Firing a five-hitter, Frank Tanana pitched the Angels to a 5-1 victory, stopping the Orioles on their 13-game winning skein. The only Oriole run came on a homer by Rich Dauer in the first inning.

The Angels' first two tallies came in the opening stanza on singles by Bobby Grich and Rick Miller, a sacrifice bunt and a single by Joe Rudi. Ike Hampton belted his first homer of the season in the second and the Angels got two more runs in the eighth on a bases-loaded error by Dauer at third base. The victory was Tanana's 10th. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 5, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Thursday, June      15, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Angels       2  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   5 10  1
Orioles      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grich 2b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .228      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .215
R. Miller cf          3   1   2   0     2   0   .241      Dauer 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .242
Chalk ss              2   1   2   0     1   0   .288      Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   2   .297
Rudi 1b,lf            5   1   2   2     0   1   .193      Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Baylor lf             2   0   0   0     2   1   .242      May dh                4   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Fairly 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Mora lf               3   0   2   0     1   0   .232
Jackson 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .329      Lopez cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .213
Rettenmund rf         3   0   1   0     1   0   .281      Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Downing c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Smith 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .269
Hampton dh            2   1   1   1     1   1   .273      McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Solaita ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Briles p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5  10   3     7   3             Totals               31   1   5   1     3   5

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 15,004
Left on Base: Angels 9, Orioles 6
DP: Angels 2, Orioles 4
Errors: Chalk, Dauer, Singleton
Doubles: Mora (2)
Home Runs: Hampton (1), Dauer (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Chalk 2 (7)
GIDP: Jackson (2), Downing (3), R. Miller (4), Solaita (1), Lopez (4)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(10-3)          9     5   1   1   3   5   1  34   2.43
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   5   1  34

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor L(7-4)         7     8   5   4   5   2   1  31   3.43
Briles                  2     2   0   0   2   1   0  10   3.83
Totals                  9    10   5   4   7   3   1  41

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


ANGELS 1ST: Grich singled to center; R. Miller singled to right
[Grich to second]; Chalk out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Grich to third, R. Miller to second]; Rudi singled to
center [Grich scored, R. Miller scored]; Baylor flied out to
center; Jackson made an out to catcher; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger flied out to center; Dauer homered;
Singleton struck out; Murray flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 2, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Downing
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hampton homered; Grich made
an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: May reached on an error by Chalk; Mora walked [May
to second]; Lopez walked [May to third, Mora to second]; Dempsey
lined into a double play (pitcher to third) [May out at third];
Smith singled to shortstop [Mora to third, Lopez to second];
Belanger forced Lopez (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 3RD: R. Miller walked; Chalk singled to second [R. Miller
to third]; Rudi grounded out (third to first) [Chalk to second];
Baylor was walked intentionally; Jackson grounded into a double
play (pitcher to catcher to first) [R. Miller out at home]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton flied out to
center; Murray made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Rettenmund singled to right; Downing grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Rettenmund out at
second]; Hampton walked; Grich forced Hampton (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Mora doubled
to left; Lopez flied out to center; Dempsey grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 5TH: R. Miller walked; Chalk out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [R. Miller to second]; Rudi flied out to right
[R. Miller to third]; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Smith flied out to center; Belanger was called out
on strikes; Dauer singled to center; Singleton walked [Dauer to
second]; Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3,
Orioles 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Jackson flied out to left; Rettenmund grounded out
(second to first); Downing grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: May flied out to center; Mora grounded out (third
to first); Lopez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Hampton struck out; Grich singled; R. Miller
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Grich out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
struck out; Belanger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 3, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 8TH: Chalk walked; Rudi singled to right [Chalk to third,
Rudi to second (error by Singleton)]; BRILES REPLACED MCGREGOR
(PITCHING); Baylor was walked intentionally; Jackson reached on
an error by Dauer [Chalk scored (no RBI), Rudi scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Baylor to third, Jackson to second]; Rettenmund
walked; Downing forced Baylor (shortstop to catcher) [Jackson to
third, Rettenmund to second]; SOLAITA BATTED FOR HAMPTON;
Solaita grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
first) [Downing out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 5, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: SOLAITA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RUDI CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); FAIRLY REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING 1B);
Dauer flied out to right; Singleton struck out; Murray flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 9TH: Grich made an out to catcher; R. Miller singled to
second; Chalk singled to right [R. Miller to third]; Rudi struck
out; Fairly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Angels 5, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: May grounded out (second to first); Mora singled to
left; Lopez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Mora out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5,
Orioles 1.