Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 0 (Game 2) Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 x - 5 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Lowenstein 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .223 Guerrero ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Grubb lf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .265 Alston rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .218 Oliver cf 4 0 1 2 1 0 .316 Page lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Zisk rf 3 0 2 2 2 0 .257 Carty dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Bonds dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 .271 Revering 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .273 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Gross 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .195 Jorgensen 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .176 Burke cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Wills 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .237 Newman ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Campaneris ss 3 1 0 1 0 1 .186 Essian c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hosley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Dilone cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Picciolo ss,2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Duncan ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 4 0 2 4 Totals 31 5 8 5 9 5 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 8,779 Left on Base: A's 5, Rangers 13 DP: A's 0, Rangers 0 Errors: Picciolo 2 Doubles: Lowenstein (8) Caught Stealing: Wills (9) Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (25), Lowenstein (2) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg L(10-12) 6 6 3 1 6 4 0 31 4.46 Sosa 2 2 2 2 3 1 0 11 2.52 Totals 8 8 5 3 9 5 0 42 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Comer W(9-4) 9 4 0 0 2 4 0 32 1.81 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 4 0 32 Wild Pitches: Broberg (1) Balks: Sosa (3) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards flied out to center; Alston struck out; Page grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Lowenstein flied out to left; Grubb walked; Broberg threw a wild pitch [Grubb to second]; Oliver flied out to right; Zisk walked; Bonds forced Grubb (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Carty grounded out (third to first); Revering made an out to second; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg lined to second; Jorgensen was called out on strikes; On a bunt Wills singled to third; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Burke struck out; Essian singled to left [Essian out at second (left to second)]; Picciolo flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted); Grubb walked; Oliver lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards grounded out (third to first); Alston grounded out (first to pitcher); Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Zisk singled to center; Bonds was called out on strikes; Sundberg reached on a fielder's choice [Zisk to second (error by Picciolo; assist by Edwards)]; GUERRERO REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING SS); PICCIOLO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Jorgensen walked [Zisk to third, Sundberg to second]; Wills popped to shortstop in foul territory; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Carty singled to left; Revering singled to left [Carty to second]; Gross forced Carty (pitcher to third) [Revering to second]; Burke flied out to center [Revering to third]; Essian flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Lowenstein doubled to right; Grubb popped to third in foul territory; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher) [Lowenstein to third]; Zisk walked; Bonds walked [Zisk to second]; Sundberg lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Alston walked; Page flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Jorgensen singled to right; Wills singled to right [Jorgensen to third]; Campaneris reached on an error by Picciolo (assist by Broberg) on a sacrifice bunt [Jorgensen scored, Wills to second]; Lowenstein out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to third, Campaneris to second]; Grubb was called out on strikes; Oliver singled to center [Wills scored (unearned), Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Zisk grounded out (second to first); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Carty flied out to center; Revering singled to right; Gross walked [Revering to second]; NEWMAN BATTED FOR BURKE; Newman made an out to second; HOSLEY BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Hosley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: NEWMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); DILONE REPLACED HOSLEY (PLAYING CF); SOSA REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Bonds grounded out (third to first); Sundberg walked; Jorgensen flied out to center; Wills grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: DUNCAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero flied out to right; Alston flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 8TH: DUNCAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Lowenstein walked; Grubb singled to right [Lowenstein to third, Grubb to second (on throw to 3b)]; Oliver was walked intentionally; Zisk singled to left [Lowenstein scored, Grubb scored, Oliver to second]; Bonds struck out; Sosa balked [Oliver to third, Zisk to second]; Sundberg flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: Page popped to first in foul territory; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 5.

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