The surprising A's picked up their fifth straight victory when Wayne Gross homered in the seventh inning to beat the Angels, 2-1, behind the combined three-hit pitching of Alan Wirth and Dave Heaverlo. The Angels scored their run in the second inning on a single by Don Baylor, two infield outs and a safe drag bunt by Rance Mulliniks. Tony Arrnas singled in the third, stole second and counted the tying run on a single by Miguel Dilone before Gross delivered his winning homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 2, California Angels 1

Game Played on Friday, April 14, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Angels 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 A's 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x - 2 9 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Landreaux rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Dilone lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .233 Grich 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .222 Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Bostock cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .065 North ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Rudi dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Staggs 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Jackson ph,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .393 Baylor lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .286 Alexander dh 4 0 2 0 0 2 .304 Solaita 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .091 Adams pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Lansford pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Fairly 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Essian c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .136 Chalk 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Gross 3b 3 1 1 1 0 1 .231 Mulliniks ss 2 0 1 1 1 0 .208 Armas cf 3 1 2 0 0 1 .200 Downing c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Thomasson rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .107 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hartzell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wirth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 26 1 3 1 5 2 Totals 32 2 9 2 1 6 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 2,973 Left on Base: Angels 4, A's 7 DP: Angels 1, A's 4 Doubles: Dilone (3), Alexander (1) Triples: Alexander (1), Guerrero (1) Home Runs: Gross (1) Stolen Bases: Mulliniks (1), Armas (1) GIDP: Grich (2), Bostock (2), Chalk (1) Hit by Pitch: Jackson (1,by Heaverlo) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knapp L(1-1) 6.1 7 2 2 1 5 1 26 1.98 Hartzell 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 7.36 Totals 8 9 2 2 1 6 1 33 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wirth 6.1 3 1 1 5 2 0 24 1.86 Heaverlo W(2-0) 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00 Totals 9 3 1 1 5 2 0 32 Hit by Pitch: Heaverlo (1) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux grounded out (second to first); Grich walked; Bostock flied out to center; Rudi forced Grich (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone walked; Edwards hit into a double play (center to first) [Dilone out at second]; Guerrero made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor singled to right; Solaita grounded out (second to first) [Baylor to second]; Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first) [Baylor to third]; Mulliniks singled to first [Baylor scored]; Downing flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Alexander struck out; Revering grounded out (second to first); Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 0. ANGELS 3RD: Landreaux singled to right; Grich grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Landreaux out at second]; Bostock flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas singled to third; Thomasson struck out while Armas stole second; Dilone doubled to right [Armas scored]; Edwards singled to shortstop [Dilone to third]; Guerrero flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 1. ANGELS 4TH: Rudi struck out; Baylor walked; Solaita lined into a double play (second to first) [Baylor out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Alexander tripled to center; Revering grounded out (first unassisted); Essian made an out to second; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 1. ANGELS 5TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Mulliniks walked; Mulliniks stole second; Downing flied out to center; Landreaux grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas struck out; Thomasson flied out to center; Dilone grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 1. ANGELS 6TH: Grich walked; Bostock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Grich out at second]; Rudi was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero tripled to right; Alexander struck out; Revering made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 1. ANGELS 7TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Solaita walked; LANSFORD RAN FOR SOLAITA; HEAVERLO REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); Chalk grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Lansford out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: FAIRLY REPLACED LANSFORD (PLAYING 1B); Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross homered; Armas singled to third; HARTZELL REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Thomasson singled to left [Armas to second]; MURPHY RAN FOR THOMASSON; Dilone flied out to left; NORTH BATTED FOR EDWARDS; North flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 2. ANGELS 8TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); STAGGS REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING 2B); Mulliniks grounded out (second to first); Downing grounded out (pitcher to first); Landreaux grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero grounded out (second to first); Alexander doubled to left; ADAMS RAN FOR ALEXANDER; Revering grounded out (second to first) [Adams to third]; Essian struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 2. ANGELS 9TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Grich flied out to right; Bostock flied out to left; JACKSON BATTED FOR RUDI; Jackson was hit by a pitch; Baylor made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 2.

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