Striking out 12, Nolan Ryan set a major league record of 98 games with 10 or more strikeouts while pitching the Angels to a 5-4 victory over the Mariners. The Angels' ace broke Sandy Koufax' mark, and with 2,319 strikeouts for his career also moved ahead of Rube Waddell into 18th place on the majors' all-time list of whiff kings.

The Angels backed Ryan with three homers for all their runs. Rance Mulliniks homered for the first two runs in the second inning. The Mariners took advantage of a spell of wildness by Ryan to count four times in the third, but Bobby Bonds walked and Tony Solaita hit for the circuit to tie the score in the Angels' half. Don Baylor then produced the winning drive in the eighth with his first homer since June 26. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 5, Seattle Mariners 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      16, 1977 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Mariners     0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  5  0
Angels       0  2  2    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   5  8  1


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               4   1   2   0     1   1   .313      Chalk 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Collins cf            5   0   1   1     0   2   .213      Remy 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Meyer 1b              4   0   0   1     0   3   .257      Bonds rf              2   1   0   0     2   1   .283
Stanton rf            3   1   0   0     1   3   .272      Solaita 1b            4   1   1   2     0   1   .236
Braun lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .232        Torres cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .161
Stein 3b              3   0   1   2     1   1   .259      Baylor lf             3   2   1   1     0   0   .226
Bernhardt dh          4   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Goodwin dh            4   0   1   0     0   2   .143
Stinson c             0   1   0   0     1   0   .287      Mulliniks ss          4   1   2   2     0   0   .277
  Cox c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Briggs cf,1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .143
Reynolds ss           1   1   0   0     1   0   .221      Humphrey c            2   0   2   0     1   0   .236
  Ruppert Jones ph    1   0   0   0     0   1   .259        Flores pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Segui p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Etchebarren c       0   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   4   5   4     6  12             Totals               30   5   8   5     3   6

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 29,068
Left on Base: Mariners 8, Angels 6
DP: Mariners 1, Angels 0
Errors: Chalk
Doubles: Chalk (15)
Home Runs: Mulliniks (2), Solaita (7), Baylor (10)
Stolen Bases: Chalk (8), Baylor (15)
Caught Stealing: Cruz (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Reynolds (10), Chalk (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Meyer (6)
GIDP: Chalk (9)
Hit by Pitch: Stinson (6,by Ryan), Baylor (5,by Segui)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Segui                   2.2   5   4   4   1   4   2  15   5.64
Montague                4.1   2   0   0   2   1   0  16   4.92
Romo L(5-7)             1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   1.91
Totals                  8     8   5   5   3   6   3  35

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan W(13-8)            9     5   4   4   6  12   0  39   2.64
Totals                  9     5   4   4   6  12   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Segui (1), Ryan (6)
Balks: Segui (2), Montague (1)

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dale Ford


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz singled to shortstop; Cruz was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Collins struck out;
Meyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Chalk doubled to left; Remy popped to first; Chalk
stole third; Bonds struck out; Solaita struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Angels 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton struck out; Braun was called out on
strikes; Stein walked; Bernhardt grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor was hit by a pitch; Baylor stole second;
Goodwin was called out on strikes; Mulliniks homered [Baylor
scored]; Briggs grounded out (second to first); Humphrey singled
to left; Chalk forced Humphrey (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Angels 2.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson was hit by a pitch; Reynolds walked
[Stinson to second]; Cruz singled to pitcher [Stinson to third,
Reynolds to second]; Collins grounded out (second to first)
[Stinson scored, Reynolds to third, Cruz to second]; Meyer hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Reynolds scored, Cruz to third];
Stanton walked; Braun walked [Stanton to second]; Stein singled
to center [Cruz scored, Stanton scored, Braun to second];
Bernhardt grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 4, Angels 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Remy struck out; Bonds walked; Segui balked [Bonds
to second]; Solaita homered [Bonds scored]; Baylor popped to
first; Goodwin singled to center; MONTAGUE REPLACED SEGUI
(PITCHING); Mulliniks grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4, Angels 4.

MARINERS 4TH: Stinson walked; Reynolds out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Stinson to second]; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Collins struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4,
Angels 4.

ANGELS 4TH: Briggs struck out; Humphrey singled to right; Chalk
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Humphrey out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4, Angels 4.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer struck out; Stanton was called out on
strikes; Braun popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mariners 4, Angels 4.

ANGELS 5TH: COX REPLACED STINSON (PLAYING C ); Remy flied out to
center; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Solaita flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4, Angels 4.

MARINERS 6TH: Stein grounded out (first unassisted); Bernhardt
singled to center; Cox flied out to right; Reynolds flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4, Angels 4.

ANGELS 6TH: Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodwin
grounded out (pitcher to first); Mulliniks singled to right;
Briggs popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4,
Angels 4.

MARINERS 7TH: Cruz walked; Collins popped to third; Meyer flied
out to center; Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mariners 4, Angels 4.

ANGELS 7TH: Humphrey walked; FLORES RAN FOR HUMPHREY; Chalk out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Flores to second]; Remy
reached on a fielder's choice [Flores out at third (pitcher to
shortstop to third)]; Montague balked [Remy to second]; Bonds
walked; Solaita flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 4, Angels 4.

MARINERS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED SOLAITA (PLAYING CF); BRIGGS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); ETCHEBARREN REPLACED FLORES
(PLAYING C ); Braun popped to second; Stein was called out on
strikes; Bernhardt reached on an error by Chalk; Cox forced
Bernhardt (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners
4, Angels 4.

ANGELS 8TH: ROMO REPLACED MONTAGUE (PITCHING); Baylor homered;
Goodwin was called out on strikes; Mulliniks grounded out
(shortstop to first); Briggs popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4, Angels 5.

MARINERS 9TH: RUPPERT JONES BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Ruppert Jones
struck out; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Collins
singled to center; Meyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 4, Angels 5.