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Three hits by Richie Zisk led the attack as the Rangers triumphed over the A's, 3-1. Bump Wills and Johnny Grubb stroked consecutive singles in the first inning and moved up on a groundout by Al Oliver. Zisk then smacked a two-run single. Texas Rangers 3, Oakland Athletics 1Game Played on Sunday, September 17, 1978 (Day game) at Arlington StadiumA's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Rangers 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 12 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wallis rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Wills 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .241 Burke cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Grubb dh 2 1 1 0 1 0 .266 Guerrero ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .280 Sample ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .429 Page lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .288 Oliver lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Carty dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .284 Zisk rf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .260 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Beniquez cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .256 Newman c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Sundberg c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .284 Gross 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 .205 Jorgensen 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .207 Picciolo 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Harrah ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .220 Duncan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Mason 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Woodard 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norman 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 6 1 0 9 Totals 32 3 12 3 2 2 Time of Game: 2:04 Attendance: 6,564 Left on Base: A's 5, Rangers 10 DP: A's 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Gross, Wills Home Runs: Carty (29) Caught Stealing: Wills (11), Zisk (3) Sacrifice Hits: Mason 2 (5), Harrah (9) GIDP: Page (7) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford L(7-12) 4 9 3 3 1 1 0 22 3.28 Norris 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.35 Lacey 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.95 Totals 8 12 3 3 2 2 0 37 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(13-13) 9 6 1 1 0 9 1 33 2.40 Totals 9 6 1 1 0 9 1 33 Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Steve Palermo ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis grounded out (shortstop to first); Burke was called out on strikes; Guerrero singled to center; Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to right; Grubb singled to right [Wills to third]; Oliver reached on a fielder's choice [Grubb to second]; Zisk singled to center [Wills scored, Grubb scored, Oliver to second]; Beniquez struck out; Sundberg forced Zisk (third to second) [Oliver to third]; Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 2ND: Carty singled to right; Revering struck out; Newman struck out; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Mason flied out to right; On a bunt Wills singled to catcher; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo grounded out (second to first); Wallis popped to first in foul territory; Burke grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 3RD: Grubb flied out to center; Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Zisk singled to right; Beniquez singled to third [Zisk to third (error by Gross)]; Sundberg singled to right [Zisk scored, Beniquez to third]; Jorgensen grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero grounded out (second to first); Page flied out to center; Carty homered; Revering grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 4TH: Harrah singled to left; Mason out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Harrah to second]; Wills grounded out (first to pitcher) [Harrah to third]; Grubb walked; Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman made an out to first; Gross singled to right; Picciolo singled to second [Gross to second]; Wallis flied out to left; Burke grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 5TH: Zisk singled to shortstop; NORRIS REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Zisk was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Beniquez flied out to left; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero singled to left; Page grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Guerrero out at second]; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: Jorgensen singled to right; Harrah walked [Jorgensen to second]; LACEY REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Mason out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Jorgensen to third, Harrah to second]; Wills reached on a fielder's choice [Jorgensen out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; SAMPLE BATTED FOR GRUBB; Sample struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Revering flied out to center; Newman flied out to center; Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Oliver grounded out (third to first); Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez singled to right; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: DUNCAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Duncan struck out; Wallis struck out; Burke reached on an error by Wills; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 8TH: WOODARD REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 2B); Jorgensen singled to shortstop; Harrah out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jorgensen to second]; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR MASON; Bevacqua popped to first in foul territory; Wills flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: NORMAN REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING 3B); Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty struck out; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 3. |
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