A triple by Juan Beniquez to open the ninth inning put the Rangers in position to defeat the White Sox, 6-5. After intentional passes to Lenny Randle and Mike Hargrove loaded the bases, Toby Harrah hit a sacrifice fly for the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Chicago White Sox 5
Game Played on Tuesday, May       11, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    4  0  0    1  0  0  -   5 11  0
Rangers      2  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  1  -   6 11  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stein 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Beniquez cf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .264
  Brohamer ph,2b      3   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Randle lf,3b          3   1   1   2     2   0   .226
Garr lf               3   1   2   0     2   0   .288      Hargrove 1b           4   1   1   0     1   3   .294
Downing dh            5   0   1   1     0   0   .282      Harrah ss             3   0   1   2     1   1   .310
Orta 3b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .275      Burroughs rf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .275
Bradford rf           2   1   0   0     2   0   .275      Grieve dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .264
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     1   0   .273        Moates pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .200
Varney c              5   1   1   1     0   1   .303      Smalley 2b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .262
Dent ss               4   1   2   3     0   0   .278      Howell 3b             3   1   1   0     0   2   .286
Lemon cf              4   0   3   0     0   0   .231        Clines ph,lf        0   0   0   1     0   0   .333
Forster p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   2   .196
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Barr p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Perzanowski p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Terpko p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  11   5     6   1             Totals               34   6  11   6     4  10

Time of Game: 3:26   Attendance: 14,713
Left on Base: White Sox 11, Rangers 9
DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 0
Doubles: Garr (4), Lemon (1), Harrah (4), Grieve (2)
Triples: Garr (2), Beniquez (1)
Home Runs: Dent (1)
Stolen Bases: Smalley (1), Beniquez (1), Randle (6)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Clines (1), Harrah (1)
Hit by Pitch: Bradford (1,by Perzanowski)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forster                 6     7   4   4   1   8   0  26   4.44
Hamilton L(1-2)         2     4   2   2   2   2   0  12   7.71
Vuckovich               0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.38
Totals                  8.1  11   6   6   4  10   0  40

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr                    3.1   6   4   4   4   0   1  18   3.78
Perzanowski             4     5   1   1   0   1   0  18   2.25
Hoerner                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.15
Terpko W(1-1)           0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.69
Totals                  9    11   5   5   6   1   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Perzanowski (1)
Wild Pitches: Barr (1), Hoerner (1)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


WHITE SOX 1ST: Stein flied out to right; Garr doubled to right;
Barr threw a wild pitch [Garr to third]; Downing grounded out
(third to first); Orta walked; Bradford forced Orta (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Beniquez flied out to center; Randle walked;
Hargrove singled to center [Randle to third]; Harrah doubled to
left [Randle scored, Hargrove to third]; Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Hargrove scored]; Grieve grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Varney
flied out to right; Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Smalley singled to right; Howell struck out;
Sundberg lined to right; Smalley stole second; Beniquez grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon singled to second; Stein flied out to
right; Garr walked [Lemon to second]; Lemon was caught stealing
third (catcher to third) [Garr to second]; Downing grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove
struck out; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta singled to right; Bradford walked [Orta to
second]; Spencer walked [Orta to third, Bradford to second];
Varney singled to left [Orta scored, Bradford to third, Spencer
out at second (left to catcher to third)]; Dent homered
[Bradford scored, Varney scored]; Lemon doubled to right;
PERZANOWSKI REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); BROHAMER BATTED FOR STEIN;
Brohamer flied out to center; Garr grounded out (second to
first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: BROHAMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Burroughs
struck out; Grieve struck out; Smalley singled to right; Howell
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Downing flied out to center; Orta grounded out
(first to pitcher); Bradford was hit by a pitch; Spencer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg struck out; Beniquez flied out to right;
Randle lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Varney flied out to left; Dent grounded out
(second to first); Lemon singled to center; Brohamer grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove was called out on strikes; Harrah grounded
out (second to first); Burroughs singled to left; Grieve
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
4, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Garr tripled to left; Downing singled to left
[Garr scored]; Orta flied to left in foul territory; Bradford
flied out to center; Spencer singled to center [Downing to
second]; Varney was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Smalley singled to right; Howell singled to center
[Smalley to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING);
Sundberg was called out on strikes; Beniquez singled to second
[Smalley to third, Howell to second]; Randle singled to left
[Smalley scored, Howell scored, Beniquez to second]; Beniquez
stole third and Randle stole second; Hargrove struck out; Harrah
walked; Burroughs forced Randle (third unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Dent singled to right; On a bunt Lemon popped to
catcher in foul territory; HOERNER REPLACED PERZANOWSKI
(PITCHING); Brohamer flied out to center; Hoerner threw a wild
pitch [Dent to second]; Garr walked; Downing flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Grieve doubled to left; MOATES RAN FOR GRIEVE;
Smalley grounded out (second to first) [Moates to third]; CLINES
BATTED FOR HOWELL; Clines hit a sacrifice fly to left [Moates
scored]; Sundberg flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 5, Rangers 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MOATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CLINES STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); RANDLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
Orta grounded out (second to first); TERPKO REPLACED HOERNER
(PITCHING); Bradford walked; Spencer flied out to right; Varney
forced Bradford (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Beniquez tripled to center; Randle was walked
intentionally; VUCKOVICH REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Hargrove
was walked intentionally [Randle to second]; Harrah hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Beniquez scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 5, Rangers 6.