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August 8, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Angels 2 6 1
Athletics 1 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Angels 2 6 1
Athletics 1 10 2

Jim Essian Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .231
OBP .000 .330
At Bats 3 234
Hits 0 54
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 36
RBI’s 0 25

Dave LaRoche Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 5 16
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - August 8, 1978
Out
Dave LaRoche
Brian Downing
Ron Fairly
Bobby Grich
Carney Lansford
Dave Chalk
Joe Rudi
Ken Landreaux
Lyman Bostock
Jim Essian

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
California Angels 2 6 1 10
Oakland Athletics 1 10 2 7
Winning Pitcher Paul Hartzell
Losing Pitcher Dave Heaverlo
Save Dave LaRoche
Game Winning RBI Merv Rettenmund
Attendance 4,624
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Essian hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Duncan hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Guerrero strikes out.
Top 9 Bostock hits a fly ball into left field. Alston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Danny Goodwin pinch hits for Merv Rettenmund. Goodwin is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Landreaux is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Grich bunts in front of the plate. Essian fields it and throws to first for the out. Chalk moves to second.
Top 9 Rob Picciolo now playing second base. Tony Armas now playing center field. Chalk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Revering hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Page takes first base on ball four. Woodard moves to third. Alston moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dave LaRoche now pitching. Wallis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Alston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Woodard moves to second.
Bottom 8 Darrell Woodard pinch runs for Jeff Newman. Willie Horton pinch hits for Mike Edwards. Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ron Fairly now playing first base. Jeff Newman pinch hits for Miguel Dilone. Newman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Elias Sosa now pitching. Downing hits a fly ball into right field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rudi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Baylor hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rettenmund takes first base on ball four. Lansford scores. Chalk moves to third. Grich moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Bob Lacey now pitching. Landreaux hits a popup towards the mound. Lacey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lansford moves to third. Chalk moves to second.
Top 7 Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan juggles the ball. That's an error on Duncan. Rudi scores. Lansford moves to second.
Top 7 Lansford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rudi moves to second.
Top 7 Downing hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Page hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Wallis is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bostock hits a fly ball into left field. Alston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rettenmund is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Alston hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Dilone. The throw from Downing and he is safe. Dilone steals second.
Bottom 5 Dilone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dave Heaverlo now pitching. Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heaverlo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Grich takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There goes Chalk. The throw from Essian and he is out, Edwards applying the tag.
Top 5 Chalk takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Duncan hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Guerrero hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bostock. Guerrero reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Page tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Hartzell fires over to first and Baylor drops the ball. That's an error on Baylor. Page moves to third.
Bottom 4 Page hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 There goes Wallis. The throw from Downing and he is out, Chalk applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Wallis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Downing hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rudi hits a fly ball into center field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Baylor hits a popup, foul, towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Alston hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bostock hits a fly ball into center field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rettenmund takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Landreaux is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Grich hits a fly ball into center field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Duncan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Revering moves to second.
Bottom 2 Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Revering hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Page hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Chalk hits a fly ball into center field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lansford takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Downing strikes out.
Top 2 Rudi hits a fly ball into left field. Alston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wallis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Alston. The throw from Downing and he is out, Chalk applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Alston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Baylor hits a popup towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bostock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rettenmund hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out.