Slow-starting Dave Goltz suffered his third straight defeat when the Angels edged the Twins, 3-2. Last year Goltz dropped his first two decisions before coming back to win 20 games while losing 11.

The Angels tagged Goltz for a run in the first inning on a double by Lyman Bostock and single by Joe Rudi. Don Baylor homered in the sixth and the Angels' deciding run followed in the same inning when Ron Jackson doubled and Dave Chalk singled. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 3, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Friday, April     21, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Angels       1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Twins        0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  3


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Landreaux rf          4   0   1   0     0   2   .278      Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .395
Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .200        Borgmann ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Bostock cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .125      Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Rudi lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .257      Carew 1b              3   0   1   1     2   1   .388
Baylor dh             4   1   1   1     0   2   .298      Chiles lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .455
Jackson 1b            4   1   3   0     0   1   .524        Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Chalk 3b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .282        Norwood lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Mulliniks ss          3   0   0   0     1   1   .167      Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .212
Downing c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Adams dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .122
Aase p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kusick ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ford cf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .302
                                                          Powell rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .189
                                                            Rivera ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
                                                          Randall 2b            3   1   2   0     1   0   .273
                                                          Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Thayer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     3   7             Totals               33   2   6   1     5   5

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance:  4,516
Left on Base: Angels 5, Twins 10
DP: Angels 0, Twins 2
Errors: Landreaux, Ford, Randall, Goltz
Doubles: Bostock (2), Jackson (4), Ford (4)
Home Runs: Baylor (5)
Stolen Bases: Ford (2), Powell (1)
Caught Stealing: Grich (1), Landreaux (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (2)
GIDP: Chalk (2), Rudi (2)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Aase W(1-1)             6.1   6   2   2   3   3   0  29   4.08
LaRoche SV(3)           2.2   0   0   0   2   2   0  10   0.90
Totals                  9     6   2   2   5   5   0  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(0-3)            7     8   3   3   3   5   1  29   4.06
Thayer                  2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.16
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   7   1  35

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux struck out; Grich flied to right; Bostock
doubled to left; Rudi singled to right [Bostock scored]; Baylor
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
grounded out (third to first); Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Jackson singled to center; Chalk grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jackson out at
second]; Mulliniks walked; Downing flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Chiles grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar
struck out; Adams reached on an error by Landreaux; Ford struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Landreaux was called out on strikes; Grich walked;
Bostock was called out on strikes; Grich was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Powell grounded out (second to first); Randall
singled to right; Cubbage flied to center; Smalley singled to
third [Randall to second]; Carew singled to center [Randall
scored, Smalley to third]; Chiles grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor
grounded out (second to first); Jackson singled to center;
Jackson was picked off first but was safe on an error by Goltz
[Jackson to second]; Chalk walked; Mulliniks was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Adams
grounded out (first unassisted); Ford doubled to left; Powell
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
1, Twins 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Downing grounded out (third to first); Landreaux
grounded out (second to first); Grich grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Randall singled to left; Cubbage flied to left;
Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randall to second];
Carew was walked intentionally; Chiles flied to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi
lined to left; Baylor homered; Jackson doubled to right; Chalk
singled to center [Jackson scored, Chalk to second (error by
Ford)]; Mulliniks lined to left; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
3, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Adams
grounded out (second to first); Ford walked; Powell singled to
right [Ford to third]; Ford stole home and Powell stole second;
Randall grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 3, Twins 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Downing flied to right; Landreaux singled to right;
Landreaux was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Grich
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
3, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: Cubbage walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Cubbage to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED AASE
(PITCHING); Carew walked; MORALES BATTED FOR CHILES; Morales
struck out; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, Twins 2.

ANGELS 8TH: NORWOOD REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING LF); THAYER
REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Bostock reached on an error by
Randall; Rudi grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Bostock out at second]; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick grounded out (catcher
to first); Ford flied to center; RIVERA BATTED FOR POWELL;
Rivera struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Twins 2.

ANGELS 9TH: RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Jackson struck
out; On a bunt Chalk grounded out (pitcher to first); Mulliniks
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
3, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: Randall walked; BORGMANN BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Borgmann
popped to catcher in foul territory; Smalley lined to left;
Carew flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Twins 2.