In a split of a twi-night doubleheader, the Rangers won the first game, 8-3, and the A's captured the second contest, 2-1. Doyle Alexander scattered eight hits in going the route in the opener. Al Oliver had a two-run single in the third inning and Bump Wills a two-run single in the fourth. Two other Texas runs scored on Oakland errors and another on a wild pitch.

The A's trailed, 1-0, going into the bottom of the ninth inning of the second game when Rico Carty slashed a one-out single. Darrell Woodard ran for Carty, advanced to second on an infield out and scored the tying tally on a single by Jeff Newman. Taylor Duncan then beat out an infield hit and reached second base while Newman went to third when Wills threw wildly past first. A single by Tim Hosley then scored Newman with the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 8, Oakland Athletics 3 (Game 1)

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

Rangers 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 - 8 9 0 A's 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 4 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .256 Edwards 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Burke cf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .251 Wills 2b 4 1 2 2 1 1 .235 Carty dh 3 0 1 2 0 1 .292 Lowenstein 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .220 Page lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .293 Alomar 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Dilone lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Oliver lf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .318 Newman 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Grubb lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Robinson c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Bonds rf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .276 Meyer c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Thompson rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Guerrero ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .276 Zisk dh 5 1 2 1 0 1 .255 Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Sundberg c 2 0 1 0 2 0 .285 Wallis rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Beniquez cf 4 1 0 0 0 2 .251 Gross 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .198 Harrah ss 2 1 0 0 1 1 .222 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wirth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 8 9 5 7 9 Totals 32 3 8 3 1 5 Time of Game: 2:40 Left on Base: Rangers 7, A's 5 DP: Rangers 0, A's 2 Errors: Newman, Robinson, Gross, Norris Doubles: Gross (8) Triples: Carty (1), Burke (1) Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (15), Bonds (35), Page (23) Caught Stealing: Harrah (7), Wills 2 (8), Burke (8) Sacrifice Hits: Harrah (7), Newman (2) Sacrifice Flies: Carty (7) GIDP: Bonds (14) Hit by Pitch: Lowenstein (2,by Wirth) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander W(8-9) 9 8 3 3 1 5 0 35 4.10 Totals 9 8 3 3 1 5 0 35 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norris L(0-4) 3 3 6 2 5 5 0 18 4.84 Wirth 3.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 15 3.53 Sosa 2.1 2 0 0 1 4 0 9 2.45 Totals 9 9 8 4 7 9 0 42 Hit by Pitch: Wirth (3) Wild Pitches: Norris (1), Sosa (3) Balks: Sosa (2) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Larry Barnett RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Wills forced Hargrove (first to shortstop); Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher) [Wills to second]; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (first to pitcher); Burke singled to center; Burke was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bonds struck out; Zisk struck out; Sundberg walked; Norris threw a wild pitch [Sundberg to second]; Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: On a bunt Page singled to third; Page stole second; Newman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Page to third]; Robinson grounded out (second to first); Guerrero singled to left [Page scored]; Wallis popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 1. RANGERS 3RD: Harrah walked; Harrah was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Hargrove walked; Wills walked [Hargrove to second]; Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted) [Hargrove to third, Wills to second]; Oliver singled to center [Hargrove scored, Wills scored]; Bonds struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards grounded out (second to first); Burke singled to center; Carty tripled to right [Burke scored]; Page struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 2. RANGERS 4TH: Zisk singled to right; Sundberg singled to left [Zisk to third]; Beniquez reached on an error by Gross [Zisk scored (unearned) (no RBI), Sundberg to second]; Harrah reached on an error by Norris on a sacrifice bunt [Sundberg to third, Beniquez to second]; WIRTH REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Hargrove forced Sundberg (first to catcher) [Beniquez to third, Harrah to second]; Wills singled to right [Beniquez scored (unearned), Harrah scored (unearned), Hargrove to third]; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Lowenstein reached on an error by Newman [Hargrove scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Lowenstein stole second; Oliver flied to left in foul territory; 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman popped to catcher in foul territory; Robinson grounded out (first to pitcher); Guerrero struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2. RANGERS 5TH: Bonds singled to left; Bonds stole second [Bonds to third (error by Robinson)]; Zisk flied into a double play (right to first to third) [Bonds out at third]; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Wallis flied out to center; Gross doubled to right; Edwards flied out to center; Burke grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2. RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Harrah popped to shortstop in foul territory; Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Carty struck out; Page flied out to center; Newman singled to left; Robinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 2. RANGERS 7TH: Wills singled to center; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Lowenstein was hit by a pitch; Oliver made an out to shortstop; Bonds walked [Lowenstein to second]; Zisk singled to left [Lowenstein scored, Bonds to third]; SOSA REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); Sosa threw a wild pitch [Bonds scored, Zisk to second]; Sosa balked [Zisk to third]; Sundberg walked; Beniquez struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: ALOMAR REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING 3B); Guerrero flied out to center; Wallis flied out to center; Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Athletics 2. RANGERS 8TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); Harrah struck out; Hargrove singled to right; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Wills struck out; Alomar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); Burke tripled to center; Carty hit a sacrifice fly to center [Burke scored]; Page walked; Newman forced Page (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Athletics 3. RANGERS 9TH: DILONE REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); MEYER REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING C ); Oliver singled to center; Debut game for Scott Meyer; Bonds grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliver out at second]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: GRUBB REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING LF); THOMPSON REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); Meyer was called out on strikes; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Athletics 3.

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