The Angels pulled within 1½ games of the Royals in the West division by defeating the pace-setters in a twi-night doubleheader, 3-2 and 4-2. In the opener, the Angels started their scoring with a walk to Ron Fairly, an infield out and a single by Bobby Grich in the fifth inning. Joe Rudi homered in the sixth and the deciding run followed in the same stanza when two walks and a single by Grich loaded the bases and Rick Miller laid down a safe bunt. The Royals rallied in the ninth, but Dave LaRoche relieved Don Aase and saved the game. California Angels 3, Kansas City Royals 2 (Game 1)Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim StadiumRoyals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 10 0 Angels 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 x - 3 7 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braun lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .247 R. Miller cf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .268 Silverio pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .272 Quirk ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Bostock rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .293 Zdeb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Baylor dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 McRae dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Rudi lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .247 LaCock 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .301 Fairly 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .224 Porter c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .283 Downing c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .265 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286 Grich 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .233 Brett 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Anderson ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .224 Cowens rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .282 Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .275 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Poquette ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .208 Terrell ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .202 Hurdle ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Washington pr,ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .287 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGilberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 2 10 1 3 3 Totals 31 3 7 3 6 4 Time of Game: 2:32 Left on Base: Royals 9, Angels 10 DP: Royals 0, Angels 1 Doubles: Poquette (9) Home Runs: Rudi (15) Caught Stealing: Cowens (6) GIDP: Zdeb (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale L(14-8) 5.2 5 3 3 5 2 1 27 2.98 Mingori 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.98 McGilberry 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 3.50 Totals 8 7 3 3 6 4 1 37 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Aase W(10-8) 8 10 2 2 3 3 0 36 4.14 LaRoche SV(22) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.59 Totals 9 10 2 2 3 3 0 38 Passed Balls: Porter (8) Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Terry Cooney ROYALS 1ST: Umpire Al Clark out with injured toe; Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae was called out on strikes; LaCock walked; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller grounded out (pitcher to first); Lansford was called out on strikes; Bostock singled to left; Baylor popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis flied out to center; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens singled to second; Cowens was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Fairly grounded out (third to first); Downing flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (second to first); Terrell singled to center; Braun singled to right [Terrell to second]; McRae popped to second; LaCock forced Braun (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Grich grounded out (first unassisted); Anderson struck out (catcher to first); R. Miller lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 4TH: Porter struck out; Otis walked; Brett singled to center [Otis to second]; Cowens grounded out (second to first) [Otis to third, Brett to second]; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Lansford flied out to center; Bostock walked; Baylor flied out to left; Rudi forced Bostock (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 5TH: Terrell flied out to center; Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Fairly walked; Downing grounded out (third to first) [Fairly to second]; Grich singled to center [Fairly scored]; Anderson popped to second; R. Miller singled to right [Grich to second]; Lansford walked [Grich to third, R. Miller to second]; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 1. ROYALS 6TH: LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher); Porter popped to second; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 1. ANGELS 6TH: Baylor popped to catcher in foul territory; Rudi homered; Fairly grounded out (first to pitcher); Downing walked; Grich singled to left [Downing to second]; Anderson walked [Downing to third, Grich to second]; MINGORI REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); On a bunt R. Miller singled to third [Downing scored, Grich to third, Anderson to second]; Lansford forced R. Miller (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 3. ROYALS 7TH: Brett lined to center; Cowens singled to right; White flied out to right; HURDLE BATTED FOR TERRELL; Hurdle singled to right [Cowens to third]; WASHINGTON RAN FOR HURDLE; Braun walked [Washington to second]; SILVERIO RAN FOR BRAUN; McRae forced Silverio (shortstop to second); Debut game for Luis Silverio; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 3. ANGELS 7TH: SILVERIO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Bostock lined to third; Baylor singled to right; Rudi flied out to center; Fairly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 3. ROYALS 8TH: LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter grounded out (third to first); Otis singled to right; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 3. ANGELS 8TH: MCGILBERRY REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich walked; Porter allowed a passed ball [Grich to second]; Anderson was called out on strikes; R. Miller was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 3. ROYALS 9TH: Cowens singled to left; POQUETTE BATTED FOR WHITE; Poquette doubled to center [Cowens scored]; Washington singled to center [Poquette to third]; QUIRK BATTED FOR SILVERIO; LAROCHE REPLACED AASE (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED FOR QUIRK; Zdeb grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Poquette scored (no RBI), Washington out at second]; McRae popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Angels 3. |
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