Rallying from a four-run deficit in the late innings, the Rangers edged the A's, 5-4. The Rangers trailed, 4-0, going into the bottom of the seventh but tied the game with runs on singles by Pat Putnam and Jim Sundberg, a fielder's choice grounder by Bobby Thompson and a single by John Lowenstein.

Mike Jorgensen led off the ninth with a base on balls and moved to second on a sacrifice by Jim Mason. Bump Wills received an intentional walk and Richie Zisk then delivered the game-winning single. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Tuesday, June      20, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          0  1  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  9  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  1  -   5  9  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone rf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .256      Hargrove 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Alston lf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .217        Jorgensen pr,1b     0   1   0   0     1   0   .188
Guerrero ss           5   1   2   0     0   0   .279      Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .185
Revering 1b           4   0   1   2     0   0   .265        Lowenstein ph       1   0   1   2     0   0   .279
Page dh               4   1   1   0     0   0   .265        Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Duncan 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     2   0   .224
  Essian c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Zisk lf               5   0   1   1     0   2   .283
Newman c              3   0   0   1     0   1   .247      Bonds rf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .256
  Gross 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Putnam dh             4   1   2   0     0   1   .250
Armas cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .242        Alomar pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Picciolo 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Sundberg c            4   1   4   1     0   0   .314
  Fuentes ph,2b       3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrah 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .194
  Edwards pr,2b       0   1   0   0     0   0   .218      Thompson cf           4   0   0   1     0   2   .218
  Wallis ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .308      Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Staggs pr,2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .244        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McCatty p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Langford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     2   2             Totals               33   5   9   5     6   7

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 17,394
Left on Base: A's 8, Rangers 10
DP: A's 0, Rangers 0
Errors: Sundberg, Harrah
Doubles: Guerrero (9), Armas (4), Sundberg (7)
Triples: Revering (2)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (12)
Caught Stealing: Dilone (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Dilone (5), Mason (3)
Hit by Pitch: Gross (4,by Lindblad)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough                  6.1   3   2   2   2   6   0  24   2.06
McCatty                 0     2   2   2   0   0   0   2   0.00
Langford                0.1   1   0   0   2   0   0   4   2.74
Heaverlo L(2-3)         1.2   3   1   1   2   1   0  10   3.54
Totals                  8.1   9   5   5   6   7   0  40

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich                  7     9   4   4   0   1   0  30   4.66
Lindblad                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.21
Cleveland               0.1   0   0   0   2   1   0   3   1.84
Umbarger W(3-5)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.84
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2   2   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Lindblad (1)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Steve Palermo


ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone flied out to left; Alston made an out to
shortstop; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
struck out; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering popped to third in foul territory; Page
singled to second; Duncan singled to center [Page to third];
Newman reached on an error by Harrah [Page scored, Duncan to
second]; Armas forced Newman (shortstop to second) [Duncan to
third]; FUENTES BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Fuentes flied out to right;
1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: FUENTES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Zisk struck
out; Bonds made an out to second; Putnam grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Dilone flied out to center; Alston singled to
right; Guerrero doubled to right [Alston to third]; Revering
tripled [Alston scored, Guerrero scored]; Page flied out to
right; Duncan grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to left; Harrah walked [Sundberg
to second]; Thompson struck out; Hargrove forced Harrah (first
to shortstop) [Sundberg to third]; Campaneris grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers
0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman struck out; Armas flied out to center;
Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk flied
out to right; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
3, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Dilone singled to left; Dilone was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Alston grounded out
(second to first); Guerrero singled to left; Revering grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Putnam struck out; Sundberg doubled to left; Harrah
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Sundberg to third]; Thompson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page grounded out (second to first); Duncan flied
out to right; Newman made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas doubled to center; Fuentes reached on a
fielder's choice [Armas out at third (pitcher to third)];
EDWARDS RAN FOR FUENTES; Edwards was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Sundberg [Edwards to third]; Dilone out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Edwards scored]; Alston
singled to center; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ESSIAN
REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING C ); GROSS REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING
3B); Zisk grounded out (third to first); Bonds walked; Bonds
stole second; Putnam singled to left [Bonds to third]; MCCATTY
REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Sundberg singled to second [Bonds
scored, Putnam to second]; Harrah singled to left [Putnam to
third, Sundberg to second]; LANGFORD REPLACED MCCATTY
(PITCHING); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Putnam
scored, Sundberg to third, Harrah to second]; Hargrove was
walked intentionally; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; LOWENSTEIN
BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Lowenstein singled to center [Sundberg
scored, Harrah scored, Jorgensen to second]; Wills walked
[Jorgensen to third, Lowenstein to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED
LANGFORD (PITCHING); Zisk struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 4, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MASON
REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING SS); LINDBLAD REPLACED MEDICH
(PITCHING); Revering popped to catcher in foul territory; Page
flied out to center; Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Putnam
singled to center; ALOMAR RAN FOR PUTNAM; Sundberg singled to
center [Alomar to second]; Harrah flied out to center; Thompson
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers
4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Gross was hit
by a pitch; CLEVELAND REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Armas struck
out; WALLIS BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Wallis walked [Gross to second];
STAGGS RAN FOR WALLIS; Dilone walked [Gross to third, Staggs to
second]; UMBARGER REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Alston flied
out to center; Guerrero lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 4, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: STAGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Jorgensen
walked; Mason out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Jorgensen to second]; Wills was walked intentionally; Zisk
singled to center [Jorgensen scored, Wills to second]; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 5.