The largest opening-night crowd in major league history, 57,762, turned out in the Kingdome to welcome the return of baseball to Seattle, but the Angels put a damper on the occasion by shutting out the new Mariners, 7-0. The Angels' investment in free agents paid immediate dividends when Joe Rudi smashed three hits, including a homer with a man on base in the third inning and a double for two more RBIs in the fourth.

Diego Segui, the only member of the former Seattle Pilots on the current Mariner roster, made his 600th major league pitching appearance, but the 38-year-old righthander was knocked out in the fourth inning. Frank Tanana hurled the route for the Angels and scattered nine hits. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 7, Seattle Mariners 0
Game Played on Wednesday, April     6, 1977 (Night game) at Kingdome
Angels       1  1  2    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   7  9  1
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  9  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               3   1   0   0     1   1   .000      Collins dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Grich ss              4   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Baez 2b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .500
Bonds rf              5   1   0   0     0   1   .000      Braun lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .333
Baylor dh             3   1   1   1     2   0   .333      Stanton rf            4   0   1   0     0   3   .250
Rudi lf               5   1   3   4     0   2   .600      Stein 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .500
Solaita 1b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .200      Meyer 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Bochte cf             3   2   2   0     2   0   .667      Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   0   0     0   3   .000
Chalk 3b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Stinson c             3   0   1   0     1   1   .333
Humphrey c            4   1   1   2     0   0   .250      Reynolds ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .500
Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Segui p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7   9   7     6   6             Totals               34   0   9   0     2   9

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 57,762
Left on Base: Angels 10, Mariners 9
DP: Angels 2, Mariners 0
Errors: Chalk, Meyer, Reynolds
Doubles: Baylor (1), Rudi (1), Stein 2 (2)
Home Runs: Rudi (1)
Stolen Bases: Remy 2 (2), Bonds (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Remy (1)
GIDP: Braun (1)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(1-0)           9     9   0   0   2   9   0  36   0.00
Totals                  9     9   0   0   2   9   0  36

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Segui L(0-1)            3.2   5   6   4   3   3   1  22   9.82
Montague                5.1   4   1   1   3   3   0  22   1.69
Totals                  9     9   7   5   6   6   1  44

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser


ANGELS 1ST: Debut for umpire Ken Kaiser; Remy walked;
Remy stole second; Grich struck out; Bonds struck out while Remy
stole third; Baylor doubled to right [Remy scored]; Rudi struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Collins was called out on strikes; Baez singled to
right; Debut game for Jose Baez; Braun grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Baez out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Mariners 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Solaita popped to shortstop; Bochte singled to
right; Chalk singled to left [Bochte to third]; Humphrey reached
on a fielder's choice [Bochte scored, Chalk to second]; Remy
grounded out (first unassisted) [Chalk to third, Humphrey to
second]; Grich flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels
2, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton singled to center [Stanton out at second
(center to second)]; Stein doubled to right; Meyer struck out;
Ruppert Jones struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2,
Mariners 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Bonds flied out to right; Baylor walked; Rudi
homered [Baylor scored]; Solaita singled to right; Bochte lined
to shortstop; Chalk flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 4, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson struck out; Reynolds singled to center;
Collins lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Reynolds
out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Mariners 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Humphrey reached on an error by Meyer; Remy out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Humphrey to second]; Grich
popped to third in foul territory; Bonds reached on an error by
Reynolds [Humphrey to third]; Bonds stole second; Baylor walked;
MONTAGUE REPLACED SEGUI (PITCHING); Rudi doubled to center
[Humphrey scored (unearned), Bonds scored (unearned), Baylor out
at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 6, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Baez grounded out (third to first); Braun singled
to center; Stanton struck out; Stein popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Mariners 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Solaita grounded out (second to first); Bochte
walked; Chalk grounded out (first to pitcher) [Bochte to
second]; Humphrey singled to right [Bochte scored]; Remy
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
7, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); Ruppert
Jones was called out on strikes; Stinson singled to left;
Reynolds grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 7, Mariners 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Grich grounded out (third to first); Bonds flied out
to right; Baylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 7, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: Collins reached on an error by Chalk; Baez flied
out to right; Braun popped to shortstop; Stanton struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 7, Mariners 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Rudi struck out; Solaita struck out; Bochte walked;
Chalk popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 7, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 7TH: Stein grounded out (third to first); Meyer
grounded out (second to first); Ruppert Jones flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 7, Mariners 0.

ANGELS 8TH: Humphrey grounded out (third to first); Remy struck
out; Grich walked; Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 7, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 8TH: Stinson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Reynolds singled to right; Collins popped to shortstop; Baez
singled to left [Reynolds to second]; Braun walked [Reynolds to
third, Baez to second]; Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 7, Mariners 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Rudi singled
to left; Solaita popped to third; Bochte singled to right [Rudi
to third]; Chalk forced Bochte (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 7, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 9TH: Stein doubled to center; Meyer flied out to left;
Ruppert Jones struck out; Stinson walked; Reynolds flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 7, Mariners 0.