Brilliant pitching by Fergie Jenkins carried the Rangers to a 1-0 whitewashing of the Angels. The veteran righthander struck out five to move past both Bob Feller and Warren Spahn into ninth place on the all-time list with 2,584. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 1, California Angels 0
Game Played on Monday, September 11, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   1 10  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
R. Miller cf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .269      Harrah ss             3   1   0   0     1   0   .220
Lansford 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .234
Bostock rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .292      Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .254
Baylor dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .260        Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Fairly 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .219      Oliver lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .317
Landreaux lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .274
Downing c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .262      Grubb dh              3   0   2   0     0   0   .268
Chalk 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Anderson ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Beniquez cf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .257
  Solaita ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Bevacqua 3b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .234
  Mulliniks ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .185      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hartzell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   3   0     1   5             Totals               30   1  10   1     1   2

Time of Game: 1:48   Attendance:  7,245
Left on Base: Angels 3, Rangers 7
DP: Angels 1, Rangers 0
Doubles: Oliver (30)
Caught Stealing: Bostock (12), Bonds (19), Grubb (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bevacqua (2)
GIDP: Hargrove (11)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hartzell L(6-10)        8    10   1   1   1   2   0  32   3.39
Totals                  8    10   1   1   1   2   0  32

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(15-8)         9     3   0   0   1   5   0  30   3.09
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   5   0  30

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger


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

RANGERS 1ST: Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; Wills
flied out to left; Hargrove grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Fairly
grounded out (second to first); Landreaux grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bonds lined
to second; Grubb singled to center; Sundberg grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Downing flied out to center; Chalk flied out to
right; Anderson grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez singled to shortstop; Bevacqua out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Beniquez to second]; Harrah
walked; Wills flied out to left; Hargrove flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 4TH: R. Miller singled to center; Lansford singled to
left [R. Miller to second]; Bostock flied out to center; Baylor
flied out to left [R. Miller to third]; Fairly grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver singled to left; Bonds struck out; Grubb
flied out to left; Sundberg singled to third [Oliver to second];
Beniquez forced Sundberg (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Landreaux flied out to right; Downing grounded out
(second to first); Chalk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Bevacqua singled to left; Harrah forced Bevacqua
(catcher to shortstop); Wills grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Harrah to second]; Hargrove singled to center [Harrah scored];
Oliver forced Hargrove (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Anderson struck out; R. Miller flied out to left;
Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Bonds singled to second; Bonds was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Grubb singled to center; Grubb
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Sundberg flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Bostock walked; Baylor struck out; Fairly struck
out; Bostock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Beniquez made an out to shortstop; Bevacqua
grounded out (second to first); Harrah popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 8TH: Landreaux grounded out (catcher to first); Downing
singled to center; Chalk popped to pitcher; SOLAITA BATTED FOR
ANDERSON; Solaita flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: MULLINIKS REPLACED SOLAITA (PLAYING SS); On a bunt
Wills singled to third; Hargrove grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Wills out at second]; Oliver
doubled to left; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
0, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 9TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); R. Miller
flied out to left; Lansford flied out to center; Bostock
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Rangers 1.