Oakland Athletics 2, Texas Rangers 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, September 10, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 9 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Edwards 2b,ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .276 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Burke cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Campaneris ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Carty dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Grubb ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Woodard pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Norman ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Page lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .293 Wills 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .234 Newman 1b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .246 Oliver lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .315 Duncan 3b,2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .265 Bonds dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Alston rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Zisk rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .255 Revering ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .272 J. Ellis c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .225 Dilone rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Beniquez cf 3 0 3 1 0 0 .257 Hosley ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .600 Harrah 3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Essian c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .198 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 27 1 4 1 4 5 Totals 30 2 9 2 2 2 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 2,739 Left on Base: Rangers 5, A's 6 DP: Rangers 2, A's 1 Errors: Wills Doubles: Zisk (15), Edwards (15) Caught Stealing: Beniquez (10), Newman (3) Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (24), Harrah (8), Alston (4), Newman (3) GIDP: Oliver (6), Carty (12) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Comer L(8-4) 8.2 9 2 1 2 2 0 34 1.99 Totals 8.2 9 2 1 2 2 0 34 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg W(10-11) 9 4 1 1 4 5 0 33 4.58 Totals 9 4 1 1 4 5 0 33 Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Campaneris struck out; Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards walked; Burke singled to shortstop [Edwards to second]; Carty lined into a double play (third to second) [Edwards out at second]; Page walked [Burke to second]; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Zisk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan singled to left; Alston out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Duncan to second]; Essian grounded out (first to pitcher) [Duncan to third]; Picciolo flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 3RD: J. Ellis was called out on strikes; Beniquez singled to right; Beniquez was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Burke flied out to right; Carty lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove walked; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Hargrove to second]; Wills walked; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wills out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Newman singled to left; Newman was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Duncan struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 5TH: Bonds struck out; Zisk doubled to left; J. Ellis struck out; Beniquez singled to left [Zisk scored]; Harrah walked [Beniquez to second]; Hargrove flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Alston was called out on strikes; Essian made an out to second; Picciolo flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 0. RANGERS 6TH: Campaneris flied out to left; Wills flied out to center; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards doubled to right; Burke reached on a fielder's choice [Edwards out at third (first to third)]; Carty grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Burke out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 0. RANGERS 7TH: Bonds flied out to right; Zisk grounded out (second to first); J. Ellis made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Page singled to center; Newman out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Page to second]; Duncan flied out to left; REVERING BATTED FOR ALSTON; Revering flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 0. RANGERS 8TH: DILONE REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING RF); Beniquez singled to third; Harrah out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Beniquez to second]; Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first) [Beniquez to third]; GRUBB BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Grubb walked; Wills popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); NORMAN REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING SS); ROBINSON BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Robinson grounded out (second to first); GROSS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 0. RANGERS 9TH: ROBINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DUNCAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); EDWARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bonds grounded out (third to first); Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty singled to center; WOODARD RAN FOR CARTY; Page grounded out (pitcher to first) [Woodard to second]; Newman singled to center [Woodard scored]; Duncan singled to second [Newman to third (error by Wills), Duncan to second]; HOSLEY BATTED FOR DILONE; Hosley singled to shortstop [Newman scored (unearned), Duncan stayed at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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