Blasting Mike Morgan off the mound in 2 1/3 innings, the Rangers rode roughshod over the A's, 8-2. The young righthander, just recently out of high school, was no puzzle to the Texans. Texas Rangers 8, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Thursday, June 22, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumA's 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 6 2 Rangers 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 x - 8 9 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dilone rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .263 Hargrove 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .258 Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Campaneris ss 2 1 0 1 1 0 .182 Edwards 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Wills 2b 4 2 2 2 0 2 .229 Page dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Zisk lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .283 Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Bonds rf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .257 Alston lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .222 Jorgensen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Gross 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .213 Putnam dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Essian c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Alomar pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 Armas cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .313 Morgan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrah 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .196 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thompson cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .220 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 6 2 1 3 Totals 32 8 9 7 4 6 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 20,599 Left on Base: A's 6, Rangers 5 DP: A's 1, Rangers 0 Errors: Revering, Essian, Wills Doubles: Essian (9), Bonds (10) Triples: Wills (2) Home Runs: Gross (5) Stolen Bases: Dilone (22), Wills 2 (21), Zisk (3), Thompson (6) Sacrifice Flies: Campaneris (2) GIDP: Sundberg (9) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morgan L(0-3) 2.1 5 6 5 3 0 0 14 7.30 McCatty 3.2 2 1 1 1 3 0 14 7.36 Heaverlo 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 9 3.43 Totals 8 9 8 6 4 6 0 37 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis W(6-3) 7 6 2 2 0 3 1 27 3.68 Comer 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1.13 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 3 1 35 Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone singled to left; Dilone stole second; Fuentes struck out; Revering flied out to left; Page was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to center; Campaneris walked [Hargrove to second]; Wills tripled to right [Hargrove scored, Campaneris scored]; Zisk singled to center [Wills scored]; Bonds walked [Zisk to second]; Putnam flied out to center; Sundberg grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bonds out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero flied out to right; Alston flied out to center; Gross grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 2ND: Harrah lined to second; Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher); Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas flied out to left; Dilone singled to center; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 3RD: Campaneris made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Wills singled to pitcher; Wills stole second; Zisk walked; Wills stole third and Zisk stole second; Bonds doubled to left [Wills scored, Zisk scored]; MCCATTY REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); Putnam singled to center [Bonds to third]; Putnam was picked off first but was safe on an error by Essian [Bonds scored (unearned), Putnam to second]; Sundberg struck out; Harrah struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 6. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering flied out to left; Page grounded out (second to first); Guerrero singled to center; Alston grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to center; Thompson stole second; Hargrove flied out to right [Thompson to third]; Campaneris hit a sacrifice fly to center [Thompson scored]; Wills was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 7. ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross made an out to second; Essian doubled to right; Armas struck out; Dilone grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 7. RANGERS 5TH: Zisk flied out to center; Bonds made an out to shortstop; Putnam flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 7. ATHLETICS 6TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Revering grounded out (second to pitcher); Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 7. RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Harrah walked; Thompson flied out to left; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 7. ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero made an out to second; Alston singled to center; Gross homered [Alston scored]; Essian grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 7. RANGERS 7TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); PICCIOLO REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Wills was called out on strikes; Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 7. ATHLETICS 8TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING LF); MASON REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); COMER REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Dilone grounded out (third to first); Fuentes grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 7. RANGERS 8TH: EDWARDS REPLACED FUENTES (PLAYING 2B); Bonds struck out; Putnam reached on an error by Revering; ALOMAR RAN FOR PUTNAM; Sundberg singled [Alomar to third]; Harrah singled to left [Alomar scored (unearned), Sundberg to second]; Thompson forced Harrah (first to shortstop) [Sundberg to third]; Hargrove flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 8. ATHLETICS 9TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); JORGENSEN REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); Page lined to second; Picciolo grounded out (second to first); Alston reached on an error by Wills [Alston to second]; Gross walked; Essian forced Gross (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 8. |
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