1978 ALDS, Game 1: Seattle Red Barons At Texas Rangers              10/7/1978
  Red Barons         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rangers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  W.Randolph 2B       4  2  1  0 .250     S.Ontiveros 3B      4  2  2  0 .500  
  J.Martin LF         2  1  1  0 .500     T.Munson C          5  2  2  0 .400  
A-J.Norris PH,LF      2  0  1  1 .500     F.Lynn CF           3  1  1  3 .333  
  C.Lansford 3B       4  0  1  1 .250   H-G.Matthews PH       1  1  1  41.000  
  L.Roberts DH        4  0  3  1 .750     C.Washington DH     3  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Dawson CF         4  0  0  0 .000   G-J.Morales PH,DH     0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Sundberg C        4  0  0  0 .000     M.Hargrove 1B       3  0  2  0 .667  
  W.Montanez 1B       2  0  0  0 .000     D.Baylor LF         3  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Belanger SS       2  0  0  0 .000     K.Landreaux RF      4  0  0  0 .000  
D-W.Gross PH          1  0  1  01.000     B.Smith 2B          1  0  0  0 .000  
F-R.Metzger SS        1  0  1  01.000   B-A.Thornton PH       1  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Jones RF          2  0  0  0 .000   C-B.Randall 2B        1  1  1  01.000  
E-D.Thomas PH,RF      1  0  0  0 .000     T.Foli SS           3  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  3  9  3                 Totals      32  7  9  7
A-Pinch Hit For Martin In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Smith In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Thornton In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Belanger In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Jones In 7th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Gross In 7th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Washington In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Lynn In 9th Inning
Red Barons...... 1 0 0  0 0 1  0 1 0  -  3  9  0
Rangers......... 3 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 4  -  7  9  0
Red Barons (0-1)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Palmer                  7       6   3   3   1   4   1 106   3.86
J.Hiller                  0       0   0   0   1   0   0   4   ----
V.Cruz LOSS(0-1)          1 1/3   2   3   3   2   0   0  12  20.25
L.Rautzhan                0       1   1   1   0   0   1   5   ----
Totals                    8 1/3   9   7   7   4   4   2
Rangers (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Knepper                 5 1/3   3   2   2   1   6   0  72   3.38
B.Kison HOLD(1st)         1 1/3   1   0   0   1   1   0  25   0.00
B.Lee HOLD(1st)           0 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  14  13.50
B.Welch WIN(1-0) BS(1st)  1 2/3   3   0   0   1   1   0  35   0.00
Totals                    9       9   3   3   3   8   0
ATTENDANCE- 34,565 DATE- Saturday, October 7th 1978 TIME- Day 
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Red Barons: 8  Rangers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Barons: 0  Rangers: 1
DOUBLES- J.Martin(1st), M.Hargrove(1st)
TRIPLES- S.Ontiveros(1st)
HOME RUNS- F.Lynn(1st), G.Matthews(1st)
RBIs- J.Norris(1st), C.Lansford(1st), L.Roberts(1st), F.Lynn-3(3rd),
      G.Matthews-4(4th)
STOLEN BASES- W.Randolph(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Norris, D.Thomas, J.Morales, T.Foli
WALKS- W.Randolph, W.Montanez-2, S.Ontiveros, F.Lynn, M.Hargrove, B.Smith
HIT BY PITCH- D.Baylor
STRIKE OUTS- J.Martin, C.Lansford-2, J.Sundberg-3, W.Montanez, R.Jones,
             T.Munson, C.Washington, K.Landreaux, T.Foli
GIDP- A.Dawson
2-out RBI- L.Roberts
RLISP 2-out- C.Washington, T.Foli, A.Thornton, D.Thomas, J.Sundberg-2,
             K.Landreaux, J.Norris-2
TEAM RISP- Red Barons: 3 for 9  Rangers: 3 for 13
Texas Rangers broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out a 7 to 3
win over the Seattle Red Barons and sending their hometown fans home smiling.
Texas scored the decisive runs in a big bottom of the 9th inning when they
came up with 4 runs on 3 hits.  The big moment was provided by Gary Matthews
who brought a roar from the partisan Arlington Stadium fans when he
electrified the crowd with a Grand Slam home run.  Both teams finished the
game with 9 hits.  
The win was credited to Bob Welch(1-0) who went 1 and 2/3 innings allowing no
runs. Victor Cruz(0-1) was the loser in relief.  He allowed 3 runs and 2 hits
in 1 and 1/3 innings.