While Paul Hartzell pitched a three-hitter, the Angels got scoring punch from Ken Landreaux, Jim Anderson and Don Baylor to defeat the A's, 8-1. Landreaux homered with a man on base in the second inning. Anderson lined a three-run double in the third and Baylor plated a pair with a single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 8, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Thursday, August 3, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

A's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 Angels 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 x - 8 10 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .277 Landreaux cf 4 1 1 2 1 0 .242 Wallis rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .280 Chalk 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .273 Page lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .293 Bostock rf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .292 Horton dh 3 0 1 1 1 0 .262 Baylor dh 4 1 2 2 0 0 .260 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Rudi lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .233 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Solaita 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .227 Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Downing c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .273 Duncan 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Grich 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Newman c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Anderson ss 3 0 1 3 1 1 .231 Burke cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Hartzell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 3 1 3 2 Totals 32 8 10 8 4 5 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 15,792 Left on Base: A's 4, Angels 5 DP: A's 1, Angels 1 Errors: Edwards Doubles: Rudi (15), Anderson (4) Triples: Page (4) Home Runs: Landreaux (2) Stolen Bases: Burke (12), Edwards (18) Sacrifice Hits: Grich (10) GIDP: Guerrero (11), Landreaux (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko L(5-6) 2 6 5 5 2 2 1 14 3.54 Norris 4 1 1 1 1 3 0 14 2.57 Minetto 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 9 4.50 Totals 8 10 8 7 4 5 1 37 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hartzell W(3-6) 9 3 1 1 3 2 0 32 2.87 Totals 9 3 1 1 3 2 0 32 Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (first unassisted); Wallis grounded out (first unassisted); Page grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux walked; Chalk singled to pitcher [Landreaux to second]; Bostock singled [Landreaux to third, Chalk to second]; Baylor made an out to second; Rudi struck out; Solaita grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Horton singled to center; Revering flied out to center; Guerrero grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Horton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Downing singled to right; Grich out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Downing to second]; Anderson was called out on strikes; Landreaux homered [Downing scored]; Chalk flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan grounded out (second to first); Newman grounded out (second to first); Burke walked; Burke stole second; Edwards singled to third [Burke to third]; Edwards stole second; Wallis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 3RD: Bostock walked; Baylor singled to shortstop [Bostock to second]; Rudi doubled to left [Bostock scored, Baylor to third]; NORRIS REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Solaita was walked intentionally; Downing struck out; Grich struck out; Anderson doubled to left [Baylor scored, Rudi scored, Solaita scored]; Landreaux grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Angels 6. ATHLETICS 4TH: Page tripled to right; Horton grounded out (first to pitcher) [Page scored]; Revering grounded out (second to first); Guerrero lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 6. ANGELS 4TH: Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock flied out to left; Baylor popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 6. ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan grounded out (pitcher to first); Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 6. ANGELS 5TH: Rudi flied out to center; Solaita grounded out (second to first); Downing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis walked; Page forced Wallis (third to second); Horton walked [Page to second]; Revering forced Horton (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 6. ANGELS 6TH: Grich popped to catcher in foul territory; Anderson grounded out (third to first); Landreaux grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 6. ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan flied out to right; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 6. ANGELS 7TH: MINETTO REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Chalk singled to center; Bostock reached on an error by Edwards [Chalk to third, Bostock to second]; Baylor singled to left [Chalk scored, Bostock scored (unearned), Baylor out at second (left to second)]; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Solaita flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 8. ATHLETICS 8TH: Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards struck out; Wallis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 8. ANGELS 8TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); Downing lined to shortstop; Grich singled to left; Anderson walked [Grich to second]; Landreaux grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 8. ATHLETICS 9TH: Page grounded out (second to first); Horton made an out to first; Revering struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Angels 8.

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