Held to one hit in the first five innings, the Angels erupted for seven runs in the sixth and beat the Rangers, 7-6. Ranger starter Doc Medich was breezing with a 6-0 lead when consecutive singles by Bobby Grich, Jim Anderson and Rick Miller loaded the bases in the sixth.

A groundout by Carney Lansford chased one run home and a single by Lyman Bostock plated two more and sent Medich to the showers. Reliever Reggie Cleveland was greeted by a home run off the bat of Don Baylor. Joe Rudi then stroked a single and Ron Fairly followed with a homer over the right field fence. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 7, Texas Rangers 6

Game Played on Thursday, September 7, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Rangers 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 0 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 x - 7 10 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .254 R. Miller cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .268 J. Ellis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Lansford 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .274 Beniquez cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .251 Bostock rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .291 Harrah ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .223 Baylor dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .256 Oliver lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .313 Rudi lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .247 Bonds rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Fairly 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .227 Zisk dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 .253 Downing c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .264 L. Washington pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grich 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .229 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Anderson ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .215 Bevacqua 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wills 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .233 D. Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 8 6 3 4 Totals 33 7 10 7 2 1 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 15,815 Left on Base: Rangers 4, Angels 4 DP: Rangers 1, Angels 0 Doubles: Wills (14) Home Runs: Hargrove (7), Beniquez (9), Baylor (30), Fairly (9) Stolen Bases: Downing (2) Caught Stealing: Harrah (6) GIDP: Bostock (24) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich 5.1 5 4 4 1 0 0 21 3.90 Cleveland L(3-8) 2.2 5 3 3 1 1 2 14 3.18 Totals 8 10 7 7 2 1 2 35 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana 3.2 6 6 6 2 2 2 18 3.35 D. Miller W(5-1) 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.25 LaRoche SV(21) 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 2.11 Totals 9 8 6 6 3 4 2 37 Balks: Tanana 2 (8) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove homered; Beniquez popped to second in foul territory; Harrah walked; Harrah was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Oliver struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller flied out to center; Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Angels 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bonds made an out to second; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor made an out to first; Rudi flied out to center; Fairly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Angels 0. RANGERS 3RD: Bevacqua made an out to second; Wills doubled to center; Hargrove walked; Beniquez homered [Wills scored, Hargrove scored]; Harrah flied out to center; Oliver was called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Downing grounded out (third to first); Grich walked; Anderson forced Grich (second to shortstop); R. Miller forced Anderson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Angels 0. RANGERS 4TH: Bonds singled to shortstop; Tanana balked [Bonds to second]; Zisk singled to right [Bonds scored]; Sundberg grounded out (third to first) [Zisk to second]; Tanana balked [Zisk to third]; Bevacqua popped to first in foul territory; Wills singled to left [Zisk scored]; D. MILLER REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Hargrove singled to center [Wills to third]; Beniquez flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Lansford singled to center; Bostock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lansford out at second]; Baylor flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 0. RANGERS 5TH: Harrah made an out to first; Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Rudi flied out to left; Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 0. RANGERS 6TH: Zisk flied out to right; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 0. ANGELS 6TH: Grich singled to center; Anderson singled to right [Grich to second]; R. Miller singled to left [Grich to third, Anderson to second]; Lansford grounded out (second to first) [Grich scored, Anderson to third, R. Miller to second]; Bostock singled to center [Anderson scored, R. Miller scored, Bostock to second (on throw to home)]; CLEVELAND REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Baylor homered [Bostock scored]; Rudi singled to left; Fairly homered [Rudi scored]; Downing walked; Downing stole second; Grich struck out; Anderson flied out to left; 7 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 7. RANGERS 7TH: Wills flied out to center; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 7. ANGELS 7TH: R. Miller flied out to right; Lansford grounded out (pitcher to first); Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 7. RANGERS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED D. MILLER (PITCHING); Harrah singled to left; Oliver struck out; Bonds flied out to left; Zisk walked [Harrah to second]; L. WASHINGTON RAN FOR ZISK; Sundberg struck out; Debut game for LaRue Washington; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 7. ANGELS 8TH: L. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Baylor flied out to right; Rudi singled to center; Fairly forced Rudi (first to shortstop); Downing singled to center [Fairly to second]; Grich forced Downing (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 7. RANGERS 9TH: Bevacqua flied out to center; Wills flied out to right; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR HARGROVE; J. Ellis made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Angels 7.

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