Brilliant pitching by Fergie Jenkins carried the Rangers to a 1-0 whitewashing of the Angels. The veteran righthander struck out five to move past both Bob Feller and Warren Spahn into ninth place on the all-time list with 2,584. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 1, California Angels 0

Game Played on Monday, September 11, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 1 10 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG R. Miller cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .269 Harrah ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .220 Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Wills 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Bostock rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .292 Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .254 Baylor dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Fairly 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Oliver lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .317 Landreaux lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Bonds rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .274 Downing c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Grubb dh 3 0 2 0 0 0 .268 Chalk 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Sundberg c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Anderson ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Beniquez cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Solaita ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Bevacqua 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Mulliniks ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hartzell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 0 3 0 1 5 Totals 30 1 10 1 1 2 Time of Game: 1:48 Attendance: 7,245 Left on Base: Angels 3, Rangers 7 DP: Angels 1, Rangers 0 Doubles: Oliver (30) Caught Stealing: Bostock (12), Bonds (19), Grubb (2) Sacrifice Hits: Bevacqua (2) GIDP: Hargrove (11) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hartzell L(6-10) 8 10 1 1 1 2 0 32 3.39 Totals 8 10 1 1 1 2 0 32 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins W(15-8) 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 30 3.09 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 30 Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller struck out; Lansford flied out to left; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; Wills flied out to left; Hargrove grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Fairly grounded out (second to first); Landreaux grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bonds lined to second; Grubb singled to center; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 3RD: Downing flied out to center; Chalk flied out to right; Anderson grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez singled to shortstop; Bevacqua out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Beniquez to second]; Harrah walked; Wills flied out to left; Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 4TH: R. Miller singled to center; Lansford singled to left [R. Miller to second]; Bostock flied out to center; Baylor flied out to left [R. Miller to third]; Fairly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Oliver singled to left; Bonds struck out; Grubb flied out to left; Sundberg singled to third [Oliver to second]; Beniquez forced Sundberg (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 5TH: Landreaux flied out to right; Downing grounded out (second to first); Chalk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Bevacqua singled to left; Harrah forced Bevacqua (catcher to shortstop); Wills grounded out (shortstop to first) [Harrah to second]; Hargrove singled to center [Harrah scored]; Oliver forced Hargrove (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 6TH: Anderson struck out; R. Miller flied out to left; Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Bonds singled to second; Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Grubb singled to center; Grubb was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 7TH: Bostock walked; Baylor struck out; Fairly struck out; Bostock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Beniquez made an out to shortstop; Bevacqua grounded out (second to first); Harrah popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 8TH: Landreaux grounded out (catcher to first); Downing singled to center; Chalk popped to pitcher; SOLAITA BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Solaita flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: MULLINIKS REPLACED SOLAITA (PLAYING SS); On a bunt Wills singled to third; Hargrove grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wills out at second]; Oliver doubled to left; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 9TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); R. Miller flied out to left; Lansford flied out to center; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1.

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