‘80 Halos take 2 of 3 from ‘59 Nats

August 26 - Anaheim Stadium
Angels 7, Senators 6 (10 innings)
This one was all Washington, who built a 4- lead after 5 and a half innings with the help of a Roy Sievers 2-run HR and 8 walks yielded by California starter Frank Tanana.  But Jason Thompson hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 6th inning to cut the lead to 1 run.  Jim Lemon led off the top of the next inning with a solo shot of Ed Halicki to get one of the runs back.  Bob Allison gunned down Fred Patek at the plate in the bottom of the 7th to preserve the Senators lead at 2.  But after a Bobby Clark double in the bottom of the 8th pulled the Angels within 1 run, he tied the game a short while later on a fielders choice when he scored from 3rd on a ground ball to Harmon Killebrew.    The Senators then took the lead right back in the top of a very dramatic 9th inning when Billy Consolo walked with 2 outs, advanced on a wild pitch and then scored on a Reno Bertoia bloop single.  But the Angels came back off of reliever Chuck Stobbs.  With the bases loaded and 1 out, Bobby Clark grounded to a drawn in Ken Apsromonte who threw home for the 2nd out.  But then Rick Miller grounded a single to  left field scoring the tying run.  As Jason Thompson rounded 3rd with the would-be winning run, Jim Lemon threw home to nail Thompson for the 3rd out, keeping the score tied and sending the game to extra innings.   The game ended quickly and happily for the home field crowd when Carney Lansford parked a 3-1 pitch from Tex Clevenger into the left field stands leading off the bottom of the 10th inning for his 1st HR of the season, and a walk-off win for the Halos.

August 27 - Anaheim Stadium
Senators 12, Angels 10 (10 innings)
The one had all the makings of a laugher, as Washington teed-off against California starter Chris Knapp from the start of the game, sending 10 men to the plate in the first innings and scoring 5 runs.  Jim Lemon hit a home run in the 2nd inning to make the sore 6-2, Bobby Grich's 1st inning 2-run shot accounting for the 2 Angels' runs.  But then California sent 8 men to the plate in the bottom of the 2nd inning against Washington starter Pedro Ramos, plating 4 of them and knotting the score at 6.  Indeed, this one was far from over.    Solo runs in the 5th and 6th innings put the Senators back on top 8-6, although the Angels managed to get one back the next inning to make it a 1 run game after 7 innings.  But when Roy Sievers hit a 2-run homer of Dave LaRoche in the top of the 8th to put Washington on top 10-7 it looked like it would be enough.  Undaunted, California came back with 1 in the bottom of the frame and loaded the bases with only 1 out.  But Dan Ford ground into a 'round-the-horn twin killing ending the rally.  Then with the score still 10-8 in the bottom of a 9th, with 2 outs and 2 runners  on base thanks to 2 walks, the Angels tied the game yet again when Fred Patek tripled to left field off John Romonosky.  He managed to get the next batter for the last out.  But with the score 10-10 once again it was free baseball at the Big A.  Still, unlike the previous day, 10th inning magic was on the Senators side this game, as Jim Lemon drilled a clutch 2-out, 2-run HR to left center off of LaRoche to put Washington on top for good 12-10. Chuck Stobbs shut the door in the bottom half to earn his first save of the season.

August 28 - Griffith Stadium
Angels 10, Senators 3
In a game that featured 7 home runs, the Angels benefited from 4 of them (Lansford, Rudi, Thompson, Patek), and also tended to have runners on base when they occurred.  All 3 of the Senators' HRs were solo shots (Throneberry, Sievers, Lemon).  In all, California scored 7 of their 10 runs on long balls, while Washington's only yielded 3.  Aside from 2 mistakes to Throneberry and Sievers Angels starting pitcher Alfredo Martinez looked more like Pedro Martinez, yielding only 5 hits and 2 walks over 7 innings pitched.  Kemmerer took the loss for the Senators.

Series Notes:
* Washington sluggers Jim Lemon and Roy Sievers were the most sorry to see the series end.  Lemon finished the 3-game set with 7 hits, including 4 HRs, 6 RBIs and 8 runs scored.  Sievers had 2 HRs and a series-high 7 RBIs. 
* In the 2nd game of the series, Rod Carew, who has wallowed below the Meddoza Line all season, had 5 hits, 3 RBIs and 3 runs scored.  He finished the series with 7 hits bringing his batting average "all the way up" to .255. 
* Between the two teams there were 15 HRs hit this series.

--submitted by Douglas Zaner--