Juan Beniquez singled four times and drove in four runs and Jim Sundberg equalled a club record by hitting in his 17th consecutive game as the Rangers posted a 6-4 decision over the A's. Al Oliver started the three-run Texas first inning with a walk and moved to second on a single by Bobby Bonds, playing in his first game for the Rangers.

A single by Richie Zisk scored Oliver and after Bump Wills drew walk, a single by Beniquez plated two more tallies. Sundberg lined a hit-and-run single in the fifth before Beniquez' third single of the game delivered two runs. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Thursday, May       18, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          1  1  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   4  9  0
Rangers      3  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  x  -   6  9  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             3   1   3   0     1   0   .368      Hargrove 1b           5   0   1   1     0   0   .228
Murphy cf             1   1   0   0     1   0   .115        Jorgensen pr,1b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Essian ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Oliver lf             4   1   0   0     1   1   .258
Page lf               4   0   0   1     0   1   .239      Bonds dh              4   1   1   0     0   1   .277
Guerrero ss           4   1   2   1     0   0   .304      Zisk rf               3   0   1   1     1   1   .303
Revering 1b           4   1   2   1     0   1   .286      Sundberg c            4   2   1   0     0   0   .330
  Edwards pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Wills 2b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .243
  Picciolo 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Beniquez cf           4   0   4   4     0   0   .267
Alexander dh          4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Harrah 3b             2   0   1   0     2   0   .204
Gross 3b,1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .245      Campaneris ss         3   1   0   0     1   0   .163
Newman c              3   0   2   1     0   0   .313      Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dilone pr,cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .203        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tabb ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Thomasson rf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .144
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Langford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   9   4     3   7             Totals               32   6   9   6     6   4

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 21,257
Left on Base: A's 5, Rangers 8
DP: A's 0, Rangers 1
Doubles: Guerrero 2 (4)
Triples: Staggs (2)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (9)
Caught Stealing: Staggs (3), Edwards (4), Beniquez (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(2-2)           0.2   3   3   3   3   0   0   8   2.62
Coleman                 4     4   2   2   2   1   0  18   0.95
Langford                2.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.95
Sosa                    1     2   1   1   1   1   0   5   0.91
Totals                  8     9   6   6   6   4   0  38

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger W(2-2)         7.1   9   4   4   3   6   0  32   4.33
Cleveland SV(3)         1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.31
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   7   0  36

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Al Clark


ATHLETICS 1ST: Staggs tripled to center; Murphy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Page grounded out (second to first)
[Staggs scored]; Guerrero made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to right; Oliver walked; Bonds
singled to third [Oliver to second]; Zisk singled to right
[Oliver scored, Bonds to second]; Sundberg forced Zisk (third to
second) [Bonds to third]; Wills walked [Sundberg to second];
Beniquez singled to center [Bonds scored, Sundberg scored, Wills
to second]; Harrah walked [Wills to third, Beniquez to second];
COLEMAN REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Campaneris flied out to
left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering singled to right; Alexander struck out;
Gross walked [Revering to second]; Newman singled to left
[Revering scored, Gross to second]; Thomasson lined into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Newman out at first]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver
flied out to left; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Staggs walked; Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Staggs to second]; Page flied out to center;
Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Zisk flied out to center; Sundberg lined to second;
Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering grounded out (shortstop to first);
Alexander flied out to center; Gross was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: On a bunt Beniquez singled to pitcher; Harrah
singled to right [Beniquez to third]; Campaneris reached on a
fielder's choice [Beniquez out at home (first to catcher),
Harrah to second]; Hargrove flied out to center [Harrah to
third]; Campaneris stole second; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman made an out to third; Thomasson struck
out; Staggs singled to right; Staggs was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Bonds struck out; Zisk walked; Sundberg singled to
right [Zisk to third]; Wills reached on a fielder's choice [Zisk
out at home (pitcher to third to catcher), Sundberg to third,
Wills to second]; Beniquez singled to center [Sundberg scored,
Wills scored]; Harrah walked [Beniquez to second]; LANGFORD
REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Campaneris flied out to center; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy walked; Page struck out; Guerrero doubled
to center [Murphy scored]; Revering struck out; Alexander
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Oliver grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Newman
singled to center; DILONE RAN FOR NEWMAN; Thomasson struck out;
Staggs singled [Dilone to second]; ESSIAN BATTED FOR MURPHY;
Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 7TH: ESSIAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); DILONE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Zisk struck out; Sundberg grounded out
(pitcher to first); Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page made an out to second; Guerrero doubled to
center; Revering singled to center [Guerrero scored]; EDWARDS
RAN FOR REVERING; CLEVELAND REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING);
Edwards was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING 3B); GROSS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); SOSA REPLACED LANGFORD
(PITCHING); Beniquez singled to center; Beniquez was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harrah flied out to
center; Campaneris walked; Campaneris stole second; Hargrove
singled to right [Campaneris scored, Hargrove to second (on
throw to home)]; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Oliver struck out
(catcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers
6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Gross
flied out to center; TABB BATTED FOR DILONE; Tabb struck out;
Thomasson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 6.