Texas Rangers vs California Angels
September 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1978 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, California Angels 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 0
  Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0
  Gray ph 1 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 5 1 1 0
Sundberg c 4 2 1 1
Oliver lf 4 1 2 2
Bonds rf 4 2 2 3
Zisk dh 4 0 0 0
Harrah ss 4 0 0 0
Wills 2b 2 1 0 0
  Sample ph 1 0 1 0
Bevacqua 3b 3 0 1 1
  Campaneris ph 0 0 0 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 5 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 0
Bostock rf 4 1 1 0
Baylor dh 4 1 1 1
Rudi lf 4 1 1 1
Jackson 1b 4 1 1 0
Downing c 4 1 2 0
Grich 2b 4 1 2 4
Anderson ss 4 0 0 0
Aase p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 6
Texas 000 021 0407102
California 030 040 10x8122
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (9-6) 4.2 9 7 4 0 0
  Barker   2.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Umbarger   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
5
0
1
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Aase  W (9-8) 6.0 6 3 3 1 3
  Griffin   1.1 3 4 3 0 0
  LaRoche  SV (20) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
1
4

  E–Wills (11), Bevacqua (11), Lansford (12), Jackson (7).  DP–Texas 1, California 1.  2B–Texas Oliver (28,off Griffin), California Rudi (20,off D Ellis); R Miller (18,off D Ellis).  HR–Texas Bonds 2 (25,5th inning off Aase 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Griffin 1 on, 1 out); Sundberg (6,6th inning off Aase 0 on, 1 out), California Grich (6,2nd inning off D Ellis 2 on, 1 out); Baylor (28,7th inning off Barker 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Campaneris (23,off LaRoche).  HBP–Lansford (4,by D Ellis).  SB–Wills (46,2nd base off Aase/Downing).  CS–Hargrove (5,3rd base by Aase/Downing); Lansford (5,2nd base by Umbarger/Sundberg).  HBP–D Ellis (2,Lansford).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:28.  A–27,371.
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