Angels Win

Dick Schofield and Gary Pettis hit home runs to break a seventh-inning tie and the California Angels, fired up by a controversial call that nullified a run, beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3 yesterday in Game 3 of the American League playoffs.

The Angels, who tied the score 1-1 in the sixth on Reggie Jackson's run-scoring single, now lead the best-of-seven series 2-1. Game 4 will be tonight with Boston ace Roger Clemens, shelled in the playoff opener, opposing Don Sutton.

California had been denied the apparent tying run in the fourth when third-base umpire Rich Garcia reversed home plate umpire Terry Cooney's call and ruled Wally Joyner out at the plate in a bizarre play.

Garcia's decision infuriated California Manager Gene Mauch and, during a stormy 10-minute argument in which all six umpires were encircled by Angels, Mauch became the first manager ever ejected from an AL playoff game.

Boston starter Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, who had to be restrained by teammates when Cooney originally called Joyner safe, was locked in a 1-1 duel with John Candelaria.