Held to one hit in the first five innings, the Angels erupted for seven runs in the sixth and beat the Rangers, 7-6. Ranger starter Doc Medich was breezing with a 6-0 lead when consecutive singles by Bobby Grich, Jim Anderson and Rick Miller loaded the bases in the sixth.

A groundout by Carney Lansford chased one run home and a single by Lyman Bostock plated two more and sent Medich to the showers. Reliever Reggie Cleveland was greeted by a home run off the bat of Don Baylor. Joe Rudi then stroked a single and Ron Fairly followed with a homer over the right field fence. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 7, Texas Rangers 6
Game Played on Thursday, September 7, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Rangers      1  0  3    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   6  8  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  7    0  0  x  -   7 10  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           3   2   2   1     1   0   .254      R. Miller cf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .268
  J. Ellis ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Lansford 3b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .274
Beniquez cf           4   1   1   3     0   0   .251      Bostock rf            4   1   1   2     0   0   .291
Harrah ss             3   0   1   0     1   0   .223      Baylor dh             4   1   1   2     0   0   .256
Oliver lf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .313      Rudi lf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .247
Bonds rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .278      Fairly 1b             4   1   1   2     0   0   .227
Zisk dh               3   1   1   1     1   0   .253      Downing c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .264
  L. Washington pr,dh 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Grich 2b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .229
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Anderson ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .215
Bevacqua 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wills 2b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .233        D. Miller p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6   8   6     3   4             Totals               33   7  10   7     2   1

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 15,815
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Angels 4
DP: Rangers 1, Angels 0
Doubles: Wills (14)
Home Runs: Hargrove (7), Beniquez (9), Baylor (30), Fairly (9)
Stolen Bases: Downing (2)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (6)
GIDP: Bostock (24)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich                  5.1   5   4   4   1   0   0  21   3.90
Cleveland L(3-8)        2.2   5   3   3   1   1   2  14   3.18
Totals                  8    10   7   7   2   1   2  35

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana                  3.2   6   6   6   2   2   2  18   3.35
D. Miller W(5-1)        3.1   1   0   0   0   0   0  11   2.25
LaRoche SV(21)          2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   2.11
Totals                  9     8   6   6   3   4   2  37

Balks: Tanana 2 (8)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove homered; Beniquez popped to second in foul
territory; Harrah walked; Harrah was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Oliver struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Angels 0.

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

RANGERS 2ND: Bonds made an out to second; Zisk grounded out
(third to first); Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor made an out to first; Rudi flied out to
center; Fairly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Bevacqua made an out to second; Wills doubled to
center; Hargrove walked; Beniquez homered [Wills scored,
Hargrove scored]; Harrah flied out to center; Oliver was called
out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Downing grounded out (third to first); Grich walked;
Anderson forced Grich (second to shortstop); R. Miller forced
Anderson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
4, Angels 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Bonds singled to shortstop; Tanana balked [Bonds to
second]; Zisk singled to right [Bonds scored]; Sundberg grounded
out (third to first) [Zisk to second]; Tanana balked [Zisk to
third]; Bevacqua popped to first in foul territory; Wills
singled to left [Zisk scored]; D. MILLER REPLACED TANANA
(PITCHING); Hargrove singled to center [Wills to third];
Beniquez flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Lansford singled to center; Bostock grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lansford out at
second]; Baylor flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 6, Angels 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Harrah made an out to first; Oliver grounded out
(second to first); Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Rudi flied out to left; Fairly grounded out
(shortstop to first); Downing grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Zisk flied out to right; Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Grich singled to center; Anderson singled to right
[Grich to second]; R. Miller singled to left [Grich to third,
Anderson to second]; Lansford grounded out (second to first)
[Grich scored, Anderson to third, R. Miller to second]; Bostock
singled to center [Anderson scored, R. Miller scored, Bostock to
second (on throw to home)]; CLEVELAND REPLACED MEDICH
(PITCHING); Baylor homered [Bostock scored]; Rudi singled to
left; Fairly homered [Rudi scored]; Downing walked; Downing
stole second; Grich struck out; Anderson flied out to left; 7 R,
7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 7.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills flied out to center; Hargrove grounded out
(second to first); Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 7.

ANGELS 7TH: R. Miller flied out to right; Lansford grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 7.

RANGERS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED D. MILLER (PITCHING); Harrah
singled to left; Oliver struck out; Bonds flied out to left;
Zisk walked [Harrah to second]; L. WASHINGTON RAN FOR ZISK;
Sundberg struck out; Debut game for LaRue Washington; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 7.

ANGELS 8TH: L. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Baylor
flied out to right; Rudi singled to center; Fairly forced Rudi
(first to shortstop); Downing singled to center [Fairly to
second]; Grich forced Downing (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 7.

RANGERS 9TH: Bevacqua flied out to center; Wills flied out to
right; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR HARGROVE; J. Ellis made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 7.