Frank Tanana became the major leagues' first five-game winner as the Angels downed the Mariners, 5-1. The lefty yielded only a fourth-inning homer to Leon Roberts and three harmless singles.

Lyman Bostock's first-inning triple drove in Bobby Grich with the Angels' first run and Rance Mulliniks singled home Carney Lansford, who had doubled, in the second. Pinch-hitter Tony Solaita delivered a key two-run single during a three-run outburst in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 5, Seattle Mariners 1

Game Played on Thursday, April 27, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Mariners 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Angels 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 5 6 0 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207 R. Miller rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .186 Bochte lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Grich 2b 3 2 2 0 1 0 .242 Roberts rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .314 Bostock cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .147 Stanton dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Fairly dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Stein 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .210 Rettenmund ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Ruppert Jones cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .215 Solaita ph,dh 1 0 1 2 0 0 .143 Meyer 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Baylor lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .292 Pasley c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Landreaux lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Milbourne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .366 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lansford 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mulliniks ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .167 Burke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Humphrey c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 4 1 2 3 Totals 31 5 6 4 5 4 Time of Game: 2:04 Attendance: 13,609 Left on Base: Mariners 5, Angels 7 DP: Mariners 0, Angels 0 Errors: Todd Doubles: Stein (4), Lansford (3) Triples: Bostock (1) Home Runs: Roberts (3) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Todd L(0-2) 1.1 4 2 2 2 1 0 11 4.19 House 5.1 0 1 1 1 3 0 17 6.41 Burke 1.1 2 2 2 2 0 0 8 4.55 Totals 8 6 5 5 5 4 0 36 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana W(5-0) 9 4 1 1 2 3 1 33 2.45 Totals 9 4 1 1 2 3 1 33 Wild Pitches: Burke (1) Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Joe Brinkman MARINERS 1ST: Cruz popped to shortstop; Bochte grounded out (pitcher to first); Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller flied out to center; Grich singled to left; Bostock tripled to center [Grich scored]; Fairly flied out to left; Baylor walked; Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Angels 1. MARINERS 2ND: Stanton grounded out (shortstop to first); Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); Ruppert Jones singled to right; Meyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Angels 1. ANGELS 2ND: Lansford doubled to right; Mulliniks singled to center [Lansford scored]; Humphrey reached on an error by Todd [Mulliniks to second]; R. Miller struck out; Grich walked [Mulliniks to third, Humphrey to second]; HOUSE REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Bostock popped to third; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR FAIRLY; Rettenmund forced Grich (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 0, Angels 2. MARINERS 3RD: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Pasley flied out to left; Milbourne flied out to left; Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 3RD: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Jackson flied out to left; Lansford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Angels 2. MARINERS 4TH: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Roberts homered; Stanton struck out; Stein walked; Ruppert Jones forced Stein (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 2. ANGELS 4TH: Mulliniks grounded out (second to first); Humphrey grounded out (second to first); R. Miller grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 2. MARINERS 5TH: Meyer flied out to left; Pasley flied to right in foul territory; Milbourne popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: Grich grounded out (first to pitcher); Bostock flied out to right; Rettenmund struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 2. MARINERS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte grounded out (second to first); Roberts flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 2. ANGELS 6TH: Baylor flied out to center; Jackson was called out on strikes; Lansford popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 2. MARINERS 7TH: Stanton singled to shortstop; Stein flied out to center; Ruppert Jones walked [Stanton to second]; Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher) [Stanton to third, Ruppert Jones to second]; Pasley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 2. ANGELS 7TH: Mulliniks grounded out (first unassisted); Humphrey popped to second; R. Miller walked; BURKE REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Grich singled to right [R. Miller to second]; Bostock walked [R. Miller to third, Grich to second]; SOLAITA BATTED FOR RETTENMUND; Solaita singled to center [R. Miller scored, Grich scored, Bostock to third]; Burke threw a wild pitch [Bostock scored, Solaita to second]; Baylor walked; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 5. MARINERS 8TH: SOLAITA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LANDREAUX REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING LF); Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz grounded out (second to first); Bochte flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 5. ANGELS 8TH: Lansford grounded out (second to first); Mulliniks grounded out (second to first); Humphrey popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 5. MARINERS 9TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Stanton flied out to right; Stein doubled to center; Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Angels 5.

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