With three pitchers combining on a shutout, the A's blanked the Angels, 2-0. The first A's run came in the fourth when Mitchell Page singled, stole second and third and scored when third baseman Carney Lansford threw wildly to the plate after fielding a grounder by Willie Horton.

The other marker came in the fifth on a single by Taylor Duncan, a sacrifice and a single by Mike Edwards. Dave Heaverlo relieved Matt Keough in the eighth after a leadoff single by Brian Downing, and Elias Sosa relieved Heaverlo in the ninth after Ron Fairly and Don Baylor both singled to start the inning. It was Sosa's 14th save. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, California Angels 0
Game Played on Monday, July      31, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .282      R. Miller cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Wallis cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Lansford 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .275
Page lf               3   1   1   0     0   1   .290      Bostock rf            2   0   1   0     2   0   .289
  Armas rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Fairly 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .214
Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .266        Landreaux pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .234
  Dilone pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Baylor dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Newman 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Guerrero ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Chalk ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Duncan 3b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .266      Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .234
  Gross 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .201        Solaita ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Essian c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Humphrey c            2   0   1   0     0   0   .216
Burke rf,lf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .243        Downing ph,c        1   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knapp p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   5   1     0   6             Totals               32   0   7   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 29,044
Left on Base: A's 3, Angels 8
DP: A's 1, Angels 0
Errors: Lansford
Doubles: Lansford (14)
Stolen Bases: Page 2 (15), Dilone (37)
Caught Stealing: Edwards (13), Page (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Essian (13)
GIDP: Fairly (5)
Hit by Pitch: Guerrero (6,by Tanana), Chalk (6,by Keough)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough W(7-7)           7     5   0   0   2   3   0  27   2.61
Heaverlo                1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.87
Sosa SV(14)             1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.86
Totals                  9     7   0   0   2   4   0  35

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana L(14-6)          7     4   2   1   0   3   0  25   2.99
Knapp                   2     1   0   0   0   3   0   7   4.32
Totals                  9     5   2   1   0   6   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Keough (2), Tanana (5)
Balks: Keough (1), Heaverlo (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards lined to first; Wallis flied out to
right; Page was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller lined to third; Lansford grounded out
(third to first); Bostock walked; Keough balked [Bostock to
second]; Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Horton flied out to right; Newman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Guerrero was hit by a pitch; Duncan lined
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Rudi struck out; Chalk grounded
out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian grounded out (third to first); Burke flied
out to right; Edwards lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Grich flied out to left; Humphrey grounded out
(third to first); R. Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Wallis popped to first in foul territory; Page
singled to right; Page stole second; Page stole third; Horton
reached on a fielder's choice [Page scored (error by Lansford)
(unearned), Horton to second]; Newman flied out to right [Horton
to third]; Guerrero flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Lansford doubled to left [Lansford out at third
(left to third)]; Bostock singled to third; Fairly grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bostock out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan singled to left; Essian out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Duncan to second]; Burke was called
out on strikes; Edwards singled to left [Duncan scored]; Edwards
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Baylor flied out to center; Rudi grounded out
(pitcher to first); Chalk made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Wallis singled to center; Page forced Wallis
(shortstop to second); Page was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first); Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Grich flied out to center; Humphrey singled to
center; R. Miller lined to shortstop; Lansford singled to left
[Humphrey to second]; Bostock walked [Humphrey to third,
Lansford to second]; Fairly forced Bostock (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman grounded out (third to first); Guerrero
struck out; Duncan lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: ARMAS REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING RF); BURKE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Baylor grounded out (third to first);
Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first); Chalk was hit by a pitch;
Grich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: KNAPP REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Essian struck
out; Burke was called out on strikes; Edwards grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels
0.

ANGELS 8TH: DOWNING BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; Downing singled to
center; HEAVERLO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Heaverlo balked
[Downing to second]; R. Miller flied out to left; Lansford flied
out to left; Bostock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DOWNING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Wallis flied
out to center; Armas made an out to third; Horton singled to
shortstop; DILONE RAN FOR HORTON; Dilone stole second; Newman
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GROSS REPLACED
DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); Fairly singled to center; LANDREAUX RAN FOR
FAIRLY; Baylor singled to center [Landreaux to second]; SOSA
REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Rudi flied out to center; Chalk
forced Baylor (shortstop to second) [Landreaux to third];
SOLAITA BATTED FOR GRICH; Solaita struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 0.