A homer by Doug DeCinces was the key blow as the Orioles won their seventh straight game, a 7-3 decision over the A's. The score was 3-3 going into the bottom of eighth when Ken Singleton hit a leadoff single. DeCinces followed with a round-tripper. Later in the inning, Rich Dauer and Mark Belanger added RBI singles. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 7, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Monday, August 28, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

A's 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 13 2 Orioles 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 x - 7 10 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wallis rf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .273 Harlow cf 5 0 0 0 0 4 .235 Gross 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .195 Kelly lf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .251 Dilone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Mora ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Duncan 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Singleton rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .295 Revering 1b 4 2 4 0 0 0 .275 Lopez pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .230 Carty dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 .296 Murray 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .283 Page lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 DeCinces 3b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .275 Robinson c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .344 May dh 4 0 1 2 0 0 .247 Guerrero ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .278 Dempsey c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .269 Armas cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .218 Dauer 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .266 Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Belanger ss 2 0 1 1 1 0 .208 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 3 13 3 0 6 Totals 32 7 10 7 4 7 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 6,000 Left on Base: A's 8, Orioles 6 DP: A's 2, Orioles 1 Errors: Gross, Robinson, Mora Doubles: Dempsey (16) Home Runs: Carty (24), Singleton (18), DeCinces (22) Stolen Bases: Belanger (6) Caught Stealing: Dilone (22), May (2) Sacrifice Hits: Edwards (12) GIDP: Carty (10), May (17), Dauer (10) Hit by Pitch: Belanger (5,by Renko) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko 6.1 5 3 3 4 5 1 27 3.79 Lacey L(8-9) 1.2 5 4 4 0 2 1 10 3.03 Totals 8 10 7 7 4 7 2 37 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(16-12) 9 13 3 3 0 6 1 38 2.60 Totals 9 13 3 3 0 6 1 38 Hit by Pitch: Renko (2) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis made an out to shortstop; Gross singled to right; Revering singled to center [Gross to second]; Carty grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Revering out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow was called out on strikes; Kelly flied out to center; Singleton lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson flied out to center; Guerrero flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray walked; DeCinces made an out to shortstop; May grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Murray out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas singled to left; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Armas to second]; Wallis grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey singled to right; Dauer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dempsey out at second]; Belanger walked; Belanger stole second [Belanger to third (error by Robinson)]; Harlow flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering singled to center; Carty flied out to center; Page flied out to left; Robinson singled to left [Revering to second]; Guerrero singled to right [Revering scored, Robinson to third]; Armas flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Kelly lined to first; Singleton homered; Murray struck out; DeCinces singled to center; May flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards flied out to left; Wallis struck out; Gross popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey made an out to shortstop; Dauer reached on an error by Gross; On a bunt Belanger made an out to third; Harlow struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering singled to left; Carty homered [Revering scored]; Page flied out to center; Robinson singled to right; Guerrero singled to left [Robinson to second]; Armas flied out to right [Robinson to third]; Edwards forced Guerrero (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Kelly walked; Singleton walked [Kelly to second]; Murray struck out; DeCinces singled to shortstop [Kelly to third, Singleton to second]; May singled to left [Kelly scored, Singleton scored, DeCinces to second]; May was caught stealing second (catcher to second) [DeCinces to third]; Dempsey struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis was called out on strikes; Gross singled to center; DILONE RAN FOR GROSS; Dilone was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Revering singled; Carty struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 7TH: DUNCAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING 3B); Dauer flied out to center; Belanger was hit by a pitch; LACEY REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Harlow struck out; MORA BATTED FOR KELLY; Mora flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: MORA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Page grounded out (second to first); Robinson grounded out (second to first); Guerrero flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton singled to left; LOPEZ RAN FOR SINGLETON; Murray made an out to shortstop; DeCinces homered [Lopez scored]; May grounded out (second to first); Dempsey doubled; Dauer singled to center [Dempsey scored, Dauer to second (on throw to home)]; Belanger singled to center [Dauer scored]; Harlow struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 7. ATHLETICS 9TH: LOPEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Armas struck out; Edwards singled to left [Edwards to second (error by Mora)]; Wallis struck out; Duncan flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 7.

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