Posting his first A. L. shutout, Jon Matlack pitched the Rangers to a 3-0 victory over the Angels. The lefthander, formerly with the Mets, yielded only two hits. The Rangers pinned the defeat on Dave Frost, who made his first start for the Angels since being called up from Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast).

Bump Wills singled in the third inning, stole second and scored on a single by Richie Zisk. Bobby Bonds added a run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth and Bobby Thompson capped the scoring with a homer off Angel reliever Dave LaRoche in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, California Angels 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      24, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
Rangers      0  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  x  -   3  8  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .223      Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   0     1   0   .261
Chalk ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .267      Campaneris ss         2   1   0   0     0   1   .183
Bostock rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Wills 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .235
Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .195      Zisk lf               3   0   2   1     1   0   .288
Baylor 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Lowenstein lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Rettenmund dh         3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Bonds rf              2   0   0   1     1   0   .265
Machemer 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Putnam dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .182
R. Miller cf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .254        Bevacqua ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .153
Downing c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Frost p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrah 3b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .204
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Thompson cf           3   1   1   1     1   0   .221
                                                          Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   2   0     1   5             Totals               29   3   8   3     5   2

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 30,574
Left on Base: Angels 4, Rangers 10
DP: Angels 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Frost, Campaneris
Doubles: Harrah (7)
Home Runs: Thompson (1)
Stolen Bases: Wills (23), Harrah (19), Campaneris (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (4)
GIDP: Bonds (8)
Hit by Pitch: Campaneris (2,by Frost)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Frost L(0-1)            6     7   2   2   4   2   0  29   3.00
LaRoche                 2     1   1   1   1   0   1   8   3.63
Totals                  8     8   3   3   5   2   1  37

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(6-8)          9     2   0   0   1   5   0  31   2.58
Totals                  9     2   0   0   1   5   0  31

Hit by Pitch: Frost (1)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans


ANGELS 1ST: Grich made an out to shortstop; Chalk struck out;
Bostock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to right; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hargrove to second]; Wills
walked; Zisk singled to left [Hargrove to third, Wills to
second]; Bonds grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Zisk out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0,
Rangers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Rudi was called out on strikes [Rudi out at first
(catcher to first)]; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rettenmund reached on an error by Campaneris; Machemer singled
to second [Rettenmund to second]; R. Miller struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Putnam flied out to center; Sundberg lined to
third; Harrah doubled to left; Thompson lined to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Downing lined to left; Grich made an out to second;
Chalk singled to shortstop; Bostock grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
struck out; Wills singled to center; Wills stole second; Zisk
singled to center [Wills scored]; Bonds forced Zisk (third to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Rudi struck out; Baylor made an out to shortstop;
Rettenmund flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Putnam grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Harrah singled to
third; Harrah stole second; Thompson walked; Hargrove grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers
1.

ANGELS 5TH: Machemer flied out to center; R. Miller grounded out
(shortstop to first); Downing grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris was hit by a pitch; Wills grounded out
(first unassisted) [Campaneris to second]; Campaneris stole
third; Zisk walked; Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Campaneris scored]; Putnam was called out on strikes; 1 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Grich walked; Chalk forced Grich (shortstop to
second); Bostock flied out to left; Rudi flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Harrah singled to
third; Harrah was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Frost [Harrah to third]; Thompson grounded out (first to
second); Hargrove walked; Campaneris lined to second; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Rettenmund
grounded out (second to first); Machemer flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: LAROCHE REPLACED FROST (PITCHING); Wills flied out
to left; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Bonds walked;
BEVACQUA BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Bevacqua made an out to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 2.

ANGELS 8TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LOWENSTEIN
REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING LF); R. Miller grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); Downing grounded out (shortstop to first);
Grich grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
made an out to first; Thompson homered; Hargrove flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 3.

ANGELS 9TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Bostock
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 3.