The steady pitching of Don Aase, who was supported by an 11-hit attack, carried the Angels to an 8-2 victory over the A's. The Angels scored in the opening inning on singles by Carney Lansford and Lyman Bostock and an error by center fielder Joe Wallis.

They added another in the third on a triple by Ken Landreaux and sacrifice fly by Bostock. A homer by Bostock made it 3-0 in the sixth and sacrifice flies by Bobby Grich and Bostock produced another pair in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 8, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    2, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2  4  2
Angels       1  0  1    0  0  1    2  3  x  -   8 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Landreaux cf          4   2   2   2     1   0   .241
Wallis cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .284      Lansford 3b           5   1   2   0     0   1   .273
Page lf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .293      Bostock rf            3   1   3   4     0   0   .291
Horton dh             1   0   0   0     2   0   .261      Baylor dh             5   0   1   0     0   1   .257
  Murphy pr,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .233
Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Solaita 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .235
Guerrero ss           2   0   1   1     1   0   .283      Downing c             3   2   2   0     1   0   .273
Duncan 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Chalk ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .270
Newman c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Grich 2b              2   1   0   1     1   2   .234
Burke rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Aase p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   4   2     3   2             Totals               33   8  11   7     4   7

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 16,898
Left on Base: A's 3, Angels 8
DP: A's 0, Angels 1
Errors: Edwards, Wallis, Downing
Doubles: Downing (8), Landreaux (3)
Triples: Wallis (1), Landreaux (4)
Home Runs: Bostock (3)
Caught Stealing: Wallis (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Bostock 2 (4), Grich (2)
GIDP: Revering (8)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg L(9-9)          6     5   4   4   2   5   1  25   4.55
Heaverlo                0.1   1   1   0   1   0   0   4   2.86
Lacey                   1.2   5   3   3   1   2   0  11   2.75
Totals                  8    11   8   7   4   7   1  40

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Aase W(8-6)             9     4   2   2   3   2   0  32   3.95
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3   2   0  32

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Wallis
singled to second; Wallis was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux grounded out (pitcher to first); Lansford
singled to center; Bostock singled to center [Lansford scored
(error by Wallis), Bostock to second]; Baylor flied out to
center; Rudi walked; Solaita flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Horton walked; Revering grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Horton out at second];
Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Downing grounded out (second to first); Chalk lined
to second; Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan grounded out (second to first); Newman
grounded out (pitcher to first); Burke lined to first; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Landreaux tripled to center; Lansford struck out;
Bostock hit a sacrifice fly to center [Landreaux scored]; Baylor
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis
grounded out (second to first); Page grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Rudi was called out on strikes; Solaita struck out;
Downing walked; On a bunt Chalk grounded out (catcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Horton flied out to right; Revering grounded out
(first unassisted); Guerrero walked; Duncan made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Grich struck out; Landreaux grounded out (first
unassisted); Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Burke
grounded out (first unassisted); Edwards struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Bostock homered; Baylor lined to second; Rudi flied
out to center; Solaita popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis grounded out (pitcher to first); Page
singled to catcher [Page to second (error by Downing)]; Horton
walked; MURPHY RAN FOR HORTON; Revering made an out to
shortstop; Guerrero singled to left [Page scored, Murphy to
second]; Duncan forced Guerrero (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Downing doubled
to center; HEAVERLO REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Chalk singled
to third [Downing to third]; Grich hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Downing scored, Chalk to second]; Landreaux was walked
intentionally; Lansford reached on an error by Edwards [Chalk to
third, Landreaux to second]; LACEY REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING);
Bostock hit a sacrifice fly to left [Chalk scored (unearned)];
Baylor singled to third [Landreaux to third, Lansford to
second]; Rudi flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Newman flied to right in foul territory; Burke
flied out to left; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 5.

ANGELS 8TH: Solaita struck out; Downing singled to right; Chalk
grounded out (second to first) [Downing to second]; Grich was
walked intentionally; Landreaux doubled [Downing scored, Grich
scored]; Lansford singled to shortstop [Landreaux stayed at
second]; Bostock singled [Landreaux scored, Lansford to second];
Baylor struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Wallis tripled to right; Page grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Wallis scored]; Murphy grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); Revering flied out to right; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels 8.