Leadoff batter Dave Machemer hit a home run in his first time at bat in the major leagues and Don Baylor added a two-run homer two outs later to power the Angels past the Twins. 5-2. Winning pitcher Don Aase yielded a single to leadoff batter Hosken Powell and Roy Smalley followed with a round-tripper for the Twins' two runs. After that, Aase allowed only three more hits. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 2

Game Played on Wednesday, June 21, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Angels 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 6 1 Twins 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Machemer 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Powell rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .221 Chalk ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Smalley ss 3 1 1 2 1 0 .262 Bostock rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Carew 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .356 Rudi lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .188 Ford cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .310 Baylor 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .247 Cubbage 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .315 Fairly 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Wynegar c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Jackson 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .320 Adams dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Rettenmund dh 2 1 0 0 2 0 .261 Norwood lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 R. Miller cf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .264 Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .152 Downing c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randall 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 5 6 5 2 3 Totals 31 2 5 2 1 8 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 10,801 Left on Base: Angels 3, Twins 3 DP: Angels 1, Twins 0 Errors: Chalk Triples: R. Miller (1) Home Runs: Machemer (1), Baylor (17), Smalley (5) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Aase W(4-3) 9 5 2 2 1 8 1 32 4.60 Totals 9 5 2 2 1 8 1 32 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(7-5) 8 6 5 5 1 2 2 31 2.83 Thayer 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3.61 Totals 9 6 5 5 2 3 2 35 Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Fred Spenn ANGELS 1ST: Machemer homered; Debut game for Dave Machemer; Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock flied out to left; Rudi singled to center; Baylor homered [Rudi scored]; Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to shortstop; Smalley homered [Powell scored]; Carew struck out; Ford struck out; Cubbage flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. ANGELS 2ND: Rettenmund flied out to center; R. Miller lined to center; Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar lined to left; Adams struck out; Norwood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. ANGELS 3RD: Machemer flied out to right; Chalk grounded out (third to first); Bostock lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. TWINS 3RD: Wilfong struck out; Powell was called out on strikes; Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. ANGELS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor grounded out (third to first); Jackson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to left; Ford was called out on strikes; Cubbage flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. ANGELS 5TH: Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); R. Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. TWINS 5TH: Wynegar singled to center; Adams flied out to center; Norwood hit into a double play (center to first) [Wynegar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. ANGELS 6TH: Machemer grounded out (shortstop to first); Chalk grounded out (third to first); Bostock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to first); Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley walked; Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 2. ANGELS 7TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor struck out; Jackson singled to center; Rettenmund walked [Jackson to second]; R. Miller tripled to right [Jackson scored, Rettenmund scored]; Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: Ford struck out; Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Wynegar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 2. ANGELS 8TH: Machemer popped to first; Chalk struck out; Bostock singled to right; Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: Adams flied out to left; Norwood grounded out (second to first); CHILES BATTED FOR WILFONG; Chiles grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 2. ANGELS 9TH: RANDALL REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING 2B); THAYER REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Baylor lined to shortstop; Jackson popped to first; Rettenmund walked; R. Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 2. TWINS 9TH: FAIRLY REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING 1B); Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley made an out to shortstop; Carew singled to left; Ford singled to shortstop [Carew to third (error by Chalk)]; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 2.

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