With three pitchers combining on a shutout, the A's blanked the Angels, 2-0. The first A's run came in the fourth when Mitchell Page singled, stole second and third and scored when third baseman Carney Lansford threw wildly to the plate after fielding a grounder by Willie Horton.

The other marker came in the fifth on a single by Taylor Duncan, a sacrifice and a single by Mike Edwards. Dave Heaverlo relieved Matt Keough in the eighth after a leadoff single by Brian Downing, and Elias Sosa relieved Heaverlo in the ninth after Ron Fairly and Don Baylor both singled to start the inning. It was Sosa's 14th save. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 2, California Angels 0

Game Played on Monday, July 31, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

A's 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .282 R. Miller cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Wallis cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Lansford 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Page lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .290 Bostock rf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .289 Armas rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Fairly 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Horton dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Landreaux pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Dilone pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Baylor dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Newman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Guerrero ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Chalk ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Duncan 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .266 Grich 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Gross 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Solaita ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Essian c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Humphrey c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Burke rf,lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Downing ph,c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 5 1 0 6 Totals 32 0 7 0 2 4 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 29,044 Left on Base: A's 3, Angels 8 DP: A's 1, Angels 0 Errors: Lansford Doubles: Lansford (14) Stolen Bases: Page 2 (15), Dilone (37) Caught Stealing: Edwards (13), Page (13) Sacrifice Hits: Essian (13) GIDP: Fairly (5) Hit by Pitch: Guerrero (6,by Tanana), Chalk (6,by Keough) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough W(7-7) 7 5 0 0 2 3 0 27 2.61 Heaverlo 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.87 Sosa SV(14) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.86 Totals 9 7 0 0 2 4 0 35 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana L(14-6) 7 4 2 1 0 3 0 25 2.99 Knapp 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 4.32 Totals 9 5 2 1 0 6 0 32 Hit by Pitch: Keough (2), Tanana (5) Balks: Keough (1), Heaverlo (1) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards lined to first; Wallis flied out to right; Page was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller lined to third; Lansford grounded out (third to first); Bostock walked; Keough balked [Bostock to second]; Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Horton flied out to right; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero was hit by a pitch; Duncan lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Rudi struck out; Chalk grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian grounded out (third to first); Burke flied out to right; Edwards lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Grich flied out to left; Humphrey grounded out (third to first); R. Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Wallis popped to first in foul territory; Page singled to right; Page stole second; Page stole third; Horton reached on a fielder's choice [Page scored (error by Lansford) (unearned), Horton to second]; Newman flied out to right [Horton to third]; Guerrero flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Lansford doubled to left [Lansford out at third (left to third)]; Bostock singled to third; Fairly grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bostock out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan singled to left; Essian out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Duncan to second]; Burke was called out on strikes; Edwards singled to left [Duncan scored]; Edwards was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Baylor flied out to center; Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first); Chalk made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Wallis singled to center; Page forced Wallis (shortstop to second); Page was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 6TH: Grich flied out to center; Humphrey singled to center; R. Miller lined to shortstop; Lansford singled to left [Humphrey to second]; Bostock walked [Humphrey to third, Lansford to second]; Fairly forced Bostock (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman grounded out (third to first); Guerrero struck out; Duncan lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 7TH: ARMAS REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING RF); BURKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Baylor grounded out (third to first); Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first); Chalk was hit by a pitch; Grich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: KNAPP REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Essian struck out; Burke was called out on strikes; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 8TH: DOWNING BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; Downing singled to center; HEAVERLO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Heaverlo balked [Downing to second]; R. Miller flied out to left; Lansford flied out to left; Bostock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: DOWNING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Wallis flied out to center; Armas made an out to third; Horton singled to shortstop; DILONE RAN FOR HORTON; Dilone stole second; Newman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 9TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GROSS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); Fairly singled to center; LANDREAUX RAN FOR FAIRLY; Baylor singled to center [Landreaux to second]; SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Rudi flied out to center; Chalk forced Baylor (shortstop to second) [Landreaux to third]; SOLAITA BATTED FOR GRICH; Solaita struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 0.

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