The batting of Bobby Grich, who drove in four runs with a pair of homers, and the pitching of Dave Frost, who yielded only three hits in eight innings, featured the Angels' 9-3 victory over the A's. Willie Aikens also homered for the Angels and drove in another run with a single. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 9, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Saturday, April 14, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Angels 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 - 9 11 0 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 5 1 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG R. Miller cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .243 Murray lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Lansford 3b 5 0 3 0 0 0 .410 Wallis rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carew 1b 4 0 0 1 1 0 .303 Murphy cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .467 Baylor rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .300 Page dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 .235 Rudi lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .270 Revering 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .440 Aikens dh 5 2 2 2 0 2 .462 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .391 Downing c 4 2 2 1 1 0 .394 Klutts ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .450 Grich 2b 4 2 3 4 0 1 .235 Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Mulliniks ss 3 0 0 1 0 1 .200 Newman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .107 Frost p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Essian c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .333 Clear p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 9 11 9 6 5 Totals 32 3 5 3 4 4 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 2,649 Left on Base: Angels 7, A's 6 DP: Angels 0, A's 1 Errors: Picciolo Doubles: Revering (3) Triples: Edwards (1) Home Runs: Grich 2 (4), Aikens (2) Caught Stealing: Carew (1), Lansford (2) Sacrifice Flies: Mulliniks (1) GIDP: Aikens (2) Hit by Pitch: Baylor (1,by Todd) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Frost W(1-0) 8 3 1 1 3 3 0 30 5.40 Clear 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 6 3.00 Totals 9 5 3 3 4 4 0 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford L(0-3) 5.2 7 4 4 3 1 2 25 5.71 Todd 1.1 3 4 4 1 1 0 9 7.04 Lacey 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 4 5.40 Hamilton 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 11 9 9 6 5 3 43 Hit by Pitch: Todd (2) Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Hank Tillman, 2B - Steve Borga, 3B - Charles Swenson ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller walked; Lansford singled to right [R. Miller to third]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first) [R. Miller scored, Lansford to second]; Baylor flied out to left; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Murray popped to third in foul territory; Wallis flied out to center; Murphy walked; Page forced Murphy (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Athletics 0. ANGELS 2ND: Aikens struck out; Downing singled to left; Grich singled to center [Downing to third]; Mickey Klutts hit on right side of his chin by grounder; PICCIOLO REPLACED KLUTTS (PLAYING SS); Mulliniks hit a sacrifice fly to left [Downing scored]; R. Miller grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering flied out to center; Gross was called out on strikes; Picciolo flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ANGELS 3RD: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew walked; Carew was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian flied out to left; Edwards flied out to right; On a bunt Murray singled to second; Wallis flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ANGELS 4TH: Rudi singled to right; Aikens grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Rudi out at second]; Downing flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy struck out; Page made an out to shortstop; Revering singled to shortstop; Gross popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Athletics 0. ANGELS 5TH: Grich homered; Mulliniks flied out to right; R. Miller made an out to shortstop; Lansford singled to shortstop; Lansford was caught stealing second but was safe at second (error by Picciolo; assist by Essian); Carew grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo struck out; Essian grounded out (third to first); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Athletics 0. ANGELS 6TH: Baylor flied out to left; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Aikens homered; Downing walked; TODD REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Grich was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Murray flied out to right; Wallis grounded out (second to first); Murphy made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Athletics 0. ANGELS 7TH: Mulliniks grounded out (first unassisted); R. Miller grounded out (third to first); Lansford singled to center; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Page lined to center; Revering grounded out (first unassisted); Gross walked; Picciolo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Athletics 0. ANGELS 8TH: Baylor was hit by a pitch; Rudi walked [Baylor to second]; Aikens singled to left [Baylor scored, Rudi to second]; Downing singled to right [Rudi scored, Aikens to second]; LACEY REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Grich homered [Aikens scored, Downing scored]; Mulliniks struck out; R. Miller was called out on strikes; Lansford flied out to center; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 9, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Essian walked; Edwards tripled to center [Essian scored]; Murray popped to left; Wallis lined to second; Murphy flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 9, Athletics 1. ANGELS 9TH: HAMILTON REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Carew flied to left in foul territory; Baylor walked; Rudi walked [Baylor to second]; Aikens was called out on strikes; Downing forced Baylor (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 9, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: CLEAR REPLACED FROST (PITCHING); Page walked; Revering doubled to center [Page scored]; Gross lined to center; NEWMAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Newman struck out; Essian singled to left [Revering scored]; Edwards popped to shortstop in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 9, Athletics 3.

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