Posting his first A. L. shutout, Jon Matlack pitched the Rangers to a 3-0 victory over the Angels. The lefthander, formerly with the Mets, yielded only two hits. The Rangers pinned the defeat on Dave Frost, who made his first start for the Angels since being called up from Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast).

Bump Wills singled in the third inning, stole second and scored on a single by Richie Zisk. Bobby Bonds added a run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth and Bobby Thompson capped the scoring with a homer off Angel reliever Dave LaRoche in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 3, California Angels 0

Game Played on Saturday, June 24, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 Rangers 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 x - 3 8 1 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grich 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .223 Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .261 Chalk ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Campaneris ss 2 1 0 0 0 1 .183 Bostock rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Wills 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .235 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .195 Zisk lf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .288 Baylor 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Rettenmund dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Bonds rf 2 0 0 1 1 0 .265 Machemer 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Putnam dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .182 R. Miller cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Bevacqua ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .153 Downing c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Frost p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrah 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .204 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thompson cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .221 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 2 0 1 5 Totals 29 3 8 3 5 2 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 30,574 Left on Base: Angels 4, Rangers 10 DP: Angels 1, Rangers 0 Errors: Frost, Campaneris Doubles: Harrah (7) Home Runs: Thompson (1) Stolen Bases: Wills (23), Harrah (19), Campaneris (12) Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (11) Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (4) GIDP: Bonds (8) Hit by Pitch: Campaneris (2,by Frost) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Frost L(0-1) 6 7 2 2 4 2 0 29 3.00 LaRoche 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 3.63 Totals 8 8 3 3 5 2 1 37 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(6-8) 9 2 0 0 1 5 0 31 2.58 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 5 0 31 Hit by Pitch: Frost (1) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans ANGELS 1ST: Grich made an out to shortstop; Chalk struck out; Bostock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to right; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hargrove to second]; Wills walked; Zisk singled to left [Hargrove to third, Wills to second]; Bonds grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Zisk out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 2ND: Rudi was called out on strikes [Rudi out at first (catcher to first)]; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Rettenmund reached on an error by Campaneris; Machemer singled to second [Rettenmund to second]; R. Miller struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Putnam flied out to center; Sundberg lined to third; Harrah doubled to left; Thompson lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 3RD: Downing lined to left; Grich made an out to second; Chalk singled to shortstop; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Campaneris struck out; Wills singled to center; Wills stole second; Zisk singled to center [Wills scored]; Bonds forced Zisk (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 4TH: Rudi struck out; Baylor made an out to shortstop; Rettenmund flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Putnam grounded out (second to first); Sundberg grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Harrah singled to third; Harrah stole second; Thompson walked; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 5TH: Machemer flied out to center; R. Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris was hit by a pitch; Wills grounded out (first unassisted) [Campaneris to second]; Campaneris stole third; Zisk walked; Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to center [Campaneris scored]; Putnam was called out on strikes; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 2. ANGELS 6TH: Grich walked; Chalk forced Grich (shortstop to second); Bostock flied out to left; Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Harrah singled to third; Harrah was picked off first but was safe on an error by Frost [Harrah to third]; Thompson grounded out (first to second); Hargrove walked; Campaneris lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 2. ANGELS 7TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Rettenmund grounded out (second to first); Machemer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 7TH: LAROCHE REPLACED FROST (PITCHING); Wills flied out to left; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Bonds walked; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Bevacqua made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 2. ANGELS 8TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LOWENSTEIN REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING LF); R. Miller grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah made an out to first; Thompson homered; Hargrove flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 3. ANGELS 9TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 3.

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