Saturday April 28, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Making his first start since April 14, Dave Frost chilled the Red Sox on six hits and pitched the Angels to a 5-0 victory before a sellout crowd of 41,954. Bobby Grich homered in the fifth inning and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 5, Boston Red Sox 0

Game Played on Saturday, April 28, 1979 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Angels 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 x - 5 7 1 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Remy 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .291 Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .337 Burleson ss 2 0 0 0 2 0 .301 Ford cf,rf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .366 Lynn cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Carew 1b 1 0 0 0 2 0 .354 Rice lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .369 Baylor rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .305 Yastrzemski dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303 R. Miller cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Dwyer rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .556 Aikens dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 .346 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Rudi lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .247 Hobson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Downing c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .368 Allenson c 1 0 1 0 1 0 .205 Grich 2b 3 1 2 2 0 0 .372 Brohamer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 O'Berry c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Davis ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Evans ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Anderson ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rainey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frost p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 6 0 4 4 Totals 27 5 7 5 5 2 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 41,954 Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Angels 7 DP: Red Sox 1, Angels 0 Errors: Lynn, Ford Doubles: Downing (9) Home Runs: Grich (6) Stolen Bases: Davis (1), Baylor (3) Sacrifice Hits: Carew (3) Sacrifice Flies: Grich (1) GIDP: Lansford (4) Hit by Pitch: Baylor (4,by Wright), Downing (1,by Wright) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rainey L(1-1) 6.1 6 3 3 4 2 1 27 3.57 Wright 1.2 1 2 2 1 0 0 9 2.35 Totals 8 7 5 5 5 2 1 36 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Frost W(2-0) 9 6 0 0 4 4 0 36 3.10 Totals 9 6 0 0 4 4 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Wright 2 (2) Umpires: HP - Charlie Lupo, 1B - Boyd Mauer, 2B - Mike Fitzpatrick, 3B - Dale Williams RED SOX 1ST: Remy walked; Burleson walked [Remy to second]; Lynn flied out to left; Remy was picked off second (pitcher to second); Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Lansford struck out; Ford lined to right; Carew walked; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to center; Dwyer singled to left [Yastrzemski to second]; Scott struck out; Hobson forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to third) [Dwyer to second]; Allenson walked [Dwyer to third, Hobson to second]; Remy forced Hobson (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Aikens popped to third in foul territory; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 0. RED SOX 3RD: Burleson flied out to right; Lynn struck out; Rice singled to shortstop; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Grich singled to center; On a bunt Ramirez made an out to catcher; Orlando Ramirez called for interference; Lansford grounded into a double play (second to first) [Grich out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 0. RED SOX 4TH: Dwyer flied out to center; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Hobson singled to right; Allenson singled to third [Hobson to second]; Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Ford walked; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Ford to second]; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ford to third]; Aikens grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 0. RED SOX 5TH: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Lynn grounded out (second to first); Rice grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Rudi singled to left [Rudi out at second (left to second)]; Downing flied out to left; Grich homered; Ramirez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 1. RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski made an out to second; Dwyer was called out on strikes; Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 1. ANGELS 6TH: Lansford flied out to center; Ford walked; Carew walked [Ford to second]; Baylor flied out to left; Aikens singled to center [Ford scored (RBI), Carew to third, Aikens to second (error by Lynn)]; Rudi grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 2. RED SOX 7TH: Hobson lined to left; BROHAMER BATTED FOR ALLENSON; Brohamer grounded out (third to first); Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 7TH: O'BERRY REPLACED BROHAMER (PLAYING C ); Downing doubled to left; Grich grounded out (third to first) [Downing to third]; DAVIS BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Davis singled to center [Downing scored]; WRIGHT REPLACED RAINEY (PITCHING); Davis stole second; Lansford grounded out (third to first); Ford grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 3. RED SOX 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING SS); Burleson walked; Lynn forced Burleson (shortstop to second); Rice grounded out (third to first) [Lynn to second]; Yastrzemski popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 3. ANGELS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Baylor was hit by a pitch; Baylor stole second; Aikens was walked intentionally; Rudi singled to right [Baylor scored, Aikens to third]; Downing was hit by a pitch [Rudi to second]; Grich hit a sacrifice fly to right [Aikens scored, Rudi to third]; Anderson flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 5. RED SOX 9TH: R. MILLER REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING CF); FORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Dwyer singled to right [Dwyer to second (error by Ford)]; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first) [Dwyer to third]; Hobson flied out to right; EVANS BATTED FOR O'BERRY; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Angels 5.

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