A bases-loaded walk provided the winning run as the Angels edged the A's, 2-1. The A's led, 1-0, going into the top of the seventh inning when Joe Rudi opened with an infield single and, one out later, advanced to second on a single by Carney Lansford.

Dave Chalk then hit an apparent double-play grounder to Taylor Duncan, who fumbled the ball. Mario Guerrero picked up the ball and fired it wildly past second, allowing Rudi to score. Bobby Grich followed with a sharp single to center, loading the bases and bringing on Bob Lacey in relief of Dave Heaverlo. Ken Landreaux popped out, but Merv Rettenmund walked on a 3-2 pitch to force home Lansford. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 2, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Tuesday, August 8, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 6 1 A's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 2 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Landreaux cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .241 Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Rettenmund dh 2 0 0 1 2 1 .287 Horton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Goodwin ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .316 Picciolo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Bostock rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Alston lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Baylor 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Wallis rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .283 Fairly 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Page dh 3 1 2 0 1 0 .299 Rudi lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .229 Revering 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .265 Downing c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283 Lansford 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .282 Duncan 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Chalk ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .275 Essian c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Grich 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .236 Dilone cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Hartzell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Newman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .238 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Woodard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Johnson 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 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 6 1 6 4 Totals 33 1 10 1 1 3 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 4,624 Left on Base: Angels 10, A's 7 DP: Angels 1, A's 0 Errors: Baylor, Guerrero, Duncan Doubles: Guerrero (14) Stolen Bases: Dilone (40) Caught Stealing: Chalk (7), Alston (5), Wallis (4) Sacrifice Hits: Grich (14) Sacrifice Flies: Revering (3) GIDP: Revering (9) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hartzell W(4-6) 7.1 10 1 0 0 1 0 29 2.67 LaRoche SV(17) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 2.60 Totals 9 10 1 0 1 3 0 35 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson 4.2 1 0 0 4 2 0 18 2.74 Heaverlo L(3-5) 1.2 3 2 1 0 1 0 9 2.90 Lacey 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.63 Sosa 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 2.76 Totals 9 6 2 1 6 4 0 39 Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Vic Voltaggio ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux grounded out (third to first); Rettenmund made an out to shortstop; Bostock singled to left; Baylor made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Alston singled to shortstop; Alston was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wallis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 2ND: Rudi flied out to left; Downing struck out; Lansford walked; Chalk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering singled to left; Guerrero flied out to right; Duncan singled to left [Revering to second]; Essian forced Duncan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 3RD: Grich flied out to center; Landreaux was called out on strikes; Rettenmund walked; Bostock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Dilone grounded out (third to first); Edwards grounded out (second to first); Alston flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ANGELS 4TH: Baylor popped to first in foul territory; Rudi flied out to center; Downing made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Wallis singled to right; Wallis was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Page singled to third; Page was picked off first but was safe on an error by Baylor [Page to third]; Revering hit a sacrifice fly to left [Page scored (unearned)]; Guerrero doubled to right; Duncan flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 1. ANGELS 5TH: Lansford grounded out (third to first); Chalk walked; Chalk was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Grich walked; HEAVERLO REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Landreaux grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Essian grounded out (third to first); Dilone singled to center; Dilone stole second; Edwards flied out to left; Alston flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 1. ANGELS 6TH: Rettenmund was called out on strikes; Bostock flied out to left; Baylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Wallis was called out on strikes; Page singled; Revering grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Page out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Athletics 1. ANGELS 7TH: Rudi singled to shortstop; Downing made an out to shortstop; Lansford singled to center [Rudi to second]; Chalk reached on an error by Duncan [Rudi scored (error by Guerrero), Lansford to second]; Grich singled to center [Lansford to third, Chalk to second]; LACEY REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Landreaux popped to pitcher; Rettenmund walked [Lansford scored (unearned), Chalk to third, Grich to second]; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Duncan grounded out (third to first); Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 1. ANGELS 8TH: Baylor made an out to shortstop; Rudi singled to left; SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Downing flied out to right; Lansford forced Rudi (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: FAIRLY REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING 1B); NEWMAN BATTED FOR DILONE; Newman singled to right; WOODARD RAN FOR NEWMAN; HORTON BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Horton flied out to center; Alston singled to center [Woodard to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED HARTZELL (PITCHING); Wallis was called out on strikes; Page walked [Woodard to third, Alston to second]; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 1. ANGELS 9TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING 2B); ARMAS REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING CF); Chalk singled to left; Grich out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Chalk to second]; Landreaux was walked intentionally; GOODWIN BATTED FOR RETTENMUND; Goodwin was called out on strikes; Bostock flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: GOODWIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Guerrero struck out; Duncan flied out to center; Essian popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 1.

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