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June 22, 1978

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Athletics 2 6 2
Rangers 8 9 1
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 2 6 2
Rangers 8 9 1

Jim Essian Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .237
OBP .333 .333
At Bats 3 186
Hits 1 44
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 1 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 0 19

Steve Comer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 1
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Arlington Stadium - June 22, 1978
Out
Steve Comer
Jim Sundberg
Mike Hargrove
Bump Wills
Toby Harrah
Jim Mason
John Lowenstein
Bobby Thompson
Mike Jorgensen
Jim Essian
Wayne Gross
Dell Alston

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 2 6 2 6
Texas Rangers 8 9 1 5
Winning Pitcher Dock Ellis
Losing Pitcher Mike Morgan
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bump Wills
Attendance 20,599
Time of Game 2 hours 22 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Essian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it and throws to second for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Gross takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Alston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Wills. Alston moves to second.
Top 9 Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mike Jorgensen now playing right field. Page hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. Alston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering fields it and throws to second for the out. Sundberg moves to third.
Bottom 8 Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alomar scores. Sundberg moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Sandy Alomar pinch runs for Pat Putnam. Sundberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alomar moves to third.
Bottom 8 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering juggles the ball. That's an error on Revering.
Bottom 8 Mike Edwards now playing second base. Bonds strikes out.
Top 8 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 John Lowenstein now playing left field. Jim Mason now playing shortstop. Steve Comer now pitching. Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Zisk is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Wills is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Dave Heaverlo now pitching. Rob Picciolo now playing shortstop. Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Armas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellis covering, for the out.
Top 7 Gross hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Alston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Guerrero hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Alston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Harrah takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellis covering, for the out.
Top 6 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bonds hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dilone for the out.
Top 5 Armas strikes out.
Top 5 Essian hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Essian reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Gross hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wills is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Campaneris hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thompson tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Hargrove hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 4 There goes Thompson. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Thompson steals second.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Alston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alston for the out.
Top 4 Guerrero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Harrah strikes out.
Bottom 3 Sundberg strikes out.
Bottom 3 Essian fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Essian. Bonds scores. Putnam moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Steve McCatty now pitching. Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bonds moves to third.
Bottom 3 Bonds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alston. Bonds reaches second base with a double. Wills scores. Zisk scores.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 3 Zisk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Wills. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Bottom 3 Wills bunts towards the mound. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Campaneris hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Dilone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Armas hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellis covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Hargrove hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Harrah hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Alston hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bonds takes first base on ball four. Zisk moves to second.
Bottom 1 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores.
Bottom 1 Wills hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dilone who is chasing the ball. Wills reaches third base with a triple. Hargrove scores. Campaneris goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Campaneris takes first base on ball four. Hargrove moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hargrove hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Page is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fuentes strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Dilone. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Dilone steals second.
Top 1 Dilone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.