Joe Rudi, Brian Downing and Rance Mulliniks smashed homers in a fifth-inning power display to feature the Angels' 10-1 trouncing of the A's. Rudi, whose blast came with a man on base, previously doubled in another run in the second. Don Aase held the A's to six hits and allowed their run on singles by Wayne Gross, Dwayne Murphy and Mickey Klutts in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 10, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Friday, April     13, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Angels       0  2  2    0  5  0    0  0  1  -  10 12  1
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grich 2b              4   2   1   0     1   0   .167      Edwards 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Lansford 3b           5   3   3   1     0   1   .382      Wallis rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Carew 1b              4   0   0   0     1   2   .345      Page dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Baylor rf             5   1   2   1     0   1   .324      Gross 1b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .450
Rudi lf               5   2   3   3     0   0   .265      Murphy lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .583
Downing c             5   1   2   2     0   0   .379      Klutts 3b             2   0   2   1     1   0   .450
Rettenmund dh         5   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Newman c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .111
R. Miller cf          3   0   0   0     1   2   .273      Armas cf              2   0   0   0     1   2   .130
Mulliniks ss          3   1   1   1     0   1   .222      Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Aase p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wirth p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Minetto p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  10  12   8     3   9             Totals               30   1   6   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  2,985
Left on Base: Angels 6, A's 4
DP: Angels 3, A's 0
Errors: Baylor, Klutts, Newman
Doubles: Rudi (2), Lansford (2)
Triples: Lansford (1)
Home Runs: Mulliniks (1), Rudi (1), Downing (1)
GIDP: Newman (1), Picciolo (1), Murphy (2)
Hit by Pitch: Mulliniks (1,by Wirth)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Aase W(1-0)             9     6   1   1   2   5   0  32   2.87
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   5   0  32

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(0-2)          4.2   7   8   6   2   6   2  23   9.31
Wirth                   2.1   3   1   1   0   2   1  11   4.91
Minetto                 2     2   1   1   1   1   0   9   4.50
Totals                  9    12  10   8   3   9   3  43

Hit by Pitch: Wirth (1)
Wild Pitches: Aase (1), Johnson (1)

Umpires: HP - Charles Swenson, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Hank Tillman, 3B - Steve Borga


ANGELS 1ST: Debut for umpires Steve Borga and Charles
Swenson; Grich popped to first in foul territory; Lansford
grounded out (second to first); Carew was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (first unassisted); Wallis
struck out; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 0, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor singled to center; Rudi doubled to center
[Baylor scored]; Downing singled to right [Rudi scored, Downing
out at second (right to shortstop)]; Rettenmund struck out; R.
Miller walked; Mulliniks struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Murphy
grounded out (second to first); Klutts walked; Newman flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Grich reached on an error by Klutts; Lansford
doubled to left [Grich to third]; Carew struck out; Johnson
threw a wild pitch [Grich scored (unearned), Lansford scored
(error by Newman) (unearned)]; Baylor struck out; Rudi flied out
to center; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas struck out; Picciolo flied out to right;
Edwards grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 4, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Downing grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rettenmund flied out to center; R. Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Page
struck out; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 4, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Mulliniks homered; Grich walked; Lansford tripled to
center [Grich scored]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first);
Baylor made an out to second; Rudi homered [Lansford scored];
WIRTH REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Downing homered; Rettenmund
flied out to left; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 9, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Murphy struck out; Klutts singled to right
[Klutts to second (error by Baylor)]; Newman flied out to right;
Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 9, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 6TH: R. Miller was called out on strikes; Mulliniks was
hit by a pitch; Grich singled to right [Mulliniks to third];
Lansford was called out on strikes; Carew grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 9, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Edwards grounded out (first to pitcher); Wallis lined to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 9, Athletics 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Rudi singled
to left; Downing grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rudi to
second]; Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 9, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page flied out to right; Gross singled to center;
Aase threw a wild pitch [Gross to second]; Murphy singled to
center [Gross to third]; Klutts singled to right [Gross scored,
Murphy to third]; Newman grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Klutts out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 9, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 8TH: MINETTO REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); R. Miller flied
out to left; Mulliniks grounded out (pitcher to first); Grich
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 9,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Armas walked; Picciolo grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Armas out at second]; Edwards
singled to third; Wallis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 9, Athletics 1.

ANGELS 9TH: Lansford singled to center; Carew walked [Lansford
to second]; Baylor singled to center [Lansford scored, Carew to
second]; Rudi flied out to center [Carew to third]; Downing made
an out to shortstop; Rettenmund was called out on strikes; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 10, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Page grounded out (second to first); Gross
singled to shortstop; Murphy grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 10, Athletics 1.