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. California Angels 7, Texas Rangers 6Game Played on Thursday, September 7, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim StadiumRangers 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. |
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