Slow-starting Dave Goltz suffered his third straight defeat when the Angels edged the Twins, 3-2. Last year Goltz dropped his first two decisions before coming back to win 20 games while losing 11.

The Angels tagged Goltz for a run in the first inning on a double by Lyman Bostock and single by Joe Rudi. Don Baylor homered in the sixth and the Angels' deciding run followed in the same inning when Ron Jackson doubled and Dave Chalk singled. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 3, Minnesota Twins 2

Game Played on Friday, April 21, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Angels 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 Twins 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 3 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Landreaux rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .278 Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .395 Grich 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Borgmann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Bostock cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .125 Smalley ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Rudi lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .257 Carew 1b 3 0 1 1 2 1 .388 Baylor dh 4 1 1 1 0 2 .298 Chiles lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .455 Jackson 1b 4 1 3 0 0 1 .524 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Chalk 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .282 Norwood lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Mulliniks ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .167 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Downing c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Adams dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .122 Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kusick ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ford cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .302 Powell rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .189 Rivera ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Randall 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .273 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 8 3 3 7 Totals 33 2 6 1 5 5 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 4,516 Left on Base: Angels 5, Twins 10 DP: Angels 0, Twins 2 Errors: Landreaux, Ford, Randall, Goltz Doubles: Bostock (2), Jackson (4), Ford (4) Home Runs: Baylor (5) Stolen Bases: Ford (2), Powell (1) Caught Stealing: Grich (1), Landreaux (1) Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (2) GIDP: Chalk (2), Rudi (2) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Aase W(1-1) 6.1 6 2 2 3 3 0 29 4.08 LaRoche SV(3) 2.2 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0.90 Totals 9 6 2 2 5 5 0 39 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz L(0-3) 7 8 3 3 3 5 1 29 4.06 Thayer 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.16 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 7 1 35 Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux struck out; Grich flied to right; Bostock doubled to left; Rudi singled to right [Bostock scored]; Baylor was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley grounded out (third to first); Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 2ND: Jackson singled to center; Chalk grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jackson out at second]; Mulliniks walked; Downing flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Chiles grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar struck out; Adams reached on an error by Landreaux; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 3RD: Landreaux was called out on strikes; Grich walked; Bostock was called out on strikes; Grich was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Powell grounded out (second to first); Randall singled to right; Cubbage flied to center; Smalley singled to third [Randall to second]; Carew singled to center [Randall scored, Smalley to third]; Chiles grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 1. ANGELS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor grounded out (second to first); Jackson singled to center; Jackson was picked off first but was safe on an error by Goltz [Jackson to second]; Chalk walked; Mulliniks was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Adams grounded out (first unassisted); Ford doubled to left; Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 1. ANGELS 5TH: Downing grounded out (third to first); Landreaux grounded out (second to first); Grich grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Randall singled to left; Cubbage flied to left; Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randall to second]; Carew was walked intentionally; Chiles flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 1. ANGELS 6TH: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi lined to left; Baylor homered; Jackson doubled to right; Chalk singled to center [Jackson scored, Chalk to second (error by Ford)]; Mulliniks lined to left; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Adams grounded out (second to first); Ford walked; Powell singled to right [Ford to third]; Ford stole home and Powell stole second; Randall grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. ANGELS 7TH: Downing flied to right; Landreaux singled to right; Landreaux was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: Cubbage walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Cubbage to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED AASE (PITCHING); Carew walked; MORALES BATTED FOR CHILES; Morales struck out; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. ANGELS 8TH: NORWOOD REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING LF); THAYER REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Bostock reached on an error by Randall; Rudi grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bostock out at second]; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick grounded out (catcher to first); Ford flied to center; RIVERA BATTED FOR POWELL; Rivera struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. ANGELS 9TH: RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Jackson struck out; On a bunt Chalk grounded out (pitcher to first); Mulliniks grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. TWINS 9TH: Randall walked; BORGMANN BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Borgmann popped to catcher in foul territory; Smalley lined to left; Carew flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2.

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