The first grand slam of Mitchell Page's major league career highlighted the A's 11-4 victory over the Rangers. The A's had a 4-3 lead going into the sixth inning when they added two runs and had the bases loaded before Page smashed his homer off Jon Matlack to make the score 10-3. Seven of the A's runs were unearned as the Rangers fell down in their support of Matlack. Kurt Bevacqua committed three errors and Bump Wills one. Al Oliver had three hits in a losing cause. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 11, Texas Rangers 4

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

Rangers 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 10 4 A's 1 0 1 0 2 6 0 1 x - 11 11 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .255 Edwards 2b 4 5 3 0 1 0 .279 Putnam 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .128 Burke cf 3 2 3 2 1 0 .239 Beniquez cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .254 Carty dh 5 0 0 1 0 0 .292 Thompson cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Page lf 4 1 3 5 0 0 .293 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Dilone lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 J. Ellis c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Newman 1b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .239 Oliver lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .317 Duncan 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Grubb lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Bonds rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .276 Wallis rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .268 Lowenstein rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Robinson c 4 1 0 1 0 0 .309 Zisk dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .253 Essian c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Harrah ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .223 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norman ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Wirth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bevacqua 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .232 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alomar 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Wills 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .233 L. Washington 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 10 4 3 2 Totals 36 11 11 10 2 4 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 9,841 Left on Base: Rangers 8, A's 5 DP: Rangers 1, A's 1 Errors: Bevacqua 3, Wills, Guerrero Doubles: Hargrove (24), Oliver (29), Edwards (14) Home Runs: Zisk (18), Page (14) Stolen Bases: Page (22) Sacrifice Hits: Burke (6), Guerrero (15) GIDP: Dilone (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(12-13) 5.2 9 10 3 2 3 1 31 2.46 Barker 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.93 Darwin 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 7 4.50 Totals 8 11 11 4 2 4 1 40 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson 1.2 5 3 3 1 1 1 11 3.02 Wirth W(3-4) 5.2 5 1 1 2 1 0 23 3.42 Sosa 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.50 Totals 9 10 4 4 3 2 1 39 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Fred Spenn RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove doubled to left; Beniquez flied out to center [Hargrove to third]; Sundberg was called out on strikes; Oliver popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: On a bunt Edwards singled to pitcher; Burke out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Edwards to second]; Carty flied out to right; Page singled to center [Edwards scored]; Page stole second; Newman struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. RANGERS 2ND: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Zisk homered; Harrah flied out to left; Bevacqua singled to center; Wills singled to right [Bevacqua to second]; Hargrove walked [Bevacqua to third, Wills to second]; Beniquez singled to left [Bevacqua scored, Wills scored, Hargrove to second]; WIRTH REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Sundberg flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan flied out to right; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 1. RANGERS 3RD: Oliver doubled to left; Bonds struck out; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oliver to third]; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Robinson flied out to left; Edwards singled to left; Burke singled to center [Edwards to third]; Carty grounded out (third to first) [Edwards scored, Burke to second]; Page singled to pitcher [Burke to third]; Newman made an out to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 2. RANGERS 4TH: Bevacqua flied out to center; Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Hargrove walked; Beniquez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Duncan made an out to second; Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); Wallis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 2. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg reached on an error by Guerrero; Oliver singled to first [Sundberg to second]; Bonds lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Sundberg out at second]; Zisk forced Oliver (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Robinson lined to first; Edwards reached on an error by Bevacqua [Edwards to second]; Burke walked; Carty reached on an error by Bevacqua [Edwards scored (unearned) (no RBI), Burke to third, Carty to second]; Page grounded out (first unassisted); Newman reached on a fielder's choice [Burke scored (unearned), Carty out at third (third unassisted)]; 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 4. RANGERS 6TH: Harrah flied out to right; Bevacqua grounded out (second to first); Wills flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan singled to left; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Duncan to second]; Wallis singled to left [Duncan to third]; Robinson reached on a fielder's choice [Duncan scored, Wallis to second (error by Wills; assist by Harrah)]; Edwards walked [Wallis to third, Robinson to second]; Burke singled to right [Wallis scored (unearned), Robinson to third, Edwards to second]; Carty popped to first in foul territory; Page homered (unearned) [Robinson scored (unearned), Edwards scored (unearned), Burke scored (unearned)]; BARKER REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Newman reached on an error by Bevacqua; Duncan forced Newman (third to second); 6 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 10. RANGERS 7TH: DILONE REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Beniquez singled to center; Beniquez was picked off first (pitcher to first); Sundberg popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 10. ATHLETICS 7TH: PUTNAM REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); THOMPSON REPLACED BENIQUEZ (PLAYING CF); J. ELLIS REPLACED SUNDBERG (PLAYING C ); ALOMAR REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING 3B); DARWIN REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Guerrero struck out; Debut game for Danny Darwin; Wallis flied out to left; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 10. RANGERS 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING C ); Oliver singled to right; Bonds walked [Oliver to second]; Zisk forced Bonds (shortstop to second) [Oliver to third]; Harrah singled to center [Oliver scored, Zisk to second]; SOSA REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); Alomar popped to first in foul territory; Wills flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 10. ATHLETICS 8TH: GRUBB REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING LF); LOWENSTEIN REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); NORMAN REPLACED HARRAH (PLAYING SS); L. WASHINGTON REPLACED WILLS (PLAYING 2B); Edwards doubled to center; Burke singled to right [Edwards scored]; Carty made an out to third; Dilone grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Burke out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 11. RANGERS 9TH: Putnam grounded out (second to first); Thompson made an out to shortstop; J. Ellis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 11.

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