A single by Mike Edwards with two out in the 15th inning gave the A's a 2-1 victory over the Rangers and halted the seven-game Texas winning streak. Wayne Gross started the winning rally with an infield hit. Rob Picciolo ran for Gross and reached second on a sacrifice by Jim Essian. After Glenn Burke walked and Joe Wallis flied out, Edwards grounded a hit into left to end the marathon.

The A's had taken a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning on a single by Taylor Duncan, a wild pitch, an infield single by Gross and a forceout. The Rangers tied the contest in the seventh on a single by Jim Sundberg, double by Toby Harrah and infield out by Mike Hargrove. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June      28, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  1
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2 11  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           6   0   2   1     1   1   .266      Wallis cf             6   0   1   0     0   1   .284
Campaneris ss         2   0   0   0     0   1   .184      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .097
  Bevacqua ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .151        Edwards pr,2b       2   0   1   1     0   1   .224
  Mason ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Page lf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .265
  Putnam ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .138        Dilone lf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .260
  Alomar pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Guerrero ss           5   0   1   0     1   0   .289
Wills 2b              7   0   1   0     0   1   .233      Revering 1b           6   0   1   0     0   1   .253
Zisk lf               5   0   1   0     1   1   .285      Duncan dh             2   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Bonds rf              5   0   0   0     2   2   .259        Alston pr,dh        4   1   1   0     0   0   .214
Lowenstein dh         5   0   0   0     2   1   .258      Gross 3b              6   0   2   0     0   2   .215
Sundberg c            5   1   3   0     2   2   .326        Picciolo pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .200
Harrah 3b             5   0   1   0     1   0   .203      Newman c              4   0   0   1     0   1   .226
Thompson cf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .205        Essian c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Jorgensen ph,cf     1   0   0   0     2   0   .167      Armas rf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .230
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burke pr,rf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .240
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               47   1   8   1    12  12             Totals               51   2  11   2     3   7

Time of Game: 4:02   Attendance:  2,346
Left on Base: Rangers 16, A's 10
DP: Rangers 2, A's 2
Errors: Wills, Gross, Newman
Doubles: Harrah (8), Revering (9), Dilone (6)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (5), Bonds 2 (15), Sundberg (2)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (7), Sundberg (3), Wallis (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (13), Zisk (1), Harrah (1), Wallis (1), Essian (11)
GIDP: Bonds (9), Revering (6)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander              10     8   1   1   1   5   0  38   3.61
Cleveland               1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.87
Barker L(1-3)           3.2   3   1   1   2   2   0  15   3.52
Totals                 14.2  11   2   2   3   7   0  56

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko                   6     4   1   1   4   6   0  26   3.09
Lacey                   0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.41
Sosa                    3.1   2   0   0   4   2   0  14   2.95
Broberg W(8-6)          5     2   0   0   4   3   0  20   3.56
Totals                 15     8   1   1  12  12   0  62

Passed Balls: Newman (1)
Wild Pitches: Alexander (2)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to left; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Hargrove to second]; Wills was
called out on strikes; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis singled to right; Fuentes made an out to
shortstop; Page struck out while Wallis was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bonds struck out; Lowenstein walked; Sundberg was
called out on strikes; Lowenstein stole second [Lowenstein to
third (error by Newman)]; On a bunt Harrah made an out to
catcher; Toby Harrah called for interference; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero lined to pitcher; Revering flied out to
center; Duncan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Hargrove
singled to right; Campaneris struck out; Wills flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross struck out; Newman struck out (catcher to
first); Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Zisk made an out to first; Bonds walked; Bonds
stole second; Lowenstein flied out to left; Sundberg was walked
intentionally; Bonds stole third and Sundberg stole second;
Harrah walked; Thompson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Wallis flied out to left; Fuentes flied out to
left; Page singled to shortstop; Guerrero singled to right [Page
to second]; Revering popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
grounded out (third to first); Wills grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan singled to center; ALSTON RAN FOR DUNCAN;
Alexander threw a wild pitch [Alston to second]; On a bunt Gross
singled to second [Alston to third]; Newman forced Gross
(shortstop to second) [Alston scored]; Armas reached on a
fielder's choice [Newman to second (error by Wills)]; Wallis
flied out to center [Newman to third]; Fuentes flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 6TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Zisk lined to
shortstop; Bonds reached on an error by Gross [Bonds to second];
Bonds was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Lowenstein
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page made an out to second; Guerrero made an out
to second; Revering doubled; Alston singled to pitcher [Revering
to third]; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 7TH: DILONE REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Sundberg singled
to shortstop; Harrah doubled [Sundberg to third]; LACEY REPLACED
RENKO (PITCHING); Thompson was called out on strikes; Hargrove
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Sundberg scored, Harrah to
third]; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; SOSA REPLACED LACEY
(PITCHING); Bevacqua flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MASON REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING SS); Newman
flied out to center; Armas flied out to center; Wallis struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Wills singled to right; Zisk out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to second]; Bonds was walked
intentionally; Lowenstein flied into a double play (center to
first to pitcher) [Bonds out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Dilone
doubled to right; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Dilone to third]; Revering struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg singled to center; Sundberg was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harrah made an out to
shortstop; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR THOMPSON; Jorgensen walked;
Newman allowed a passed ball [Jorgensen to second]; Hargrove was
walked intentionally; Mason struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Alston
flied out to center; Gross flied out to right; Newman grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Athletics 1.

RANGERS 10TH: ESSIAN REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING C ); Wills flied
out to center; Zisk walked; Bonds struck out; Lowenstein lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Armas grounded out (third to first); Wallis
grounded out (first to second to first); Fuentes walked; EDWARDS
RAN FOR FUENTES; Edwards was picked off first (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 11TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BROBERG
REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Sundberg struck out; Harrah flied out
to center; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 11TH: CLEVELAND REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Dilone
grounded out (third to first); Guerrero flied out to center;
Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Athletics 1.

RANGERS 12TH: Hargrove struck out; Mason grounded out (pitcher
to first); Wills flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 12TH: BARKER REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Alston
grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross struck out; Essian
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 13TH: Zisk flied out to center; Bonds flied out to
right; Lowenstein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 13TH: Armas singled; BURKE RAN FOR ARMAS; Wallis out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Burke to second];
Edwards struck out; Dilone grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 14TH: BURKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Sundberg
walked; Harrah out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Sundberg to second]; Jorgensen was walked intentionally;
Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher) [Sundberg to third,
Jorgensen to second]; PUTNAM BATTED FOR MASON; Putnam walked;
ALOMAR RAN FOR PUTNAM; Wills flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 14TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Guerrero
walked; Revering grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at second]; Alston flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 15TH: Zisk singled to center; Bonds grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Zisk out at second];
Lowenstein walked; Sundberg singled [Lowenstein to second];
Harrah flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 15TH: Gross singled to second; PICCIOLO RAN FOR GROSS;
Essian out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Picciolo to
second]; Burke walked; Wallis flied out to left; Edwards singled
to left [Picciolo scored, Burke to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 2.