A one-out single by Carney Lansford in the bottom of the ninth gave the Angels a 4-3 triumph over the Twins. Ken Landreaux opened the Angel ninth with a safe bunt, advanced to second on a sacrifice by Rick Miller and scored when Lansford nicked reliever Mike Marshall for a single to center. [The Sporting News]
California Angels 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Sunday, August 6, 1978 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium

Twins        0  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  9  0
Angels       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   4 12  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             5   0   0   0     0   2   .238      Landreaux cf,rf       4   2   3   0     1   0   .251
Smalley ss            3   0   1   0     2   2   .285      Rettenmund rf         3   1   3   1     0   0   .293
Carew 1b              5   0   3   1     0   0   .329        R. Miller cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Cubbage 3b            5   0   1   0     0   2   .303      Lansford 3b           5   0   2   1     0   1   .282
Adams dh              3   1   1   0     1   1   .264      Baylor 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .254
  Norwood ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Ford cf               3   1   1   0     2   1   .298      Downing c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Chiles lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .272      Goodwin dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .400
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Chalk ss              3   0   1   0     1   0   .274
  Rivera lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Wynegar c             3   0   0   1     1   1   .246      Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wilfong 2b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .286        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3   9   3     7  11             Totals               34   4  12   3     2   2

Time of Game: 3:14   Attendance: 17,628
Left on Base: Twins 13, Angels 10
DP: Twins 1, Angels 0
Doubles: Ford (25)
Home Runs: Baylor (24)
Stolen Bases: Wilfong 2 (6), Carew (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Grich (12), R. Miller (8)
Hit by Pitch: Rettenmund (2,by Zahn)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn                    7.1  10   3   3   2   2   1  34   3.24
Marshall L(5-11)        1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   2.97
Totals                  8.1  12   4   4   2   2   1  39

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan                    8     8   3   3   7  10   0  39   4.11
LaRoche W(8-5)          1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.67
Totals                  9     9   3   3   7  11   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Zahn (4)
Wild Pitches: Zahn 2 (6), Ryan (9)

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


TWINS 1ST: Powell struck out; Smalley struck out; Carew grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels
0.

ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux walked; Rettenmund singled to left
[Landreaux to third]; Lansford struck out; Baylor flied out to
left; Rudi forced Rettenmund (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage was called out on strikes; Adams singled to
center; Ford walked [Adams to second]; Chiles singled to first
[Adams to third, Ford to second]; Wynegar walked [Adams scored,
Ford to third, Chiles to second]; Wilfong grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Ford scored, Chiles to third, Wynegar to second];
Powell popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodwin
struck out; Chalk walked; Grich flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley walked; Carew singled to center [Smalley to
second]; Cubbage struck out; Adams was called out on strikes;
Ford walked [Smalley to third, Carew to second]; Chiles struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Landreaux singled to center; Zahn threw a wild pitch
[Landreaux to second]; Rettenmund singled to center [Landreaux
scored]; Lansford singled to right [Rettenmund to third]; Zahn
threw a wild pitch [Rettenmund scored]; Baylor flied into a
double play (center to first to shortstop) [Lansford out at
second]; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 2.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar flied out to center; Wilfong singled to
right; Wilfong stole second; Powell struck out; Smalley was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Downing flied out to left; Goodwin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Chalk grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 2.

TWINS 5TH: Carew singled to center; Cubbage flied out to center;
Carew stole second; Adams walked; Ford was called out on
strikes; Chiles flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Grich flied out to center; Landreaux singled to
first; Rettenmund singled to left [Landreaux to second];
Lansford flied out to right; Baylor grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 2.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Wilfong
walked; Wilfong stole second; Ryan threw a wild pitch [Wilfong
to third]; Powell flied out to center; Smalley walked; Carew
singled to pitcher [Wilfong scored, Smalley to second]; Cubbage
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Rudi popped to second; Downing grounded out
(shortstop to first); Goodwin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 2.

TWINS 7TH: Adams grounded out (second to first); Ford doubled to
left; Chiles grounded out (first unassisted) [Ford to third];
Wynegar was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Chalk singled to left; Grich out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Chalk to second]; Landreaux grounded out
(first unassisted) [Chalk to third]; Rettenmund was hit by a
pitch; Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 2.

TWINS 8TH: Wilfong flied out to right; Powell popped to
shortstop; Smalley singled to center; Carew flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: Baylor homered; Rudi flied out to right; Downing
singled to right; Goodwin singled to center [Downing to second];
MARSHALL REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Chalk forced Goodwin (second
to shortstop) [Downing to third]; Grich flied out to center; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 3.

TWINS 9TH: R. MILLER REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING CF); LANDREAUX
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LAROCHE REPLACED RYAN
(PITCHING); Cubbage singled to right; NORWOOD BATTED FOR ADAMS;
Norwood struck out; Ford flied out to right; MORALES BATTED FOR
CHILES; Morales forced Cubbage (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 3.

ANGELS 9TH: NORWOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RIVERA REPLACED
MORALES (PLAYING LF); Landreaux singled to second; R. Miller out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Landreaux to second];
Lansford singled to center [Landreaux scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 4.
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