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The batting of Bobby Grich, who drove in four runs with a pair of homers, and the pitching of Dave Frost, who yielded only three hits in eight innings, featured the Angels' 9-3 victory over the A's. Willie Aikens also homered for the Angels and drove in another run with a single. [The Sporting News] California Angels 9, Oakland Athletics 3Game Played on Saturday, April 14, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumAngels 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 - 9 11 0
A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 5 1
Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
R. Miller cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .243 Murray lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .167
Lansford 3b 5 0 3 0 0 0 .410 Wallis rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Carew 1b 4 0 0 1 1 0 .303 Murphy cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .467
Baylor rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .300 Page dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 .235
Rudi lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .270 Revering 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .440
Aikens dh 5 2 2 2 0 2 .462 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .391
Downing c 4 2 2 1 1 0 .394 Klutts ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .450
Grich 2b 4 2 3 4 0 1 .235 Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Mulliniks ss 3 0 0 1 0 1 .200 Newman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .107
Frost p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Essian c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .333
Clear p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250
Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 9 11 9 6 5 Totals 32 3 5 3 4 4
Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 2,649
Left on Base: Angels 7, A's 6
DP: Angels 0, A's 1
Errors: Picciolo
Doubles: Revering (3)
Triples: Edwards (1)
Home Runs: Grich 2 (4), Aikens (2)
Caught Stealing: Carew (1), Lansford (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Mulliniks (1)
GIDP: Aikens (2)
Hit by Pitch: Baylor (1,by Todd)
Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Frost W(1-0) 8 3 1 1 3 3 0 30 5.40
Clear 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 6 3.00
Totals 9 5 3 3 4 4 0 36
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Langford L(0-3) 5.2 7 4 4 3 1 2 25 5.71
Todd 1.1 3 4 4 1 1 0 9 7.04
Lacey 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 4 5.40
Hamilton 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 0.00
Totals 9 11 9 9 6 5 3 43
Hit by Pitch: Todd (2)
Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Hank Tillman, 2B - Steve Borga, 3B - Charles Swenson
ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller walked; Lansford singled to right [R.
Miller to third]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first) [R.
Miller scored, Lansford to second]; Baylor flied out to left;
Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Murray popped to third in foul territory; Wallis
flied out to center; Murphy walked; Page forced Murphy (second
to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 0.
ANGELS 2ND: Aikens struck out; Downing singled to left; Grich
singled to center [Downing to third]; Mickey Klutts hit on
right side of his chin by grounder; PICCIOLO REPLACED KLUTTS
(PLAYING SS); Mulliniks hit a sacrifice fly to left [Downing
scored]; R. Miller grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering flied out to center; Gross was called
out on strikes; Picciolo flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0.
ANGELS 3RD: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
walked; Carew was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher
to first); Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian flied out to left; Edwards flied out to
right; On a bunt Murray singled to second; Wallis flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0.
ANGELS 4TH: Rudi singled to right; Aikens grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Rudi out at second]; Downing flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy struck out; Page made an out to shortstop;
Revering singled to shortstop; Gross popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0.
ANGELS 5TH: Grich homered; Mulliniks flied out to right; R.
Miller made an out to shortstop; Lansford singled to shortstop;
Lansford was caught stealing second but was safe at second
(error by Picciolo; assist by Essian); Carew grounded out
(second to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Athletics
0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo struck out; Essian grounded out (third
to first); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Athletics 0.
ANGELS 6TH: Baylor flied out to left; Rudi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Aikens homered; Downing walked; TODD
REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Grich was called out on strikes; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Murray flied out to right; Wallis grounded out
(second to first); Murphy made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Angels 4, Athletics 0.
ANGELS 7TH: Mulliniks grounded out (first unassisted); R. Miller
grounded out (third to first); Lansford singled to center; Carew
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels
4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Page lined to center; Revering grounded out
(first unassisted); Gross walked; Picciolo grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Athletics 0.
ANGELS 8TH: Baylor was hit by a pitch; Rudi walked [Baylor to
second]; Aikens singled to left [Baylor scored, Rudi to second];
Downing singled to right [Rudi scored, Aikens to second]; LACEY
REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Grich homered [Aikens scored, Downing
scored]; Mulliniks struck out; R. Miller was called out on
strikes; Lansford flied out to center; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 9, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Essian walked; Edwards tripled to center [Essian
scored]; Murray popped to left; Wallis lined to second; Murphy
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 9, Athletics 1.
ANGELS 9TH: HAMILTON REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Carew flied to
left in foul territory; Baylor walked; Rudi walked [Baylor to
second]; Aikens was called out on strikes; Downing forced Baylor
(third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 9, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 9TH: CLEAR REPLACED FROST (PITCHING); Page walked;
Revering doubled to center [Page scored]; Gross lined to center;
NEWMAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Newman struck out; Essian singled to
left [Revering scored]; Edwards popped to shortstop in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 9, Athletics 3.
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