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.

In the first inning, Mike Hargrove singled, Bert Campaneris walked, Bump Wills hit a triple and Richie Zisk got a single. In the third frame, Wills bunted safely and stole second. After Zisk drew a walk, the Rangers worked a double steal to set up a two-run double by Bobby Bonds. A single by Pat Putnam moved Bonds to third and he scored on an errant pickoff throw by A's catcher Jim Essian. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 8, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Thursday, June      22, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A'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.