Striking out a career-high 11 batters, Rick Langford tossed a three-hitter as the A's whitewashed the Angels, 1-0. The A's run came in the second inning when Mario Guerrero drew a one-out walk, moved to second on a single by Taylor Duncan and scored on a single by Miguel Dilone.

The Angels' Nolan Ryan struck out eight batters to move ahead of Warren Spahn into eighth place on the all-time strikeout list with 2,590. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 1, California Angels 0

Game Played on Tuesday, August 1, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

A's 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .281 R. Miller cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .262 Wallis cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .280 Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Page lf 3 0 2 0 1 1 .294 Bostock rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Armas rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Baylor dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .258 Horton dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .262 Rudi lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Fairly 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .216 Guerrero ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .282 Downing c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Duncan 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .271 Chalk ss,2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Newman c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .247 Grich 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Murphy pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Solaita ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Essian c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Anderson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Dilone rf,lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .243 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 6 1 7 8 Totals 30 0 3 0 1 11 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 19,485 Left on Base: A's 11, Angels 4 DP: A's 0, Angels 0 Errors: Downing Doubles: Grich (10) Stolen Bases: Page 2 (17), Dilone (38), Edwards (17) Caught Stealing: Edwards (14) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(4-7) 9 3 0 0 1 11 0 31 2.97 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 11 0 31 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ryan L(5-10) 9 6 1 1 7 8 0 39 4.15 Totals 9 6 1 1 7 8 0 39 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards singled to right; Edwards was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wallis flied out to left; Page singled to left; Page stole second; Horton popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller was called out on strikes; Lansford struck out; Bostock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering popped to third in foul territory; Guerrero walked; Duncan singled to left [Guerrero to second]; Newman was called out on strikes; Dilone singled to left [Guerrero scored, Duncan to third]; Dilone stole second; Edwards popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Rudi grounded out (third to first); Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Wallis struck out; Page struck out; Horton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Downing struck out; On a bunt Chalk grounded out (first to pitcher); Grich doubled to center; R. Miller was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering flied out to center; Guerrero flied out to center; Duncan singled to right; Newman flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock struck out; Baylor walked; Rudi flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Dilone made an out to catcher; Edwards struck out; Wallis walked; Page singled to left [Wallis to second]; Horton walked [Wallis to third, Page to second]; Revering was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Fairly singled to third; Downing forced Fairly (first to shortstop); Chalk flied out to right; Grich struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman walked; MURPHY RAN FOR NEWMAN; Dilone walked [Murphy to second]; Edwards forced Dilone (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 6TH: ESSIAN REPLACED MURPHY (PLAYING C ); R. Miller flied out to left; Lansford was called out on strikes; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis struck out; Page walked; Page stole second; Horton struck out; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 7TH: ARMAS REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING RF); DILONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Baylor popped to first; Rudi struck out; Fairly popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Duncan grounded out (second to first); Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 8TH: Downing flied out to right; Chalk singled to left; SOLAITA BATTED FOR GRICH; Solaita grounded out (first to pitcher) [Chalk to second]; R. Miller flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED SOLAITA (PLAYING SS); CHALK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards walked; Edwards stole second [Edwards to third (error by Downing)]; Wallis flied out to center; Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 9TH: Lansford popped to second; Bostock grounded out (second to first); Baylor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 0.

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