Texas Rangers vs California Angels
July 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1978 at Anaheim Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 6, California Angels 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 2 1 0
Campaneris ss 5 1 3 0
Harrah 3b 5 0 2 3
Zisk lf 5 1 1 1
Bonds rf 3 1 1 1
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Ellis dh 3 0 0 0
Bevacqua 2b 2 1 1 1
Thompson cf 4 0 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Matlack p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Landreaux lf 4 0 1 1
  Rudi ph 1 0 0 0
Miller cf 4 1 3 0
Bostock rf 4 0 1 0
Baylor dh 2 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 1 1
Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0
  Hampton 1b 0 0 0 0
Grich 2b 2 1 0 0
Machemer ss 3 1 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
Downing c 4 0 3 1
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Hartzell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Texas 200 021 1006100
California 011 000 100391
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (3-3) 6.1 6 3 3 3 0
  Matlack  SV (1) 2.2 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
2
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (11-5) 7.0 9 6 6 2 4
  Hartzell   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
4

  E–R Miller (2).  DP–Texas 3.  2B–Texas Campaneris (2,off Hartzell), California R Miller (10,off Medich); Downing (5,off Medich).  HR–Texas Zisk (12,7th inning off Tanana 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Bonds (6,off Tanana); Bevacqua (1,off Tanana).  HBP–Baylor (8,by Medich); R Miller (3,by Medich).  CS–Sundberg (5,2nd base by Hartzell/Downing).  SB–Baylor (9,2nd base off Medich/Sundberg).  HBP–Medich 2 (2,Baylor,R Miller).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:47.  A–41,632.
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