Wednesday June 20, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Don Baylor boosted his major league-leading runs batted in total to 59 with a two-run double in the third and Bert Campaneris victimized his former teammates with three stolen bases to lead the Angels past the Rangers, 5-4. Campaneris singled, stole second and third and scored what proved to be the deciding run on Dan Ford's sacrifice fly in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 5, Texas Rangers 4

Game Played on Wednesday, June 20, 1979 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 9 0 Angels 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 x - 5 9 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Campaneris ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .207 Grubb cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .268 Rettenmund rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .244 Bell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .278 Harlow cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Putnam 1b 4 2 2 2 0 0 .294 Ford cf,rf 3 1 0 1 0 0 .289 Gamble rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .356 Baylor lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .300 J. Ellis dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Downing dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .355 Zisk lf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .219 Grich 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .314 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Hampton 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Washington pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Donohue c 2 1 0 0 0 1 .286 Blanks ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .275 Anderson 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .150 Norman ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Frost p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Soderholm ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Clear p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 9 4 2 4 Totals 29 5 9 5 2 3 Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 26,895 Left on Base: Rangers 7, Angels 5 DP: Rangers 0, Angels 1 Errors: Campaneris Doubles: Putnam (11), Gamble (3), Baylor (18) Home Runs: Putnam (8), Downing (6) Stolen Bases: Campaneris 3 (8) Caught Stealing: Gamble (1), Baylor (6) Sacrifice Hits: Anderson (2) Sacrifice Flies: Ford (4) Hit by Pitch: Donohue (2,by Matlack) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(4-4) 5.2 9 5 5 2 2 1 27 4.31 Medich 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8.27 Lyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.86 Totals 8 9 5 5 2 3 1 34 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Frost W(5-3) 7 8 4 4 2 3 1 31 4.64 Clear SV(7) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.64 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 4 1 38 Hit by Pitch: Matlack (1) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Derryl Cousins RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to right; Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Ford lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. RANGERS 2ND: Putnam flied out to left; Gamble singled to center; J. Ellis struck out while Gamble was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor singled to center; Baylor was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Downing made an out to second; Grich walked; Hampton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. RANGERS 3RD: Zisk flied out to left; Sundberg flied out to center; Blanks walked; Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Donohue was hit by a pitch; Anderson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Donohue to second]; Campaneris singled to center [Donohue scored]; Campaneris stole second; Rettenmund singled to shortstop [Campaneris to third]; Ford reached on a fielder's choice [Campaneris out at home (third to catcher to third), Rettenmund to second]; Baylor doubled to left [Rettenmund scored, Ford scored, Baylor out at third (left to shortstop to first)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 3. RANGERS 4TH: Grubb singled to pitcher; Bell flied out to center; Putnam doubled to center [Grubb to third]; Gamble walked; J. Ellis lined to shortstop; Zisk singled to right [Grubb scored, Putnam scored, Gamble to third]; Sundberg forced Zisk (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Angels 3. ANGELS 4TH: Downing homered; Grich was called out on strikes; Hampton singled to second; Donohue struck out; Anderson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Angels 4. RANGERS 5TH: Blanks reached on an error by Campaneris; Wills lined to left; Grubb was called out on strikes; Bell made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Angels 4. ANGELS 5TH: Campaneris singled to center; Campaneris stole second; Campaneris stole third; Rettenmund walked; Ford hit a sacrifice fly to left [Campaneris scored, Rettenmund to second]; Baylor grounded out (second to first) [Rettenmund to third]; Downing grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Angels 5. RANGERS 6TH: Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); Gamble doubled to left; J. Ellis lined to center [Gamble to third]; Zisk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Angels 5. ANGELS 6TH: Grich grounded out (third to first); Hampton singled to left; Donohue flied out to center; Anderson singled to center [Hampton to second]; MEDICH REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Campaneris forced Anderson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Angels 5. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg lined to left; Blanks flied out to right; Wills singled to right; Grubb made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Angels 5. ANGELS 7TH: NORMAN REPLACED BLANKS (PLAYING SS); Rettenmund struck out; Ford grounded out (third to first); Baylor grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Angels 5. RANGERS 8TH: HARLOW REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING CF); FORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bell singled to center; Putnam homered [Bell scored]; CLEAR REPLACED FROST (PITCHING); Gamble lined to first; J. Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Angels 5. ANGELS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Downing made an out to second; Grich flied out to right; Hampton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Angels 5. RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg singled to center; WASHINGTON RAN FOR SUNDBERG; SODERHOLM BATTED FOR NORMAN; Soderholm made an out to first; Wills popped to right; Grubb lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Angels 5.

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