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California Angels @ Texas Rangers

1984-09-30 · Day game · Arlington Stadium · Att: 8375 · 63°F, sunny · 1:49

California Angels defeated Texas Rangers 1–0. Mike Witt earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

W: Mike Witt L: Charlie Hough SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Greg Kosc · 1B: Ted Hendry · 2B: Drew Coble · 3B: Jim Evans · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rob Wilfong	4	0	0	0	0	0
Daryl Sconiers	4	0	0	0	0	3
Fred Lynn	3	0	2	0	1	0
Doug DeCinces	4	1	2	0	0	0
Brian Downing	4	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	4	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Brown	3	0	3	0	1	0
Bob Boone	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	2	0	0	0	1	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	SO
Mickey Rivers	3	2
Wayne Tolleson	3	0
Gary Ward	3	0
Larry Parrish	3	0
Pete O'Brien	3	1
George Wright	3	3
Tom Dunbar	3	2
Donnie Scott	2	2
Curt Wilkerson	2	0
Bob Jones	1	0
Marv Foley	1	0

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Witt	9.0	0	0	10

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Hough	9.0	7	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rob Wilfong: 23/BG2
Daryl Sconiers: K
Fred Lynn: 43

Bot 1

Mickey Rivers: K
Wayne Tolleson: 7
Gary Ward: 43/G4M

Top 2

Doug DeCinces: S7/L56D
Brian Downing: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Reggie Jackson: 8/F8D

Bot 2

Larry Parrish: 63
Pete O'Brien: 8/F78
George Wright: K

Top 3

Mike Brown: T8/F89D
Bob Boone: 63
Dick Schofield: 6/P
Rob Wilfong: 13/G1

Bot 3

Tom Dunbar: K
Donnie Scott: K
Curt Wilkerson: 63

Top 4

Daryl Sconiers: K
Fred Lynn: S9/G4
Doug DeCinces: WP.1-2
Doug DeCinces: 63
Brian Downing: 53

Bot 4

Mickey Rivers: 31/G3
Wayne Tolleson: 63
Gary Ward: 9/F9S

Top 5

Reggie Jackson: 3/G3
Mike Brown: W
Bob Boone: 9
Dick Schofield: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Larry Parrish: 53/G5S
Pete O'Brien: 43
George Wright: K

Top 6

Rob Wilfong: 3/G
Daryl Sconiers: K
Fred Lynn: W
Doug DeCinces: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Tom Dunbar: 43/G4
Donnie Scott: K
Curt Wilkerson: 43/G34

Top 7

Doug DeCinces: S8/L8S
Brian Downing: PB.1-2
Brian Downing: 43.2-3
Reggie Jackson: FC3/.3-H(UR)
Mike Brown: D7/FINT/G5.1-3
Bob Boone: FC5/G56S.3XH(52);2-3
Dick Schofield: W.1-2
Rob Wilfong: 13/G1

Bot 7

Mickey Rivers: K
Wayne Tolleson: 43/G4
Gary Ward: 43/G4

Top 8

Daryl Sconiers: 43/G4M
Fred Lynn: S7/G56
Doug DeCinces: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 8

Larry Parrish: 9/F89XD
Pete O'Brien: K/C
George Wright: K/C

Top 9

Brian Downing: 8
Reggie Jackson: 8/F8S
Mike Brown: S7/F7L
Bob Boone: CS2(24)

Bot 9

Tom Dunbar: K
Bob Jones: 43/G4
Marv Foley: 43/G34

Notes & reviews

Scott caught the ball but on an attempted throw to first, dropped it and it rolled away
fan ran into foul territory and grabbed the ball before the LFer could get it; Jackson could have scored easily if not for fan interference

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