The surging Rangers posted their seventh straight victory, beating the A's, 3-1, as Dock Ellis and Reggie Cleveland combined on a five-hitter. After a first-inning single by Mitchell Page had given the A's a 1-0 lead, the Rangers tied the game in the third on a walk to Mike Hargrove, sacrifice by Bert Campaneris and single by Bump Wills.

They went ahead in the fourth on a single by Bobby Bonds, sacrifice by Pat Putnam and single by Jim Sundberg. Wills walked in the eighth, stole second, took third on catcher Jim Essian's throwing error and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bonds. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Tuesday, June      27, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      0  0  1    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  7  1
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           3   1   0   0     2   0   .264      Burke cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     0   1   .186      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .111
Wills 2b              3   1   1   1     1   1   .236      Guerrero ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Zisk lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .287      Page dh               4   0   2   1     0   0   .264
Bonds rf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .265      Revering 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Putnam dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .138        Dilone pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Sundberg c            4   0   2   1     0   1   .320        Newman 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Harrah 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Essian c              2   0   1   0     1   0   .245
Thompson cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .213      Gross 3b              1   0   0   0     1   0   .211
D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Picciolo pr,3b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alston lf,1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .211
                                                            Wallis ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .294
                                                          Armas rf              2   0   0   0     1   1   .231
                                                          Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   3   7   3     4   6             Totals               28   1   5   1     3   1

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  3,619
Left on Base: Rangers 7, A's 4
DP: Rangers 2, A's 0
Errors: Harrah, Essian
Stolen Bases: Wills (24)
Caught Stealing: Campaneris (3), Page (7), Dilone (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (12), Putnam (1), Gross (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (5)
GIDP: Gross (2), Wallis (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis W(7-3)         8     4   1   0   3   1   0  28   3.38
Cleveland SV(8)         1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.93
Totals                  9     5   1   0   3   1   0  32

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(1-6)         7     6   3   2   4   5   0  30   3.07
Heaverlo                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.27
Totals                  9     7   3   2   4   6   0  37

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


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

ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
singled to center; Guerrero reached on an error by Harrah
[Fuentes to second]; Page singled to center [Fuentes scored
(unearned), Guerrero to third]; Page was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Revering lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Bonds struck out; Putnam struck out; Sundberg
singled to third; Harrah forced Sundberg (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Essian walked; Gross grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Essian out at second]; Alston grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Hargrove
walked; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Hargrove to second]; Wills singled to left [Hargrove scored];
Zisk was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas flied out to center; Burke grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Bonds singled to shortstop; Putnam out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Bonds to second]; Sundberg
singled to left [Bonds scored, Sundberg to second (on throw to
home)]; Harrah lined to left; Thompson walked; Hargrove grounded
out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero popped to first in foul territory; Page
grounded out (first unassisted); Revering flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills
flied out to center; Zisk singled to right; Bonds lined to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Essian singled to center; Gross out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Essian to second]; Alston
grounded out (shortstop to first); Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg
lined to second; Harrah lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Burke flied out to left; Fuentes grounded out
(third to first); Guerrero flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hargrove flied out to right; Campaneris singled to left;
Campaneris was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page popped to catcher in foul territory;
Revering singled to shortstop; DILONE RAN FOR REVERING; Dilone
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Essian popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Athletics 1.

RANGERS 8TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ALSTON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Wills walked; HEAVERLO REPLACED LANGFORD
(PITCHING); Wills stole second [Wills to third (error by
Essian)]; Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Wills scored (unearned)]; Putnam grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross walked; PICCIOLO RAN FOR GROSS; WALLIS
BATTED FOR ALSTON; Wallis grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Picciolo out at second]; Armas walked;
Burke grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 9TH: WALLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PICCIOLO STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); NEWMAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING 1B);
Sundberg struck out; Harrah flied out to center; Thompson
singled to left; Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: CLEVELAND REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Fuentes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero flied out to left;
Page singled to center; Newman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 1.