In a split of a twi-night doubleheader, the Rangers won the first game, 8-3, and the A's captured the second contest, 2-1. Doyle Alexander scattered eight hits in going the route in the opener. Al Oliver had a two-run single in the third inning and Bump Wills a two-run single in the fourth. Two other Texas runs scored on Oakland errors and another on a wild pitch.

The A's trailed, 1-0, going into the bottom of the ninth inning of the second game when Rico Carty slashed a one-out single. Darrell Woodard ran for Carty, advanced to second on an infield out and scored the tying tally on a single by Jeff Newman. Taylor Duncan then beat out an infield hit and reached second base while Newman went to third when Wills threw wildly past first. A single by Tim Hosley then scored Newman with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 8, Oakland Athletics 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, September 10, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      0  0  2    4  0  0    2  0  0  -   8  9  0
A's          0  1  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  8  4


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           3   2   1   0     2   0   .256      Edwards 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
  Jorgensen pr,1b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Burke cf              4   2   3   0     0   0   .251
Wills 2b              4   1   2   2     1   1   .235      Carty dh              3   0   1   2     0   1   .292
Lowenstein 3b         3   1   0   0     0   0   .220      Page lf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .293
  Alomar 3b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Dilone lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Oliver lf             5   0   2   2     0   1   .318      Newman 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .240
  Grubb lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Robinson c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Bonds rf              4   1   1   0     1   2   .276        Meyer c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Thompson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Guerrero ss           3   0   1   1     0   1   .276
Zisk dh               5   1   2   1     0   1   .255        Picciolo ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Sundberg c            2   0   1   0     2   0   .285      Wallis rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Beniquez cf           4   1   0   0     0   2   .251      Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .198
Harrah ss             2   1   0   0     1   1   .222      Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wirth p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   8   9   5     7   9             Totals               32   3   8   3     1   5

Time of Game: 2:40
Left on Base: Rangers 7, A's 5
DP: Rangers 0, A's 2
Errors: Newman, Robinson, Gross, Norris
Doubles: Gross (8)
Triples: Carty (1), Burke (1)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (15), Bonds (35), Page (23)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (7), Wills 2 (8), Burke (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrah (7), Newman (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Carty (7)
GIDP: Bonds (14)
Hit by Pitch: Lowenstein (2,by Wirth)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(8-9)        9     8   3   3   1   5   0  35   4.10
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   5   0  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(0-4)           3     3   6   2   5   5   0  18   4.84
Wirth                   3.2   4   2   2   1   0   0  15   3.53
Sosa                    2.1   2   0   0   1   4   0   9   2.45
Totals                  9     9   8   4   7   9   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Wirth (3)
Wild Pitches: Norris (1), Sosa (3)
Balks: Sosa (2)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Larry Barnett


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Wills forced Hargrove (first to
shortstop); Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher) [Wills to
second]; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (first to pitcher); Burke
singled to center; Burke was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bonds struck out; Zisk struck out; Sundberg walked;
Norris threw a wild pitch [Sundberg to second]; Beniquez struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: On a bunt Page singled to third; Page stole
second; Newman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Page
to third]; Robinson grounded out (second to first); Guerrero
singled to left [Page scored]; Wallis popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah walked; Harrah was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Hargrove walked; Wills walked [Hargrove
to second]; Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted) [Hargrove
to third, Wills to second]; Oliver singled to center [Hargrove
scored, Wills scored]; Bonds struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards
grounded out (second to first); Burke singled to center; Carty
tripled to right [Burke scored]; Page struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Zisk singled to right; Sundberg singled to left
[Zisk to third]; Beniquez reached on an error by Gross [Zisk
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Sundberg to second]; Harrah reached
on an error by Norris on a sacrifice bunt [Sundberg to third,
Beniquez to second]; WIRTH REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Hargrove
forced Sundberg (first to catcher) [Beniquez to third, Harrah to
second]; Wills singled to right [Beniquez scored (unearned),
Harrah scored (unearned), Hargrove to third]; Wills was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Lowenstein reached on an
error by Newman [Hargrove scored (unearned) (no RBI)];
Lowenstein stole second; Oliver flied to left in foul territory;
4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman popped to catcher in foul territory;
Robinson grounded out (first to pitcher); Guerrero struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Bonds singled to left; Bonds stole second [Bonds to
third (error by Robinson)]; Zisk flied into a double play (right
to first to third) [Bonds out at third]; Sundberg grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Wallis flied out to center; Gross doubled to
right; Edwards flied out to center; Burke grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Harrah
popped to shortstop in foul territory; Hargrove flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Carty struck out; Page flied out to center;
Newman singled to left; Robinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills singled to center; Wills was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Lowenstein was hit by a pitch;
Oliver made an out to shortstop; Bonds walked [Lowenstein to
second]; Zisk singled to left [Lowenstein scored, Bonds to
third]; SOSA REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); Sosa threw a wild pitch
[Bonds scored, Zisk to second]; Sosa balked [Zisk to third];
Sundberg walked; Beniquez struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 8, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: ALOMAR REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING 3B); Guerrero
flied out to center; Wallis flied out to center; Gross struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Athletics 2.

RANGERS 8TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); Harrah
struck out; Hargrove singled to right; JORGENSEN RAN FOR
HARGROVE; Wills struck out; Alomar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 8, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Edwards
grounded out (pitcher to first); Burke tripled to center; Carty
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Burke scored]; Page walked;
Newman forced Page (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 8, Athletics 3.

RANGERS 9TH: DILONE REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); MEYER REPLACED
ROBINSON (PLAYING C ); Oliver singled to center; Debut game
for Scott Meyer; Bonds grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Oliver out at second]; Zisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 8, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: GRUBB REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING LF); THOMPSON
REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); Meyer was called out on strikes;
Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis made an out
to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Athletics 3.