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Wednesday September 6, 1978
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Texas Rangers 9, California Angels 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, September 6, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Rangers      3  0  5    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   9  9  0
Angels       0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  7  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   1     1   0   .252      R. Miller cf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .268
  Jorgensen pr,1b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Lansford 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Beniquez cf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .251      Bostock rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .291
  Thompson cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .229        Landreaux rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Lowenstein 3b         3   2   1   1     2   0   .224      Baylor dh             4   1   2   1     0   1   .256
Oliver dh             4   2   1   1     1   1   .316      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Bonds rf              3   2   1   1     2   1   .278      Fairly 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .227
  Grubb rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Grich 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Zisk lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .252      Anderson ss           3   1   2   0     1   1   .211
  Sample lf           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Humphrey c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .218
Harrah ss             3   0   1   2     1   0   .222      Hartzell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
J. Ellis c            3   2   3   2     1   0   .240        Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wills 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .231        Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   9   9   8     9   3             Totals               33   2   7   1     2   8

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 19,115
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Angels 6
DP: Rangers 1, Angels 3
Errors: Lansford
Doubles: Lowenstein (6), J. Ellis (3), Anderson 2 (6)
Home Runs: Baylor (29)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (14), Wills (47)
Sacrifice Hits: Zisk (4)
GIDP: Hargrove (10), Zisk (12), Beniquez (7), Bostock (23)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(14-8)         9     7   2   1   2   8   1  35   3.22
Totals                  9     7   2   1   2   8   1  35

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hartzell L(6-9)         2     4   6   6   5   1   0  14   3.53
Fitzmorris              5     2   2   0   4   1   0  20   3.24
Barlow                  2     3   1   1   0   1   0   8   4.50
Totals                  9     9   9   7   9   3   0  42

Passed Balls: J. Ellis (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first);
Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Lowenstein doubled
to left; Oliver singled to center [Lowenstein scored]; Bonds
walked [Oliver to second]; Zisk walked [Oliver to third, Bonds
to second]; Harrah singled to center [Oliver scored, Bonds
scored, Zisk to second]; Zisk was picked off second (pitcher to
second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller walked; Lansford forced R. Miller (third
to second); Bostock struck out; Baylor singled to left [Lansford
to second]; Rudi popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Angels 0.

RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis walked; Wills flied out to left; Hargrove
grounded out (first to pitcher) [J. Ellis to second]; Beniquez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Fairly singled to center; Grich struck out; Anderson
walked [Fairly to second]; Humphrey struck out; R. Miller was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Angels
0.

RANGERS 3RD: Lowenstein walked; Lowenstein stole second; Oliver
walked; Bonds singled to center [Lowenstein scored, Oliver to
second]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED HARTZELL (PITCHING); Zisk out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Oliver to third, Bonds to
second]; Harrah was walked intentionally; J. Ellis doubled to
right [Oliver scored, Bonds scored, Harrah to third]; Wills
reached on a fielder's choice [Harrah out at home (second to
catcher), J. Ellis to third]; Wills stole second; Hargrove
walked; Beniquez reached on an error by Lansford [J. Ellis
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wills to third, Hargrove to second];
Lowenstein walked [Wills scored (unearned), Hargrove to third,
Beniquez to second]; Oliver struck out; 5 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 8, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock
grounded out (second to first); Baylor homered; Rudi grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Angels
1.

RANGERS 4TH: Bonds made an out to second; Zisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Fairly struck out; Grich flied out to center;
Anderson doubled to left; Humphrey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 8, Angels 1.

RANGERS 5TH: J. Ellis singled to left; Wills flied out to left;
Hargrove grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
first) [J. Ellis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
8, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: R. Miller singled to right; Lansford singled to
shortstop [R. Miller to second]; Bostock grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [R. Miller to third,
Lansford out at second]; Baylor made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 8, Angels 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Lowenstein
grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Rudi struck out; Fairly grounded out (second to
first); Grich grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 8, Angels 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Bonds walked; Zisk grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Bonds out at second]; Harrah
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 8,
Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Anderson doubled to center; Humphrey grounded out
(third to first); R. Miller grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Anderson to third]; J. Ellis allowed a passed ball [Anderson
scored (unearned)]; Lansford flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Angels 2.

RANGERS 8TH: BARLOW REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); J. Ellis
singled to center; Wills singled to center [J. Ellis to second];
Hargrove singled to right [J. Ellis scored, Wills to second];
JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Beniquez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Wills to third, Jorgensen out at second];
Lowenstein flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 9,
Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); THOMPSON
REPLACED BENIQUEZ (PLAYING CF); Bostock flied out to center;
Baylor was called out on strikes; Rudi popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 9, Angels 2.

RANGERS 9TH: LANDREAUX REPLACED BOSTOCK (PLAYING RF); Oliver
grounded out (second to first); Bonds was called out on strikes;
Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 9, Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: GRUBB REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); SAMPLE REPLACED
ZISK (PLAYING LF); Fairly grounded out (second to first); Grich
grounded out (third to first); Anderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 9, Angels 2.



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