Jason Thompson, in his first time at bat for California, drilled a three-run pinch-double in the eighth inning to spark the Angels to a 7-6 victory over the Rangers. Thompson scored the fourth run of the frame after Dickie Thon singled but was out trying to stretch the hit into a double.

Thompson stopped at third but came home when Texas shortstop Pepe Frias, thinking there were three outs after tagging Thon, dropped the ball on the mound and was charged with an error. The winning rally began when Joe Rudi walked. After a sacrifice, intentional pass and single by Larry Harlow, Thompson hit his two-bagger. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 7, Texas Rangers 6
Game Played on Wednesday, May       28, 1980 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  3  -   6 13  1
Angels       0  0  1    0  0  1    1  4  x  -   7 12  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   0   1     0   1   .304      Thon dh               5   1   5   0     0   0  1.000
Wills 2b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .257      Lansford 3b           4   0   1   0     1   1   .286
Oliver lf             5   1   2   1     0   1   .287      Carew 1b              2   0   1   2     2   0   .325
Bell 3b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Ford rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Zisk dh               3   1   2   0     1   0   .262      Rudi lf               3   1   1   1     1   1   .257
  Roberts pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Miller pr,cf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .271
  Walton ph,dh        0   1   0   0     1   0   .111      Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Putnam 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .219      Campaneris ss         3   1   2   0     0   1   .154
  Sample pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .205        Garr ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Sundberg c            5   1   4   3     0   1   .315        Cruz ph,ss          0   1   0   0     1   0   .275
Norris rf             3   0   3   1     1   0   .264      Harlow cf,lf          3   1   1   0     0   1   .303
Harrelson ss          3   0   0   0     0   2   .143      Donohue c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .154
  Ellis ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .306        Thompson ph         1   1   1   3     0   0   .220
  Frias ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .239        Cliburn c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Martinez p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clear p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knapp p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  13   6     6   6             Totals               31   7  12   6     5   7

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 24,531
Left on Base: Rangers 10, Angels 7
DP: Rangers 1, Angels 2
Errors: Frias
Doubles: Oliver 2 (14), Norris (2), Campaneris (1), Thon (1), Thompson (6)
Home Runs: Rudi (11)
Caught Stealing: Putnam (1), Sample (3), Thon (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Putnam (1), Harlow (3), Grich (3)
GIDP: Putnam (3), Ford (9)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 6.2   9   3   3   1   7   1  28   3.11
Kern L(2-6)             0.2   0   1   1   3   0   0   5   4.24
Lyle                    0.2   3   3   2   1   0   0   5   3.19
Totals                  8    12   7   6   5   7   1  38

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martinez                5     8   3   3   2   1   0  24   3.90
Montague                0     2   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.68
LaRoche                 2.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.36
Clear W(3-4)            1.1   1   3   3   4   3   0   9   3.52
Knapp SV(1)             0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.79
Totals                  9    13   6   6   6   6   0  43

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Dallas Parks


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (third to first); Wills flied
out to center; Oliver doubled to right; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Thon singled to shortstop; Lansford struck out; Thon
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Carew walked; Ford lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk walked; Putnam grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second]; Sundberg
singled to right; Norris doubled to left [Sundberg to third];
Harrelson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich
grounded out (first to pitcher); Campaneris doubled to left;
Harlow grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Angels 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Wills flied
out to center; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: On a bunt Donohue grounded out (pitcher to first);
Thon singled to right; Lansford singled to right [Thon to
third]; Carew singled to center [Thon scored, Lansford to
second]; Ford grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Lansford out at third]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Angels 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell made an out to shortstop; Zisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); Putnam flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Rudi struck out; Grich grounded out (second to
first); Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Angels 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg singled to left; Norris singled to right
[Sundberg to third]; Harrelson made an out to third; Rivers
forced Norris (second to shortstop) [Sundberg scored]; Wills
singled to center [Rivers to third]; Oliver grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Harlow was called out on strikes; Donohue struck
out; Thon doubled to left; Lansford grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Bell singled to center; Zisk singled to left [Bell
to second]; Putnam walked [Bell to third, Zisk to second];
MONTAGUE REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Sundberg singled to right
[Bell scored, Zisk to third, Putnam to second]; Norris singled
to right [Zisk scored, Putnam to third, Sundberg to second];
LAROCHE REPLACED MONTAGUE (PITCHING); Harrelson struck out while
Putnam was caught stealing home (catcher to third) [Sundberg to
third, Norris to second]; Rivers grounded out (second to first);
2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Carew popped to shortstop in foul territory; Ford
struck out; Rudi homered; Grich grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Angels 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
struck out; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Campaneris singled to center; Harlow out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Campaneris to second]; Donohue
struck out; Thon singled to pitcher [Campaneris to third]; KERN
REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Lansford walked [Thon to second];
Carew walked [Campaneris scored, Thon to third, Lansford to
second]; Ford grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 3, Angels 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Zisk singled to left; ROBERTS RAN FOR ZISK; Putnam
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Roberts to second];
CLEAR REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Sundberg struck out; Norris
was walked intentionally; ELLIS BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Ellis
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Angels 3.

ANGELS 8TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FRIAS REPLACED
ELLIS (PLAYING SS); Rudi walked; MILLER RAN FOR RUDI; Grich out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Miller to second]; GARR
BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); CRUZ
BATTED FOR GARR; Cruz was walked intentionally; Harlow singled
to left [Miller to third, Cruz to second]; THOMPSON BATTED FOR
DONOHUE; Thompson doubled to right [Miller scored, Cruz scored,
Harlow scored]; Thon singled to right [Thon out at second (right
to first to shortstop), Thompson scored (error by Frias)
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Lansford flied out to center; 4 R (3 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Angels 7.

RANGERS 9TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CRUZ STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); HARLOW CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
CLIBURN REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING C ); Rivers struck out; Wills
walked; Oliver doubled to right [Wills scored]; Bell flied out
to left; WALTON BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Walton walked; Putnam walked
[Oliver to third, Walton to second]; SAMPLE RAN FOR PUTNAM;
KNAPP REPLACED CLEAR (PITCHING); Sundberg singled to left
[Oliver scored, Walton scored, Sample to second]; Sample was
caught stealing third (catcher to third to shortstop); 3 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Angels 7.