Pounding out 18 hits, the Angels trounced the A's, 16-5. Lyman Bostock and Don Baylor led the attack. Bostock had an RBI single in the second inning and a bases-loaded triple in the fourth frame. Baylor had a two-run double in the first inning and RBI single in the fourth.

A's second baseman Mike Edwards set an A.L. record with unassisted double plays in the first and fourth innings. No major league player had accomplished this feat since 1899. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 16, Oakland Athletics 5

Game Played on Thursday, August 10, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Angels 2 3 0 5 0 0 3 1 2 - 16 18 0 A's 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 - 5 13 2 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Landreaux cf 5 4 1 0 1 0 .240 Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Lansford 3b 4 3 2 1 2 1 .285 Woodard 2b 1 1 0 0 1 1 .000 Bostock rf 5 2 3 4 1 0 .294 Alston lf,1b,lf,1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .262 Baylor 1b 6 1 3 3 0 0 .255 Wallis rf 1 1 0 0 1 0 .282 Rudi lf 6 2 2 1 0 0 .231 Horton lf 2 1 2 3 0 0 .272 Goodwin dh 3 2 2 2 2 0 .364 Newman 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Downing c 2 0 2 2 2 0 .281 Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Humphrey pr,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Page dh,lf 5 1 3 0 0 1 .303 Chalk ss 5 1 0 0 1 0 .271 Duncan 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .273 Anderson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Dilone 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .249 Grich 2b 4 1 3 2 1 0 .242 Guerrero ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Revering 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Essian c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .231 Burke cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .224 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 16 18 15 10 1 Totals 40 5 13 5 3 7 Time of Game: 3:05 Attendance: 3,832 Left on Base: Angels 12, A's 11 DP: Angels 0, A's 4 Errors: Horton 2 Doubles: Baylor 2 (16), Goodwin (3), Downing (10), Duncan (9), Horton (15) Triples: Bostock (4) Home Runs: Rudi (8), Horton (8) Stolen Bases: Woodard (1), Dilone (41) Sacrifice Hits: Grich (15) Sacrifice Flies: Goodwin (1) GIDP: Chalk (7), Landreaux (3) Hit by Pitch: Landreaux (1,by Keough), Downing 2 (6,by Norris,by Minetto) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana W(15-7) 7 11 5 5 3 3 1 35 3.17 Griffin 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 8 4.05 Totals 9 13 5 5 3 7 1 43 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(7-9) 1.2 3 5 5 2 0 0 10 2.94 Norris 1.1 4 3 3 2 0 0 10 5.40 Heaverlo 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 4 3.10 Minetto 6 7 6 2 6 1 1 31 3.75 Totals 9 18 16 12 10 1 1 55 Passed Balls: Humphrey (2) Hit by Pitch: Keough (3), Norris (1), Minetto (2) Wild Pitches: Tanana (5) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Lou DiMuro ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux walked; Lansford singled to right [Landreaux to second]; Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first) [Landreaux to third, Lansford to second]; Baylor doubled to left [Landreaux scored, Lansford scored]; Rudi lined into a double play (second unassisted) [Baylor out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards flied out to center; Alston struck out; Wallis made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ANGELS 2ND: Goodwin doubled to right; Downing walked; Chalk forced Downing (shortstop to second) [Goodwin to third]; Grich out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Goodwin scored, Chalk to second]; Landreaux was hit by a pitch; NORRIS REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Lansford singled to center [Chalk scored, Landreaux to second]; Bostock singled to right [Landreaux scored, Lansford to second]; Baylor flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page singled to center; Duncan lined to shortstop; Guerrero singled to left [Page to second]; Revering grounded out (first unassisted) [Page to third, Guerrero to second]; Essian walked; Burke struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 5, Athletics 0. ANGELS 3RD: Rudi made an out to second; Goodwin walked; Downing was hit by a pitch [Goodwin to second]; Chalk grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Downing out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards flied out to right; Alston flied out to center; Wallis walked; Page singled to left [Wallis to second]; Duncan singled to center [Wallis scored, Page to third]; Guerrero flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Athletics 1. ANGELS 4TH: Grich singled to left; Landreaux singled to right [Grich to third]; Lansford walked [Landreaux to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Bostock tripled to center [Grich scored, Landreaux scored, Lansford scored]; Baylor singled to center [Bostock scored]; Rudi singled to center [Baylor to second]; Goodwin singled to center [Baylor scored, Rudi to third]; MINETTO REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Downing walked [Goodwin to second]; Chalk lined into a double play (second unassisted) [Goodwin out at second]; Grich walked [Downing to second]; Landreaux flied out to center; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 10, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering flied out to right; Essian singled to center; Burke forced Essian (third to second); Edwards forced Burke (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 10, Athletics 1. ANGELS 5TH: WOODARD REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING 2B); HORTON REPLACED WALLIS (PLAYING LF); ALSTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); PICCIOLO REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING SS); ARMAS REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING RF); Lansford struck out; Bostock flied out to left; Baylor doubled to left; Rudi made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 10, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Alston grounded out (second to first); Horton homered; Page singled to third; Tanana threw a wild pitch [Page to second]; Duncan doubled to left [Page scored]; Armas made an out to shortstop; Picciolo flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 10, Athletics 3. ANGELS 6TH: Goodwin popped to third in foul territory; Downing singled to third; Chalk walked [Downing to second]; Grich grounded out (third to first) [Downing to third, Chalk to second]; Landreaux lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 10, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Essian popped to third in foul territory; Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Woodard walked; Woodard stole second; Alston singled to third [Woodard to third]; Horton doubled to right [Woodard scored, Alston scored]; Page struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 10, Athletics 5. ANGELS 7TH: Lansford walked; Bostock walked [Lansford to second]; Baylor popped to third in foul territory; Rudi reached on an error by Horton [Lansford to third, Bostock to second]; Goodwin hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lansford scored (unearned), Bostock to third]; Downing doubled to left [Bostock scored (unearned), Rudi scored (unearned)]; Chalk flied out to center; 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 13, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: Duncan flied out to center; Armas flied out to right; Picciolo singled to left; Essian made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 13, Athletics 5. ANGELS 8TH: DILONE REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); Grich singled to right; Landreaux forced Grich (second to shortstop); Lansford flied out to right; Bostock singled to left [Landreaux scored (error by Horton) (unearned), Bostock to second]; NEWMAN REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING 1B); ALSTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Baylor popped to shortstop in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 14, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Burke struck out; Woodard struck out; Alston singled to right; Newman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 14, Athletics 5. ANGELS 9TH: PAGE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MINETTO REPLACED NEWMAN (PITCHING); ALSTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Rudi homered; Goodwin walked; Downing was hit by a pitch [Goodwin to second]; HUMPHREY RAN FOR DOWNING; Chalk made an out to first; Grich singled to left [Goodwin scored, Humphrey to second]; Landreaux grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Grich out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 16, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: HUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ANDERSON REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING SS); Page flied out to center; Dilone singled to center; Dilone stole second; Humphrey allowed a passed ball [Dilone to third]; Armas struck out; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 16, Athletics 5.

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