Firing a five-hitter, Frank Tanana pitched the Angels to a 5-1 victory, stopping the Orioles on their 13-game winning skein. The only Oriole run came on a homer by Rich Dauer in the first inning.

The Angels' first two tallies came in the opening stanza on singles by Bobby Grich and Rick Miller, a sacrifice bunt and a single by Joe Rudi. Ike Hampton belted his first homer of the season in the second and the Angels got two more runs in the eighth on a bases-loaded error by Dauer at third base. The victory was Tanana's 10th. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 5, Baltimore Orioles 1

Game Played on Thursday, June 15, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Angels 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 5 10 1 Orioles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grich 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .228 Belanger ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .215 R. Miller cf 3 1 2 0 2 0 .241 Dauer 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .242 Chalk ss 2 1 2 0 1 0 .288 Singleton rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .297 Rudi 1b,lf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .193 Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Baylor lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .242 May dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Fairly 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Mora lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .232 Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .329 Lopez cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Rettenmund rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .281 Dempsey c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Downing c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Smith 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .269 Hampton dh 2 1 1 1 1 1 .273 McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Solaita ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 5 10 3 7 3 Totals 31 1 5 1 3 5 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 15,004 Left on Base: Angels 9, Orioles 6 DP: Angels 2, Orioles 4 Errors: Chalk, Dauer, Singleton Doubles: Mora (2) Home Runs: Hampton (1), Dauer (3) Sacrifice Hits: Chalk 2 (7) GIDP: Jackson (2), Downing (3), R. Miller (4), Solaita (1), Lopez (4) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana W(10-3) 9 5 1 1 3 5 1 34 2.43 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 5 1 34 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGregor L(7-4) 7 8 5 4 5 2 1 31 3.43 Briles 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 10 3.83 Totals 9 10 5 4 7 3 1 41 Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Terry Cooney ANGELS 1ST: Grich singled to center; R. Miller singled to right [Grich to second]; Chalk out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Grich to third, R. Miller to second]; Rudi singled to center [Grich scored, R. Miller scored]; Baylor flied out to center; Jackson made an out to catcher; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger flied out to center; Dauer homered; Singleton struck out; Murray flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Orioles 1. ANGELS 2ND: Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Hampton homered; Grich made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 2ND: May reached on an error by Chalk; Mora walked [May to second]; Lopez walked [May to third, Mora to second]; Dempsey lined into a double play (pitcher to third) [May out at third]; Smith singled to shortstop [Mora to third, Lopez to second]; Belanger forced Lopez (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ANGELS 3RD: R. Miller walked; Chalk singled to second [R. Miller to third]; Rudi grounded out (third to first) [Chalk to second]; Baylor was walked intentionally; Jackson grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [R. Miller out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton flied out to center; Murray made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ANGELS 4TH: Rettenmund singled to right; Downing grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Rettenmund out at second]; Hampton walked; Grich forced Hampton (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 4TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Mora doubled to left; Lopez flied out to center; Dempsey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ANGELS 5TH: R. Miller walked; Chalk out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [R. Miller to second]; Rudi flied out to right [R. Miller to third]; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Smith flied out to center; Belanger was called out on strikes; Dauer singled to center; Singleton walked [Dauer to second]; Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ANGELS 6TH: Jackson flied out to left; Rettenmund grounded out (second to first); Downing grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 6TH: May flied out to center; Mora grounded out (third to first); Lopez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ANGELS 7TH: Hampton struck out; Grich singled; R. Miller grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Grich out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; Belanger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Orioles 1. ANGELS 8TH: Chalk walked; Rudi singled to right [Chalk to third, Rudi to second (error by Singleton)]; BRILES REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Baylor was walked intentionally; Jackson reached on an error by Dauer [Chalk scored (no RBI), Rudi scored (unearned) (no RBI), Baylor to third, Jackson to second]; Rettenmund walked; Downing forced Baylor (shortstop to catcher) [Jackson to third, Rettenmund to second]; SOLAITA BATTED FOR HAMPTON; Solaita grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Downing out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 8TH: SOLAITA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RUDI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); FAIRLY REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING 1B); Dauer flied out to right; Singleton struck out; Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 5, Orioles 1. ANGELS 9TH: Grich made an out to catcher; R. Miller singled to second; Chalk singled to right [R. Miller to third]; Rudi struck out; Fairly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 9TH: May grounded out (second to first); Mora singled to left; Lopez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mora out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 5, Orioles 1.

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