The Angels exploded for seven runs in the seventh inning, including a grand-slam homer by Joe Rudi, to nail down a 10-1 victory over the Orioles, who suffered their fifth straight defeat. The Angels had a lead of only 3-1 going into the seventh when Bert Campaneris singled for his fourth hit the of game and scored on a triple by Bobby Grich.

With one out, Don Baylor walked. Mike Flanagan relieved Dennis Martinez and gave up a run-scoring double by Willie Aikens. After an intentional pass to Brian Downing, Rudi greeted the arrival of Don Stanhouse in relief with the 11th grand slam of his career. The Angels went on to add another run on a double by Larry Harlow and single by Jim Anderson, who accounted for his third RBI of the game. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 10, Baltimore Orioles 1

Game Played on Saturday, July 7, 1979 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Orioles      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1
Angels       0  0  2    1  0  0    7  0  x  -  10 15  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .274      Campaneris ss         5   1   4   0     0   0   .208
Garcia ss             4   0   2   0     0   2   .268      Grich 2b              5   1   2   1     0   1   .308
Singleton rf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .302      Ford rf               4   0   0   0     1   2   .287
Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .272      Baylor dh             4   1   2   1     1   0   .296
DeCinces 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Aikens 1b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .287
  Krenchicki ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Downing c             2   2   0   0     2   0   .351
Crowley dh            4   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Rudi lf               4   1   1   4     0   0   .231
Roenicke lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Harlow cf             3   2   2   0     1   0   .194
Dauer 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Anderson 3b           3   1   2   3     0   0   .262
Skaggs c              3   0   2   0     0   1   .239      Frost p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Flanagan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   7   1     0   8             Totals               34  10  15  10     5   3

Time of Game: 3:09   Attendance: 37,382
Left on Base: Orioles 5, Angels 6
DP: Orioles 3, Angels 1
Errors: DeCinces, Downing
Doubles: Skaggs (3), Harlow (4), Aikens (10)
Triples: Grich (3)
Home Runs: Rudi (6)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry (19), Garcia (7)
Caught Stealing: Campaneris (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Anderson (4)
GIDP: Bumbry (4), Aikens (6), Campaneris (7), Ford (8)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez L(10-6)     6.1  12   6   6   3   3   0  31   3.77
Flanagan                0     1   2   2   1   0   0   2   4.05
Stanhouse               1.2   2   2   2   1   0   1   7   2.76
Totals                  8    15  10  10   5   3   1  40

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Frost W(7-4)            9     7   1   1   0   8   0  33   3.86
Totals                  9     7   1   1   0   8   0  33

Passed Balls: Skaggs (3)

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Terry Cooney


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to center; Bumbry stole second
[Bumbry to third (error by Downing)]; Garcia struck out;
Singleton singled to left [Bumbry scored]; Murray struck out;
DeCinces singled to right [Singleton to third]; Crowley grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Campaneris singled to center; Campaneris was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Grich flied out to right;
Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Roenicke popped to first; Dauer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Skaggs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor singled to center; Aikens grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Baylor out at
second]; Downing popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry struck out; Garcia struck out; Singleton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Rudi popped to second; Harlow doubled; Anderson
singled to right [Harlow scored]; Campaneris singled to left
[Anderson to third]; Grich was called out on strikes; Ford
walked [Campaneris to second]; Baylor singled to third [Anderson
scored, Campaneris to third, Ford to second]; Aikens grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Angels 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray struck out; DeCinces grounded out (third to
first); Crowley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Downing walked; Rudi flied out to center; Harlow
singled to left [Downing to third]; Anderson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to catcher to first) [Downing scored, Harlow to
second]; Campaneris was credited with a single when a runner was
hit by the batted ball [Harlow out at third (shortstop
unassisted)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Roenicke flied out to left; Dauer flied out to
left; Skaggs doubled to left; Bumbry grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Grich singled to pitcher; Ford struck out; Baylor
popped to second; Aikens singled to right [Grich to second];
Downing forced Aikens (second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Orioles 1, Angels 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Garcia singled to center; Garcia stole second;
Singleton struck out; Murray struck out; DeCinces popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Angels 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Harlow
grounded out (second to first); Anderson flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Crowley grounded out (second to first); Roenicke
flied out to left; Dauer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Campaneris singled to third; Skaggs allowed a passed
ball [Campaneris to second]; Grich tripled [Campaneris scored];
Ford grounded out (second to first); Baylor walked; FLANAGAN
REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Aikens doubled to right [Grich
scored, Baylor to third]; Downing was walked intentionally;
STANHOUSE REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Rudi homered [Baylor
scored, Aikens scored, Downing scored]; Harlow walked; Anderson
singled to right [Harlow scored]; Campaneris grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Anderson out at
second]; 7 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 10.

ORIOLES 8TH: Skaggs singled to center; Bumbry grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Skaggs out at
second]; Garcia singled to third; Singleton grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 10.

ANGELS 8TH: Grich reached on an error by DeCinces; Ford grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Grich out at
second]; Baylor flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Angels 10.

ORIOLES 9TH: Murray flied out to left; KRENCHICKI BATTED FOR
DECINCES; Krenchicki flied out to right; Crowley flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Angels 10.

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