The surging Rangers posted their seventh straight victory, beating the A's, 3-1, as Dock Ellis and Reggie Cleveland combined on a five-hitter. After a first-inning single by Mitchell Page had given the A's a 1-0 lead, the Rangers tied the game in the third on a walk to Mike Hargrove, sacrifice by Bert Campaneris and single by Bump Wills.

They went ahead in the fourth on a single by Bobby Bonds, sacrifice by Pat Putnam and single by Jim Sundberg. Wills walked in the eighth, stole second, took third on catcher Jim Essian's throwing error and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bonds. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 3, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Tuesday, June 27, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Rangers 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 7 1 A's 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .264 Burke cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Campaneris ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .186 Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .111 Wills 2b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .236 Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Zisk lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .287 Page dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .264 Bonds rf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .265 Revering 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Putnam dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .138 Dilone pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Sundberg c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .320 Newman 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Essian c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .245 Thompson cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .213 Gross 3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .211 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alston lf,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Wallis ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Armas rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .231 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 3 7 3 4 6 Totals 28 1 5 1 3 1 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 3,619 Left on Base: Rangers 7, A's 4 DP: Rangers 2, A's 0 Errors: Harrah, Essian Stolen Bases: Wills (24) Caught Stealing: Campaneris (3), Page (7), Dilone (14) Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (12), Putnam (1), Gross (3) Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (5) GIDP: Gross (2), Wallis (1) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis W(7-3) 8 4 1 0 3 1 0 28 3.38 Cleveland SV(8) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.93 Totals 9 5 1 0 3 1 0 32 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford L(1-6) 7 6 3 2 4 5 0 30 3.07 Heaverlo 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.27 Totals 9 7 3 2 4 6 0 37 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Campaneris struck out; Wills struck out; Zisk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke grounded out (third to first); Fuentes singled to center; Guerrero reached on an error by Harrah [Fuentes to second]; Page singled to center [Fuentes scored (unearned), Guerrero to third]; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Revering lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. RANGERS 2ND: Bonds struck out; Putnam struck out; Sundberg singled to third; Harrah forced Sundberg (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Essian walked; Gross grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Essian out at second]; Alston grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. RANGERS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Hargrove walked; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Hargrove to second]; Wills singled to left [Hargrove scored]; Zisk was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas flied out to center; Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Athletics 1. RANGERS 4TH: Bonds singled to shortstop; Putnam out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Bonds to second]; Sundberg singled to left [Bonds scored, Sundberg to second (on throw to home)]; Harrah lined to left; Thompson walked; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero popped to first in foul territory; Page grounded out (first unassisted); Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 1. RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills flied out to center; Zisk singled to right; Bonds lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Essian singled to center; Gross out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Essian to second]; Alston grounded out (shortstop to first); Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 1. RANGERS 6TH: Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg lined to second; Harrah lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Burke flied out to left; Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Guerrero flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 1. RANGERS 7TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove flied out to right; Campaneris singled to left; Campaneris was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Page popped to catcher in foul territory; Revering singled to shortstop; DILONE RAN FOR REVERING; Dilone was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Essian popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 1. RANGERS 8TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ALSTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Wills walked; HEAVERLO REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Wills stole second [Wills to third (error by Essian)]; Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wills scored (unearned)]; Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross walked; PICCIOLO RAN FOR GROSS; WALLIS BATTED FOR ALSTON; Wallis grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Picciolo out at second]; Armas walked; Burke grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 1. RANGERS 9TH: WALLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PICCIOLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); NEWMAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING 1B); Sundberg struck out; Harrah flied out to center; Thompson singled to left; Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: CLEVELAND REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero flied out to left; Page singled to center; Newman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 1.

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