Striking out a career-high 11 batters, Rick Langford tossed a three-hitter as the A's whitewashed the Angels, 1-0. The A's run came in the second inning when Mario Guerrero drew a one-out walk, moved to second on a single by Taylor Duncan and scored on a single by Miguel Dilone.

The Angels' Nolan Ryan struck out eight batters to move ahead of Warren Spahn into eighth place on the all-time strikeout list with 2,590. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 1, California Angels 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    1, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            4   0   1   0     1   1   .281      R. Miller cf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .262
Wallis cf             4   0   0   0     1   2   .280      Lansford 3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .270
Page lf               3   0   2   0     1   1   .294      Bostock rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .286
  Armas rf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Baylor dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .258
Horton dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .262      Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .269      Fairly 1b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .216
Guerrero ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .282      Downing c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .268
Duncan 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .271      Chalk ss,2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Newman c              2   0   0   0     1   1   .247      Grich 2b              2   0   1   0     0   1   .235
  Murphy pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .196        Solaita ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Essian c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .236        Anderson ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Dilone rf,lf          3   0   1   1     1   0   .243      Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   6   1     7   8             Totals               30   0   3   0     1  11

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 19,485
Left on Base: A's 11, Angels 4
DP: A's 0, Angels 0
Errors: Downing
Doubles: Grich (10)
Stolen Bases: Page 2 (17), Dilone (38), Edwards (17)
Caught Stealing: Edwards (14)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(4-7)         9     3   0   0   1  11   0  31   2.97
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1  11   0  31

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(5-10)            9     6   1   1   7   8   0  39   4.15
Totals                  9     6   1   1   7   8   0  39

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards singled to right; Edwards was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wallis flied out to
left; Page singled to left; Page stole second; Horton popped to
first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller was called out on strikes; Lansford struck
out; Bostock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering popped to third in foul territory;
Guerrero walked; Duncan singled to left [Guerrero to second];
Newman was called out on strikes; Dilone singled to left
[Guerrero scored, Duncan to third]; Dilone stole second; Edwards
popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Rudi grounded out (third to
first); Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Wallis struck out; Page struck out; Horton flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Downing struck out; On a bunt Chalk grounded out
(first to pitcher); Grich doubled to center; R. Miller was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering flied out to center; Guerrero flied out
to center; Duncan singled to right; Newman flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock
struck out; Baylor walked; Rudi flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Dilone made an out to catcher; Edwards struck
out; Wallis walked; Page singled to left [Wallis to second];
Horton walked [Wallis to third, Page to second]; Revering was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Fairly singled to third; Downing forced Fairly
(first to shortstop); Chalk flied out to right; Grich struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Duncan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Newman walked; MURPHY RAN FOR NEWMAN;
Dilone walked [Murphy to second]; Edwards forced Dilone
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: ESSIAN REPLACED MURPHY (PLAYING C ); R. Miller flied
out to left; Lansford was called out on strikes; Bostock
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis struck out; Page walked; Page stole
second; Horton struck out; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: ARMAS REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING RF); DILONE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Baylor popped to first; Rudi struck out;
Fairly popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Duncan grounded out
(second to first); Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: Downing flied out to right; Chalk singled to left;
SOLAITA BATTED FOR GRICH; Solaita grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Chalk to second]; R. Miller flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED SOLAITA (PLAYING SS); CHALK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Dilone grounded out (shortstop
to first); Edwards walked; Edwards stole second [Edwards to
third (error by Downing)]; Wallis flied out to center; Armas
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Lansford popped to second; Bostock grounded out
(second to first); Baylor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 0.