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July 31, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 2 5 0
Angels 0 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 2 5 0
Angels 0 7 1

Tony Solaita Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .253
OBP .000 .366
At Bats 0 79
Hits 0 20
• Singles 0 16
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 13

Elias Sosa Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 2 13
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Anaheim Stadium - July 31, 1978
Elias Sosa
Jim Essian
Jeff Newman
Mike Edwards
Wayne Gross
Mario Guerrero
Glenn Burke
Joe Wallis
Tony Armas
Tony Solaita
Dave Chalk
Ken Landreaux

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 2 5 0 3
California Angels 0 7 1 8
Winning Pitcher Matt Keough
Losing Pitcher Frank Tanana
Save Elias Sosa
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 29,044
Time of Game 2 hours 39 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Tony Solaita pinch hits for Bobby Grich. Solaita strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out. Landreaux moves to third.
Bottom 9 Elias Sosa now pitching. Rudi hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ken Landreaux pinch runs for Ron Fairly. Baylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Landreaux moves to second.
Bottom 9 Wayne Gross now playing third base. Fairly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Newman strikes out.
Top 9 Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Willie Horton. There goes Dilone. The throw from Downing and he is safe. Dilone steals second.
Top 9 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Armas hits a popup towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brian Downing now catching. Wallis hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heaverlo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lansford hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Heaverlo now pitching. The umpire calls a balk on Heaverlo Downing moves to second.
Bottom 8 Brian Downing pinch hits for Terry Humphrey. Downing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Burke is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Chris Knapp now pitching. Essian strikes out.
Bottom 7 Grich hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Chalk is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keough fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tony Armas now playing right field. Glenn Burke now playing left field. Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Duncan hits a line drive towards third. Lansford reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Guerrero strikes out.
Top 7 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Bostock takes first base on ball four. Humphrey moves to third. Lansford moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lansford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Humphrey moves to second.
Bottom 6 Miller hits a line drive towards short. Guerrero reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Humphrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Grich hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tanana fires to first and picks off Page.
Top 6 Page hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Wallis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Chalk hits a popup towards first. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keough fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Baylor hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Edwards. The throw from Humphrey and he is out, Grich applying the tag.
Top 5 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Duncan scores.
Top 5 Burke is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Essian bunts towards the mound. Tanana fields it and throws to first for the out. Duncan moves to second.
Top 5 Duncan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Lansford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Page. Lansford reaches second base with a double. Page throws the ball in to Duncan who tags Lansford trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 4 Guerrero hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Newman hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Horton moves to third.
Top 4 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lansford. Page scores. Horton moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 There goes Page. The throw from Humphrey and he is safe. Page steals third.
Top 4 There goes Page. The throw from Humphrey and he is safe. Page steals second.
Top 4 Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wallis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fairly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Humphrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Grich hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Edwards hits a line drive towards the mound. Tanana reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Burke hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Keough, and towards Guerrero, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rudi strikes out.
Bottom 2 Baylor strikes out.
Top 2 Duncan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Grich reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Guerrero is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fairly strikes out.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Keough Bostock moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bostock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Miller hits a line drive towards third. Duncan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Page is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Wallis hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Edwards hits a line drive towards first. Fairly reaches out and makes the catch for the out.