Rallying from a four-run deficit in the late innings, the Rangers edged the A's, 5-4. The Rangers trailed, 4-0, going into the bottom of the seventh but tied the game with runs on singles by Pat Putnam and Jim Sundberg, a fielder's choice grounder by Bobby Thompson and a single by John Lowenstein.

Mike Jorgensen led off the ninth with a base on balls and moved to second on a sacrifice by Jim Mason. Bump Wills received an intentional walk and Richie Zisk then delivered the game-winning single. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 4

Game Played on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

A's 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 - 5 9 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dilone rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .256 Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Alston lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .217 Jorgensen pr,1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .188 Guerrero ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .279 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .185 Revering 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .265 Lowenstein ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .279 Page dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Duncan 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Wills 2b 3 0 0 0 2 0 .224 Essian c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Zisk lf 5 0 1 1 0 2 .283 Newman c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .247 Bonds rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .256 Gross 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Putnam dh 4 1 2 0 0 1 .250 Armas cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Alomar pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Picciolo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Sundberg c 4 1 4 1 0 0 .314 Fuentes ph,2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrah 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .194 Edwards pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .218 Thompson cf 4 0 0 1 0 2 .218 Wallis ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Staggs pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 9 4 2 2 Totals 33 5 9 5 6 7 Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 17,394 Left on Base: A's 8, Rangers 10 DP: A's 0, Rangers 0 Errors: Sundberg, Harrah Doubles: Guerrero (9), Armas (4), Sundberg (7) Triples: Revering (2) Stolen Bases: Bonds (12) Caught Stealing: Dilone (13) Sacrifice Hits: Dilone (5), Mason (3) Hit by Pitch: Gross (4,by Lindblad) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough 6.1 3 2 2 2 6 0 24 2.06 McCatty 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 Langford 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2.74 Heaverlo L(2-3) 1.2 3 1 1 2 1 0 10 3.54 Totals 8.1 9 5 5 6 7 0 40 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich 7 9 4 4 0 1 0 30 4.66 Lindblad 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.21 Cleveland 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1.84 Umbarger W(3-5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.84 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 2 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Lindblad (1) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Steve Palermo ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone flied out to left; Alston made an out to shortstop; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Campaneris struck out; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering popped to third in foul territory; Page singled to second; Duncan singled to center [Page to third]; Newman reached on an error by Harrah [Page scored, Duncan to second]; Armas forced Newman (shortstop to second) [Duncan to third]; FUENTES BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Fuentes flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: FUENTES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Zisk struck out; Bonds made an out to second; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Dilone flied out to center; Alston singled to right; Guerrero doubled to right [Alston to third]; Revering tripled [Alston scored, Guerrero scored]; Page flied out to right; Duncan grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to left; Harrah walked [Sundberg to second]; Thompson struck out; Hargrove forced Harrah (first to shortstop) [Sundberg to third]; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman struck out; Armas flied out to center; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk flied out to right; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Dilone singled to left; Dilone was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Alston grounded out (second to first); Guerrero singled to left; Revering grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Putnam struck out; Sundberg doubled to left; Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first) [Sundberg to third]; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Page grounded out (second to first); Duncan flied out to right; Newman made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas doubled to center; Fuentes reached on a fielder's choice [Armas out at third (pitcher to third)]; EDWARDS RAN FOR FUENTES; Edwards was picked off first but was safe on an error by Sundberg [Edwards to third]; Dilone out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Edwards scored]; Alston singled to center; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ESSIAN REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING C ); GROSS REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING 3B); Zisk grounded out (third to first); Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Putnam singled to left [Bonds to third]; MCCATTY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Sundberg singled to second [Bonds scored, Putnam to second]; Harrah singled to left [Putnam to third, Sundberg to second]; LANGFORD REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Putnam scored, Sundberg to third, Harrah to second]; Hargrove was walked intentionally; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Lowenstein singled to center [Sundberg scored, Harrah scored, Jorgensen to second]; Wills walked [Jorgensen to third, Lowenstein to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Zisk struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MASON REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING SS); LINDBLAD REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Revering popped to catcher in foul territory; Page flied out to center; Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 4. RANGERS 8TH: Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Putnam singled to center; ALOMAR RAN FOR PUTNAM; Sundberg singled to center [Alomar to second]; Harrah flied out to center; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Gross was hit by a pitch; CLEVELAND REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Armas struck out; WALLIS BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Wallis walked [Gross to second]; STAGGS RAN FOR WALLIS; Dilone walked [Gross to third, Staggs to second]; UMBARGER REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Alston flied out to center; Guerrero lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 4. RANGERS 9TH: STAGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Jorgensen walked; Mason out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jorgensen to second]; Wills was walked intentionally; Zisk singled to center [Jorgensen scored, Wills to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 5.

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