Taking over with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, Dave LaRoche struck out Mike Hargrove to save the Angels' 4-2 victory over the Rangers. Lyman Bostock drove in the Angels' first two runs with a pair of singles.

The Angels then put over the deciding pair in the eighth on a single by Ron Jackson, pass to Merv Rettenmund, single by Rick Miller and sacrifice fly by Bobby Grich. In the Rangers' ninth, Don Aase departed with the bases loaded and Dyar Miller gave up a run-scoring single by John Ellis before LaRoche came in to strike out Mike Hargrove. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 4, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Friday, June      30, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  7  3
Angels       0  0  1    0  0  0    1  2  x  -   4 11  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           5   1   1   0     0   1   .263      Grich 2b              2   0   0   1     2   0   .237
Campaneris ss         2   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Chalk ss              5   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Putnam ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .129        Mulliniks ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Bostock rf            4   0   2   2     0   0   .287
Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .226      Baylor lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .252
Zisk lf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .284        Landreaux lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Jackson 1b,3b         4   1   3   0     0   0   .317
Lowenstein dh         4   0   0   0     0   3   .245      Rettenmund dh         3   1   0   0     1   1   .253
Sundberg c            2   0   1   0     2   0   .324      Machemer 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .294
Harrah 3b             2   0   0   0     2   1   .207        Fairly 1b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Thompson cf           3   0   1   0     0   2   .233      R. Miller cf          3   1   2   1     1   0   .259
  J. Ellis ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .208      Downing c             3   1   2   0     1   0   .216
  Jorgensen pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Aase p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Miller p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     4   9             Totals               32   4  11   4     5   3

Time of Game: 3:04   Attendance: 21,654
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Angels 10
DP: Rangers 1, Angels 0
Errors: Wills, Bonds, Umbarger, Chalk, Machemer
Caught Stealing: Bonds (8), Sundberg (4), Machemer (1), Baylor (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Grich (1)
GIDP: Rettenmund (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger L(3-6)         6     8   2   2   2   1   0  26   4.66
Cleveland               2     3   2   2   3   2   0  12   2.27
Totals                  8    11   4   4   5   3   0  38

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Aase W(5-4)             8.2   6   2   2   4   8   0  35   4.52
D. Miller               0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.89
LaRoche SV(10)          0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.35
Totals                  9     7   2   2   4   9   0  37

Wild Pitches: Cleveland (1)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to right; Campaneris grounded
out (shortstop to first); Wills was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Grich walked; Chalk forced Grich (first to
shortstop); Bostock grounded out (pitcher to second to first)
[Chalk to second]; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk lined to shortstop; Bonds singled to center;
Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels
0.

ANGELS 2ND: Jackson singled to center; Rettenmund grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [Jackson out at second];
Machemer singled to center; Machemer was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to right; Harrah popped to
catcher in foul territory; Thompson was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: R. Miller walked; Downing singled to center [R.
Miller to third]; Grich flied out to center; Chalk flied out to
center; Bostock singled to second [R. Miller scored, Downing to
third]; Baylor made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Angels 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove singled to left; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Hargrove to second]; Wills
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hargrove to third]; Zisk
singled to third [Hargrove scored]; Bonds flied out to left; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Jackson grounded out (third to first); Rettenmund
struck out; Machemer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Lowenstein struck out; Sundberg singled to center;
Sundberg was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Harrah
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: R. Miller popped to third in foul territory; Downing
singled to right; Grich grounded out (catcher to first) [Downing
to second]; Chalk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Thompson singled to left [Thompson to third (error
by Chalk)]; Hargrove lined to second; Campaneris struck out;
Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Bostock flied out to left; Baylor singled to center;
Baylor was caught stealing second but was safe at second (error
by Wills; assist by Sundberg); Jackson singled to shortstop
[Baylor stayed at second]; Jackson was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Umbarger [Baylor to third, Jackson to
second]; Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Machemer
flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Bonds reached
on an error by Machemer [Bonds to second]; Lowenstein struck
out; Sundberg walked; Harrah walked [Bonds to third, Sundberg to
second]; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: R. Miller singled to left; CLEVELAND REPLACED
UMBARGER (PITCHING); Downing forced R. Miller (pitcher to
shortstop); Grich walked [Downing to second]; Chalk made an out
to shortstop; Bostock singled [Downing scored, Grich to third];
Baylor struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 2.

RANGERS 8TH: LANDREAUX REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING LF); JACKSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); FAIRLY REPLACED MACHEMER
(PLAYING 1B); Hargrove flied out to center; PUTNAM BATTED FOR
CAMPANERIS; Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: MASON REPLACED PUTNAM (PLAYING SS); Jackson singled
to center; Cleveland threw a wild pitch [Jackson to second];
Rettenmund walked; Fairly was called out on strikes; R. Miller
singled to right [Jackson scored, Rettenmund to third (error by
Bonds), R. Miller to second]; Downing was walked intentionally;
Grich hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rettenmund scored]; Chalk
flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 4.

RANGERS 9TH: MULLINIKS REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING SS); Zisk singled
to right; Bonds flied out to left; Lowenstein flied out to left;
Sundberg walked [Zisk to second]; Harrah walked [Zisk to third,
Sundberg to second]; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR THOMPSON; D. MILLER
REPLACED AASE (PITCHING); J. Ellis singled to left [Zisk scored,
Sundberg to third, Harrah to second]; JORGENSEN RAN FOR J.
ELLIS; LAROCHE REPLACED D. MILLER (PITCHING); Hargrove struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 4.