The steady pitching of Don Aase, who was supported by an 11-hit attack, carried the Angels to an 8-2 victory over the A's. The Angels scored in the opening inning on singles by Carney Lansford and Lyman Bostock and an error by center fielder Joe Wallis.

They added another in the third on a triple by Ken Landreaux and sacrifice fly by Bostock. A homer by Bostock made it 3-0 in the sixth and sacrifice flies by Bobby Grich and Bostock produced another pair in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 8, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Wednesday, August 2, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 4 2 Angels 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 x - 8 11 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Landreaux cf 4 2 2 2 1 0 .241 Wallis cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .284 Lansford 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .273 Page lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .293 Bostock rf 3 1 3 4 0 0 .291 Horton dh 1 0 0 0 2 0 .261 Baylor dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 .257 Murphy pr,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Rudi lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .233 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Solaita 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Guerrero ss 2 0 1 1 1 0 .283 Downing c 3 2 2 0 1 0 .273 Duncan 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Chalk ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Newman c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Grich 2b 2 1 0 1 1 2 .234 Burke rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 2 4 2 3 2 Totals 33 8 11 7 4 7 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 16,898 Left on Base: A's 3, Angels 8 DP: A's 0, Angels 1 Errors: Edwards, Wallis, Downing Doubles: Downing (8), Landreaux (3) Triples: Wallis (1), Landreaux (4) Home Runs: Bostock (3) Caught Stealing: Wallis (3) Sacrifice Flies: Bostock 2 (4), Grich (2) GIDP: Revering (8) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg L(9-9) 6 5 4 4 2 5 1 25 4.55 Heaverlo 0.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2.86 Lacey 1.2 5 3 3 1 2 0 11 2.75 Totals 8 11 8 7 4 7 1 40 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Aase W(8-6) 9 4 2 2 3 2 0 32 3.95 Totals 9 4 2 2 3 2 0 32 Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Wallis singled to second; Wallis was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux grounded out (pitcher to first); Lansford singled to center; Bostock singled to center [Lansford scored (error by Wallis), Bostock to second]; Baylor flied out to center; Rudi walked; Solaita flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Horton walked; Revering grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Horton out at second]; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 1. ANGELS 2ND: Downing grounded out (second to first); Chalk lined to second; Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan grounded out (second to first); Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); Burke lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 1. ANGELS 3RD: Landreaux tripled to center; Lansford struck out; Bostock hit a sacrifice fly to center [Landreaux scored]; Baylor flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis grounded out (second to first); Page grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 4TH: Rudi was called out on strikes; Solaita struck out; Downing walked; On a bunt Chalk grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Horton flied out to right; Revering grounded out (first unassisted); Guerrero walked; Duncan made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: Grich struck out; Landreaux grounded out (first unassisted); Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Burke grounded out (first unassisted); Edwards struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 6TH: Bostock homered; Baylor lined to second; Rudi flied out to center; Solaita popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis grounded out (pitcher to first); Page singled to catcher [Page to second (error by Downing)]; Horton walked; MURPHY RAN FOR HORTON; Revering made an out to shortstop; Guerrero singled to left [Page scored, Murphy to second]; Duncan forced Guerrero (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 7TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Downing doubled to center; HEAVERLO REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Chalk singled to third [Downing to third]; Grich hit a sacrifice fly to center [Downing scored, Chalk to second]; Landreaux was walked intentionally; Lansford reached on an error by Edwards [Chalk to third, Landreaux to second]; LACEY REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Bostock hit a sacrifice fly to left [Chalk scored (unearned)]; Baylor singled to third [Landreaux to third, Lansford to second]; Rudi flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Newman flied to right in foul territory; Burke flied out to left; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 5. ANGELS 8TH: Solaita struck out; Downing singled to right; Chalk grounded out (second to first) [Downing to second]; Grich was walked intentionally; Landreaux doubled [Downing scored, Grich scored]; Lansford singled to shortstop [Landreaux stayed at second]; Bostock singled [Landreaux scored, Lansford to second]; Baylor struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 8. ATHLETICS 9TH: Wallis tripled to right; Page grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wallis scored]; Murphy grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Revering flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Angels 8.

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