Pitching his third complete game of the season, Steve Renko unfurled a four-hitter as the A's edged the Angels, 1-0. The A's run came in the opening frame. Joe Wallis walked and Mitchell Page doubled him to third. When right fielder Lyman Bostock attempted to throw out Page at second, the ball skipped past second baseman Bobby Grich and Wallis scored easily. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 1, California Angels 0
Game Played on Monday, August    7, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  8  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Landreaux cf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .247      Edwards 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Lansford 3b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Alston lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Bostock rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .291        Burke cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Fairly 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Wallis rf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .284
Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .225        Armas rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Goodwin dh            3   0   0   0     1   1   .333      Page dh               2   0   2   0     2   0   .296
Downing c             3   0   2   0     0   1   .280      Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Chalk ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .275      Duncan 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Grich 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Essian c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .234
Aase p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dilone cf,lf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .242
                                                          Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .239
                                                            Horton ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .267
                                                            Woodard pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Guerrero ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .284
                                                          Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     2   5             Totals               29   1   8   0     5   0

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 17,183
Left on Base: Angels 6, A's 9
DP: Angels 0, A's 0
Errors: Bostock, Revering
Doubles: Lansford (15), Page 2 (20), Wallis (12)
Stolen Bases: Alston (3)
Caught Stealing: Landreaux (3), Woodard (1), Edwards (17), Page (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Grich (13)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Aase L(8-7)             8     8   1   0   5   0   0  34   3.73
Totals                  8     8   1   0   5   0   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko W(6-6)            9     4   0   0   2   5   0  33   3.26
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   5   0  33

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean


ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux flied out to center; Lansford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bostock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Alston
grounded out (first to pitcher); Wallis walked; Page doubled to
right [Wallis scored (error by Bostock) (unearned), Page to
third]; Revering grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Fairly made an out to second; Rudi grounded out
(pitcher to first); Goodwin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan grounded out (second to first); Essian
singled to left; Dilone grounded out (first unassisted) [Essian
to second]; Picciolo flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Downing singled to right; Chalk singled to shortstop
[Downing to second]; Grich out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Downing to third, Chalk to second]; Landreaux was
walked intentionally; Lansford struck out; Bostock flied to left
in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards made an out to first; Alston flied out to
right; Wallis doubled to left; Page walked; Revering grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics
1.

ANGELS 4TH: Fairly grounded out (second to first); Rudi flied
out to center; Goodwin walked; Downing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Duncan flied out to center; Essian walked; Dilone
singled to center [Essian to second]; Picciolo flied out to
right; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Chalk struck out; Grich made an out to shortstop;
Landreaux reached on an error by Revering; Landreaux was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Alston flied out to right; Wallis flied out to
center; Page doubled to center; Revering grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Lansford doubled to right; Bostock grounded out
(first unassisted) [Lansford to third]; Fairly grounded out
(first unassisted); Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan flied out to center; Essian flied out to
left; Dilone grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Goodwin grounded out (first unassisted); Downing
singled to right; Chalk forced Downing (third to second); Grich
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HORTON BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Horton singled to
left; WOODARD RAN FOR HORTON; Woodard was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Edwards singled to center; Edwards was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Alston singled to
center; Alston stole second; Wallis flied out to center; 0 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 8TH: GUERRERO REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING SS); BURKE
REPLACED ALSTON (PLAYING CF); ARMAS REPLACED WALLIS (PLAYING
RF); DILONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Landreaux flied out
to center; Lansford flied out to center; Bostock flied to left
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page walked; Revering made an out to catcher;
Page was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Duncan
walked; Essian popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 9TH: Fairly flied out to left; Rudi flied out to left;
Goodwin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Athletics 1.