This day in Angels baseball August 10, 1979

August 10, 1979 at Anaheim Stadium the California Angels lost to the Seattle Mariners 8-6 in 14 innings. Dave LaRoche allowed 3 runs in the top of the 14th to take the loss. The Angels got a home run From Carney Lansford with 2 RBI and Dan Ford went 5-7 in the game hitting for the cycle, becoming the second of 5 players to hit for the cycle in Angels history. Dan Ford was traded to the Angels at the end of the 1978 season from the Minnesota Twins for Ron Jackson and Danny Goodwin. In 1979, Ford would set career highs while with the Angels in runs (100), home runs (21), RBI (101) and average (.290). Ford would later be traded to the Baltimore Orioles at the start of 1982 in the trade that brought Doug DeCinces to the Angels.