Pablo Torrealba walked pinch hitter Merv Rettenmund with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, forcing in the winning run as the Angels downed the Chicago White Sox, 5-4. Nolan Ryan struck out 13 to increase his season total to 260 and improve his record to 10-13. Chicago starter Francisco Barrios was the loser. [ap]
California Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 4

Game Played on Sunday, October 1, 1978 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium

White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  5  0
Angels       1  0  0    1  0  1    1  1  x  -   5 10  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .275      R. Miller cf          4   1   2   0     1   0   .263
Pryor 2b              2   1   0   0     1   1   .261      Landreaux rf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .223
  Blomberg ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .231        Rettenmund ph,rf    0   0   0   1     1   0   .269
Washington cf         3   0   0   0     1   3   .253      Lansford 3b           4   0   2   1     1   2   .294
Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   2     0   3   .258      Baylor dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Lamar Johnson dh      2   1   1   1     1   1   .273      Rudi lf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .256
Molinaro rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .262      Jackson 1b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .297
Squires 1b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .280      Downing c             2   0   0   0     2   0   .255
Foley c               3   0   0   0     1   2   .353      Grich 2b              2   1   1   1     1   0   .251
Chappas ss            4   1   2   0     0   1   .267      Anderson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Goodwin ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .276
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mulliniks ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Kucek p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   4   5   4     6  13             Totals               31   5  10   5     7   3

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 31,327
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Angels 10
DP: White Sox 2, Angels 0
Errors: Grich, Ryan
Doubles: Lamar Johnson (23), Rudi (27), R. Miller (25), Lansford (23)
Home Runs: Jackson (6)
Stolen Bases: Squires (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Pryor (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Squires (3), Lamar Johnson (7), Grich (3)
GIDP: R. Miller (14), Anderson (5)
Hit by Pitch: Garr (1,by Ryan)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios L(9-15)         7.2  10   5   5   6   2   1  37   4.05
Torrealba               0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   4.71
Kucek                   0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.29
Totals                  8    10   5   5   7   3   1  39

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan W(10-13)           9     5   4   2   6  13   0  38   3.72
Totals                  9     5   4   2   6  13   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Ryan (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied to left in foul territory; Pryor
grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington walked; Soderholm
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller singled to center; Landreaux flied out to
center; Lansford singled to left [R. Miller to second]; Baylor
flied out to right; Rudi singled to center [R. Miller scored,
Lansford to second]; Jackson popped to first in foul territory;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson walked; Molinaro lined to second
[Lamar Johnson to third (error by Grich)]; Squires hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Lamar Johnson scored (unearned)]; Foley
walked; Chappas flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Downing walked; Grich walked [Downing to second];
Anderson forced Downing (pitcher to third) [Grich to second]; R.
Miller grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Angels 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr flied out to center; Pryor was called out on
strikes; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Landreaux flied out to left; Lansford was called out
on strikes; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Angels 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Lamar
Johnson doubled to center; Lamar Johnson was picked off second
(pitcher to shortstop); Molinaro flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Rudi doubled to center; Jackson singled to center
[Rudi to third]; Downing walked [Jackson to second]; Grich hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Rudi scored]; Anderson grounded into a
double play (third to first) [Jackson out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Angels 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires singled to third; Squires stole second;
Foley struck out; Chappas struck out; Garr grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: R. Miller doubled to center; Landreaux grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lansford walked; Baylor flied out to left;
Rudi forced Lansford (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 1, Angels 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor walked; Washington struck out; Soderholm
struck out; Lamar Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Jackson homered; Downing popped to third; Grich
flied out to center; Anderson grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Molinaro popped to third in foul territory;
Squires grounded out (second to first); Foley flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: R. Miller popped to shortstop; Landreaux singled to
right; Lansford doubled to left [Landreaux scored]; Baylor was
called out on strikes; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Angels 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Chappas singled to center; Garr was hit by a
pitch [Chappas to second]; Pryor reached on an error by Ryan on
a sacrifice bunt [Chappas to third, Garr to second]; Washington
struck out; Soderholm singled to center [Chappas scored, Garr
scored, Pryor to third, Soderholm to second (on throw)]; Lamar
Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Pryor scored (unearned)];
Molinaro was walked intentionally; Squires struck out; 3 R (2
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Angels 4.

ANGELS 8TH: Jackson flied out to center; Downing grounded out
(third to first); Grich singled to shortstop; GOODWIN BATTED FOR
ANDERSON; Goodwin walked [Grich to second]; R. Miller walked
[Grich to third, Goodwin to second]; TORREALBA REPLACED BARRIOS
(PITCHING); RETTENMUND BATTED FOR LANDREAUX; Rettenmund walked
[Grich scored, Goodwin to third, R. Miller to second]; KUCEK
REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Lansford struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 4, Angels 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MULLINIKS
REPLACED GOODWIN (PLAYING SS); Foley struck out; Chappas singled
to second; Garr walked [Chappas to second]; BLOMBERG BATTED FOR
PRYOR; Chappas was picked off second (catcher to shortstop to
third); Blomberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Angels 5.
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