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Saturday April 28, 1979
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Making his first start since April 14, Dave Frost chilled the Red Sox on six hits and pitched the Angels to a 5-0 victory before a sellout crowd of 41,954. Bobby Grich homered in the fifth inning and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. [The Sporting News]


California Angels 5, Boston Red Sox 0

Game Played on Saturday, April 28, 1979 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Angels       0  0  0    0  1  1    1  2  x  -   5  7  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .291      Lansford 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .337
Burleson ss           2   0   0   0     2   0   .301      Ford cf,rf            2   1   0   0     2   0   .366
Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Carew 1b              1   0   0   0     2   0   .354
Rice lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .369      Baylor rf             3   1   0   0     0   0   .305
Yastrzemski dh        4   0   1   0     0   0   .303        R. Miller cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Dwyer rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .556      Aikens dh             3   1   1   1     1   0   .346
Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Rudi lf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .247
Hobson 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Downing c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .368
Allenson c            1   0   1   0     1   0   .205      Grich 2b              3   1   2   2     0   0   .372
  Brohamer ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Ramirez ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  O'Berry c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Davis ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  Evans ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .190        Anderson ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rainey p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Frost p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   6   0     4   4             Totals               27   5   7   5     5   2

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 41,954
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Angels 7
DP: Red Sox 1, Angels 0
Errors: Lynn, Ford
Doubles: Downing (9)
Home Runs: Grich (6)
Stolen Bases: Davis (1), Baylor (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Carew (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Grich (1)
GIDP: Lansford (4)
Hit by Pitch: Baylor (4,by Wright), Downing (1,by Wright)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rainey L(1-1)           6.1   6   3   3   4   2   1  27   3.57
Wright                  1.2   1   2   2   1   0   0   9   2.35
Totals                  8     7   5   5   5   2   1  36

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Frost W(2-0)            9     6   0   0   4   4   0  36   3.10
Totals                  9     6   0   0   4   4   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Wright 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Charlie Lupo, 1B - Boyd Mauer, 2B - Mike Fitzpatrick, 3B - Dale Williams


RED SOX 1ST: Remy walked; Burleson walked [Remy to second]; Lynn
flied out to left; Remy was picked off second (pitcher to
second); Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Lansford struck out; Ford lined to right; Carew
walked; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Angels 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to center; Dwyer singled to
left [Yastrzemski to second]; Scott struck out; Hobson forced
Yastrzemski (shortstop to third) [Dwyer to second]; Allenson
walked [Dwyer to third, Hobson to second]; Remy forced Hobson
(third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Aikens popped to third in foul territory; Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson flied out to right; Lynn struck out; Rice
singled to shortstop; Yastrzemski grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Grich singled to center; On a bunt Ramirez made an
out to catcher; Orlando Ramirez called for interference;
Lansford grounded into a double play (second to first) [Grich
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Dwyer flied out to center; Scott grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hobson singled to right; Allenson singled
to third [Hobson to second]; Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Ford walked; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Ford to second]; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Ford to third]; Aikens grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Lynn
grounded out (second to first); Rice grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Rudi singled to left [Rudi out at second (left to
second)]; Downing flied out to left; Grich homered; Ramirez
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski made an out to second; Dwyer was called
out on strikes; Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Lansford flied out to center; Ford walked; Carew
walked [Ford to second]; Baylor flied out to left; Aikens
singled to center [Ford scored (RBI), Carew to third, Aikens to
second (error by Lynn)]; Rudi grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Hobson lined to left; BROHAMER BATTED FOR ALLENSON;
Brohamer grounded out (third to first); Remy grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: O'BERRY REPLACED BROHAMER (PLAYING C ); Downing
doubled to left; Grich grounded out (third to first) [Downing to
third]; DAVIS BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Davis singled to center
[Downing scored]; WRIGHT REPLACED RAINEY (PITCHING); Davis stole
second; Lansford grounded out (third to first); Ford grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 3.

RED SOX 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING SS); Burleson
walked; Lynn forced Burleson (shortstop to second); Rice
grounded out (third to first) [Lynn to second]; Yastrzemski
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Baylor was hit
by a pitch; Baylor stole second; Aikens was walked
intentionally; Rudi singled to right [Baylor scored, Aikens to
third]; Downing was hit by a pitch [Rudi to second]; Grich hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Aikens scored, Rudi to third]; Anderson
flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 5.

RED SOX 9TH: R. MILLER REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING CF); FORD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Dwyer singled to right [Dwyer to
second (error by Ford)]; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Dwyer to third]; Hobson flied out to right; EVANS BATTED FOR
O'BERRY; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Angels 5.



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