A sacrifice fly by Mitchell Page in the 10th inning produced the winning run as the A's outlasted the Rangers, 8-7. Jeff Newman led off the 10th with a triple and was replaced by pinch-runner Miguel Dilone. The next two batters were walked intentionally to fill the bases before Tito Fuentes grounded into a force at the plate and Page hit his fly to shallow right.

The Rangers, taking full advantage of bases on balls and errors, scored five runs in the first two innings off Tim Conroy on only one hit. The A's jumped on Fergie Jenkins for four hits and four runs in the fourth frame. The key blows were an RBI double by Joe Wallis and singles by Page, Taylor Duncan and Mario Guerrero. The Rangers tied the contest in the eighth on a double by Bobby Thompson and singles by John Ellis and Bert Campaneris. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Texas Rangers 7
Game Played on Thursday, June      29, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      2  3  1    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  -   7  9  3
A's          1  2  0    4  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   8 14  5


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           2   1   0   0     2   2   .264      Wallis cf             5   2   4   2     0   1   .316
  J. Ellis ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .174        Burke pr,cf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .240
  Alomar pr,1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Fuentes 2b            5   0   1   1     0   2   .111
  Putnam ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Page lf               5   1   2   2     0   1   .269
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Revering 1b           4   1   0   0     1   0   .249
Campaneris ss         5   1   2   1     0   0   .191      Duncan dh             5   0   1   1     0   2   .257
Wills 2b              3   0   0   1     1   1   .230      Guerrero ss           5   1   2   1     0   0   .291
Zisk lf               4   0   0   0     2   0   .281      Gross 3b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Bonds rf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .258      Newman c              5   2   3   0     0   0   .247
Sundberg c            3   1   0   0     2   1   .322        Dilone pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Harrah 3b             3   1   2   0     2   0   .209      Armas rf              4   0   1   1     1   1   .230
Bevacqua dh           4   1   0   0     0   0   .143        Alston pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .214
  Lowenstein ph,dh    1   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Conroy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thompson cf           5   2   3   2     0   0   .229        McCatty p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7   9   4     9   5             Totals               43   8  14   8     3   8

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance:  3,380
Left on Base: Rangers 12, A's 11
DP: Rangers 0, A's 0
Errors: Hargrove 2, Bonds, Fuentes, Newman, Conroy, McCatty, Lacey
Doubles: Harrah (9), Thompson (2), Wallis (2)
Triples: Newman (1)
Home Runs: Wallis (1)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (14), Thompson (7), Bonds (16), Page (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (14), Wills (2), Fuentes (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Wills (3), Page (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins                 3.2  10   7   3   1   5   1  24   2.89
Lindblad L(1-1)         6     4   1   1   2   3   0  24   2.70
Totals                  9.2  14   8   4   3   8   1  48

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Conroy                  1.1   1   5   3   4   0   0  10   7.71
McCatty                 2.2   3   1   1   4   1   0  15   3.38
Lacey                   3     4   1   1   0   3   0  13   2.44
Heaverlo W(3-3)         3     1   0   0   1   1   0  11   3.13
Totals                 10     9   7   5   9   5   0  49

Wild Pitches: Conroy (1)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Campaneris reached on an error by
Conroy on a sacrifice bunt [Hargrove to third]; Wills hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Hargrove scored (unearned)]; Campaneris
stole second [Campaneris scored (error by Newman) (unearned)];
Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds flied out to
center; 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis homered; Fuentes flied out to left; Page
singled to shortstop; Page stole second; Revering flied out to
left; Duncan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Athletics 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg walked; Harrah walked [Sundberg to
second]; Bevacqua forced Harrah (shortstop to second) [Sundberg
to third]; Thompson singled to right [Sundberg scored, Bevacqua
to third]; Conroy threw a wild pitch [Bevacqua scored, Thompson
to second]; Thompson stole third; Hargrove walked; MCCATTY
REPLACED CONROY (PITCHING); Hargrove was picked off first but
was safe on an error by McCatty [Thompson scored, Hargrove to
second]; Campaneris flied out to left; Wills walked; Zisk walked
[Hargrove to third, Wills to second]; Bonds popped to first in
foul territory; 3 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero singled to shortstop; Gross flied out to
right; Newman singled to center [Guerrero to second]; Armas
singled to left [Guerrero scored, Newman to second]; Wallis
struck out; Fuentes singled to left [Newman scored, Armas to
third]; Page struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Athletics 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to right; Harrah doubled to
left; Bevacqua flied out to right; Thompson singled to left
[Harrah scored]; Hargrove struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Revering reached on an error by Hargrove; Duncan
struck out; Guerrero flied out to left; Gross lined to first; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Fuentes dropped a foul fly hit by Campaneris for an
error; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills
grounded out (first to pitcher); Zisk grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman reached on an error by Bonds [Newman to
second]; Armas made an out to shortstop; Wallis doubled to right
[Newman scored (unearned)]; Fuentes was called out on strikes;
Page singled to center [Wallis scored (unearned), Page to third
(error by Hargrove)]; Revering walked; Duncan singled to left
[Page scored (unearned), Revering to second]; Guerrero singled
to center [Revering scored (unearned), Duncan to third];
LINDBLAD REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Gross grounded out (first
unassisted); 4 R (0 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics
7.

RANGERS 5TH: Bonds singled to shortstop; Bonds stole second;
Sundberg walked; Harrah walked [Bonds to third, Sundberg to
second]; LACEY REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Bevacqua forced
Bonds (third to catcher) [Sundberg to third, Harrah to second];
Thompson forced Sundberg (third to catcher) [Harrah to third,
Bevacqua to second]; Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Rangers 6, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman flied out to center; Armas flied out to
center; Wallis singled to center; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 7.

RANGERS 6TH: On a bunt Campaneris singled to first; Campaneris
stole second; Wills struck out; Zisk reached on an error by
Lacey [Campaneris out at home (first to catcher)]; Bonds flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page flied out to right; Revering grounded out
(second to first); Duncan made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 7.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg struck out; Harrah grounded out (shortstop
to first); Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Gross struck out;
Newman singled to center; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 7.

RANGERS 8TH: Thompson doubled to first; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR
HARGROVE; J. Ellis singled to center [Thompson to third]; ALOMAR
RAN FOR J. ELLIS; On a bunt Campaneris singled to pitcher
[Thompson scored, Alomar to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY
(PITCHING); Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Alomar to third, Campaneris to second]; Zisk was walked
intentionally; Bonds struck out; Sundberg flied out to right; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Wallis
singled to shortstop; BURKE RAN FOR WALLIS; Fuentes out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Burke to second]; Page
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Burke to third];
Revering grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 7, Athletics 7.

RANGERS 9TH: BURKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Harrah singled
to center; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR BEVACQUA; Lowenstein forced
Harrah (pitcher to shortstop); Thompson flied out to center;
PUTNAM BATTED FOR ALOMAR; Putnam flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PUTNAM
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Duncan flied out to right; Guerrero
grounded out (third to first); Gross made an out to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 7.

RANGERS 10TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Zisk flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Newman tripled to center; DILONE RAN FOR NEWMAN;
Armas was walked intentionally; ALSTON RAN FOR ARMAS; JORGENSEN
REPLACED PUTNAM (PLAYING 1B); Burke was walked intentionally
[Alston to second]; Fuentes forced Dilone (second to catcher)
[Alston to third, Burke to second]; Page hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Alston scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Athletics 8.