; DeCinces struck out; Crowley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Robinson doubled; Wallis singled to first [Robinson to third]; Gross forced Wallis (second to shortstop) [Robinson scored]; Edwards flied out to right; Alston made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 2. ORIOLES 6TH: Mora grounded out (third to first); Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Page popped to third in foul territory; Carty singled to right; Duncan flied out to left; Guerrero singled to left [Carty to second]; Robinson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 2. ORIOLES 7TH: Harlow grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer walked; Singleton struck out; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis flied out to center; Gross walked; WOODARD RAN FOR GROSS; REVERING BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Revering singled to right [Woodard to third]; DILONE RAN FOR REVERING; Alston hit a sacrifice fly to center [Woodard scored, Dilone to second]; Page made an out to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 3. ORIOLES 8TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ALSTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); PICCIOLO REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING 2B); DeCinces singled to left; LACEY REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Crowley forced DeCinces (second to shortstop); KELLY RAN FOR CROWLEY; Mora struck out; Dempsey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ANDERSON REPLACED MORA (PLAYING LF); STANHOUSE REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Carty grounded out (second to first); Duncan walked; LANGFORD RAN FOR DUNCAN; Guerrero singled to left [Langford to second]; Robinson was called out on strikes; Wallis singled to center [Langford scored, Guerrero to third]; ESSIAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Essian walked [Wallis to second]; Dilone grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 4. ORIOLES 9TH: ESSIAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); DILONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); ARMAS REPLACED LANGFORD (PLAYING RF); Garcia singled to center; Harlow out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Garcia to second]; Dauer reached on a fielder's choice [Garcia out at third (shortstop to third)]; Singleton lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: On a bunt Alston grounded out (pitcher to first); Page flied out to center; Carty walked; JOHNSON RAN FOR CARTY; Stanhouse threw a wild pitch [Johnson to second]; Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Athletics 4. ORIOLES 10TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Murray struck out; DeCinces reached on an error by Dilone [DeCinces to second (error by Dilone)]; MAY BATTED FOR KELLY; May was walked intentionally; Anderson grounded out (catcher to first) [DeCinces to third, May to second]; Dempsey doubled [DeCinces scored (unearned), May scored (unearned)]; Garcia flied out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 10TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BELANGER REPLACED GARCIA (PLAYING SS); LOPEZ REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Guerrero struck out; Robinson singled to left; KERRIGAN REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Wallis singled to right [Robinson to second]; Essian made an out to second; Dilone flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 6, Athletics 4.

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