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The first pinch-hitter in Angels' history to come through with a grand slam, Merv Rettenmund beat the Indians, 7-3. The Angels scored their first three runs in the first inning on a pass to Rick Miller, double by Dave Chalk and homer by Ron Fairly, Then in the seventh, Chalk singled, Lyman Bostock doubled and Don Baylor was passed intentionally to load the bases before Rettenmund batted for Ken Landreaux and hit his homer off Dennis Kinney. [The Sporting News] California Angels 7, Cleveland Indians 3Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim StadiumIndians 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 1 Angels 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 x - 7 9 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dade rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .303 R. Miller rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .238 Manning cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .208 Chalk ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 .333 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .356 Bostock cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .176 Horton dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .316 Fairly 1b 2 1 1 2 1 0 .238 Cage ph,dh 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Jackson ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Grubb lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .282 Baylor dh 3 1 0 0 1 2 .276 Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Landreaux lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .211 Hassey c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .300 Rettenmund ph,lf 1 1 1 4 0 0 .333 Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Grich 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .200 Norris ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .353 Lansford 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .270 Blanks ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Downing c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .206 Kuiper 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .213 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hartzell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kinney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 3 9 3 1 8 Totals 32 7 9 7 5 7 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 40,750 Left on Base: Indians 7, Angels 7 DP: Indians 0, Angels 0 Errors: Thornton Doubles: Bell (8), Manning (4), Norris (1), Chalk (2), Bostock (4), Lansford (4) Home Runs: Dade (3), Fairly (3), Rettenmund (1) Stolen Bases: Landreaux (3), Lansford (2) Caught Stealing: Downing (1) Sacrifice Hits: Chalk (2) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton L(0-2) 6 5 3 3 4 5 1 27 5.14 Kinney 2 4 4 4 1 2 1 11 4.11 Totals 8 9 7 7 5 7 2 38 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knapp W(4-2) 8.1 8 3 3 1 8 1 34 3.16 Hartzell 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.74 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 8 1 37 Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Ron Luciano INDIANS 1ST: Dade homered; Manning was called out on strikes; Bell doubled to left; Horton struck out; Grubb struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller walked; Chalk doubled to center [R. Miller scored]; Bostock grounded out (second to first) [Chalk to third]; Fairly homered [Chalk scored]; Baylor struck out; Landreaux singled to left; Landreaux stole second; Grich struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. INDIANS 2ND: Thornton struck out; Hassey flied out to center; Veryzer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 2ND: Lansford grounded out (third to first); Downing walked; R. Miller flied out to right; Chalk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade flied out to center; Manning struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 3RD: Bostock struck out; Fairly reached on an error by Thornton; Baylor struck out; Landreaux grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. INDIANS 4TH: Bell flied out to right; Horton grounded out (third to first); Grubb singled to center; Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 4TH: Grich was called out on strikes; Lansford flied out to center; Downing walked; Downing was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. INDIANS 5TH: Hassey grounded out (first unassisted); Veryzer flied out to right; Kuiper singled to center; Dade forced Kuiper (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 5TH: R. Miller singled to left; Chalk out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [R. Miller to second]; Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first) [R. Miller to third]; Fairly walked; Baylor lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. INDIANS 6TH: Manning doubled to left; Bell grounded out (second to first) [Manning to third]; Horton struck out; Grubb flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 6TH: Landreaux flied out to left; Grich grounded out (first unassisted); Lansford singled to third; Lansford stole second; Downing grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. INDIANS 7TH: Thornton flied out to left; Hassey grounded out (pitcher to first); NORRIS BATTED FOR VERYZER; Norris doubled to right; Kuiper reached on a fielder's choice [Norris out at third (third to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 7TH: BLANKS REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING SS); KINNEY REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); R. Miller struck out; Chalk singled to left; Bostock doubled to right [Chalk to third]; JACKSON BATTED FOR FAIRLY; Jackson popped to left; Baylor was walked intentionally; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR LANDREAUX; Rettenmund homered [Chalk scored, Bostock scored, Baylor scored]; Grich struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 7. INDIANS 8TH: JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Dade flied out to center; Manning struck out; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 7. ANGELS 8TH: Lansford doubled to left; Downing flied out to center; R. Miller grounded out (second to first) [Lansford to third]; Chalk flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Angels 7. INDIANS 9TH: CAGE BATTED FOR HORTON; Cage walked; Grubb singled to right [Cage to second]; Thornton flied to left in foul territory [Cage to third]; Hassey singled to right [Cage scored, Grubb to second]; HARTZELL REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Blanks flied out to center [Grubb to third]; Kuiper singled to center [Grubb scored, Hassey to second]; Dade forced Hassey (third unassisted) [Kuiper to second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Angels 7. |
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