With one-out help from Sparky Lyle, Dock Ellis gained the decision over Gaylord Perry when the Yankees defeated the Rangers, 1-0. In the ninth, Thurman Munson singled, advanced on a grounder and scored the lone run on a single by Oscar Gamble. Lyle replaced Ellis in the Rangers' half and retired the final batter. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 1, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, April     27, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  9  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .291      Randle lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .216
White lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Beniquez cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .280
Munson c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .302      Hargrove 1b           3   0   0   0     1   2   .295
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .358      Harrah ss             3   0   0   0     1   1   .344
Piniella dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .432      Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .220
Gamble rf             3   0   1   1     1   1   .286      Howell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .182
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .154      Grieve dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Randolph 2b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .389      Smalley 2b            2   0   1   0     2   0   .282
Mason ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .071
Ellis p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cubbage ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ellis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .308
                                                          Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   9   1     2   3             Totals               30   0   4   0     6   5

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 20,019
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Rangers 9
DP: Yankees 1, Rangers 2
Errors: Gamble, Harrah, Smalley
Stolen Bases: Randle 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (1), Nettles (1)
GIDP: Mason (1), Nettles (1), Harrah (2)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis W(2-0)            8.2   4   0   0   6   5   0  35   2.25
Lyle SV(3)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.80
Totals                  9     4   0   0   6   5   0  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(2-2)            9     9   1   1   2   3   0  34   2.55
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   3   0  34

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to left; Rivers was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); On a bunt White singled to
catcher; Munson flied out to right; Chambliss forced White
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 1ST: Randle walked; Randle stole second; Beniquez
grounded out (third to first); Hargrove struck out; Harrah
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); Gamble
grounded out (second to first); Nettles singled to center;
Nettles was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs flied out to center; Howell grounded out
(first unassisted); Grieve flied to right in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph singled to third; Mason singled to center
[Randolph out at third (center to second to third), Mason to
second]; Rivers flied out to left; White popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Smalley singled to right; Sundberg made an out to
shortstop; Randle forced Smalley (first to shortstop); Beniquez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
grounded out (pitcher to first); Piniella flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove was called out on strikes; Harrah walked;
Burroughs flied out to center; Howell grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Gamble struck out; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to
first); Randolph grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Grieve grounded out (third to first); Smalley
walked; Sundberg popped to first in foul territory; Randle
singled to right [Smalley to third]; Randle stole second;
Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Mason flied out to right; Rivers made an out to
second; White popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Harrah
grounded out (second to first); Burroughs walked; Howell singled
to center [Burroughs to third]; Grieve forced Howell (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson flied out to left; Chambliss singled to
right; Piniella popped to catcher in foul territory; Gamble
walked [Chambliss to second]; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Smalley grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg
struck out; Randle lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Randolph singled to center; On a bunt Mason
grounded into a double play (catcher to shortstop to first)
[Randolph out at second]; Rivers walked; White reached on an
error by Smalley [Rivers out at home (center to catcher)]; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Beniquez singled to center; Hargrove walked
[Beniquez to second]; Harrah grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Beniquez to third, Hargrove out
at second]; Gamble dropped a foul fly hit by Burroughs for an
error; Burroughs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Munson singled to shortstop; Chambliss struck out;
Piniella reached on an error by Harrah [Munson to second];
Gamble singled to center [Munson scored, Piniella to third];
Nettles grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Gamble out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Howell was called out on strikes; Grieve made an
out to second; Smalley walked; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; LYLE
REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); ELLIS BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Ellis flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 0.