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.