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Monday June 7, 1976
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The Rangers outlasted the Orioles, 6-4, with Gene Clines driving in two runs and scoring another. Mike Cuellar, making his first relief appearance in eight seasons with the Orioles, yielded three hits in the last 3 2/3 innings and threw a wild pitch that gave the Rangers their sixth run. [The Sporting News]


Texas Rangers 6, Baltimore Orioles 4

Game Played on Monday, June 7, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Rangers      1  2  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   6 12  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  2  -   4  9  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines lf             5   1   2   2     0   0   .235      Belanger ss           5   0   1   2     0   0   .302
  Moates lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Grich 2b              5   1   3   1     0   1   .294
Randle 2b             5   0   1   1     0   1   .250      R. Jackson rf         3   0   0   0     1   2   .205
Fregosi 1b            3   1   1   0     1   2   .209        Bumbry lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .296      L. May 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .238
Burroughs rf          4   1   1   1     0   0   .233      Mora dh               4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Grieve dh             4   1   1   1     0   2   .278      Blair cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .176
Beniquez cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .250      Singleton lf,rf       4   2   2   0     0   1   .209
Howell 3b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .275      DeCinces 3b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .246
Sundberg c            3   1   2   0     1   0   .205      Duncan c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .243
Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Grimsley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cuellar p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  12   5     2   7             Totals               36   4   9   4     2   7

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 11,626
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Orioles 7
DP: Rangers 1, Orioles 2
Errors: Harrah, Singleton
Doubles: Sundberg 2 (12), Fregosi (3), Grich (5), DeCinces (7)
Triples: Clines (1)
Home Runs: Grich (5)
Caught Stealing: Clines (3)
GIDP: Harrah (8), Clines (5), Blair (8)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger W(6-4)         8.1   8   4   2   2   6   1  35   2.52
Foucault SV(3)          0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.24
Totals                  9     9   4   2   2   7   1  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley L(1-4)         5.1   9   6   6   1   4   0  24   4.07
Cuellar                 3.2   3   0   0   1   3   0  14   7.00
Totals                  9    12   6   6   2   7   0  38

Wild Pitches: Cuellar (2)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


RANGERS 1ST: Clines tripled; Randle singled to left [Clines
scored]; Fregosi walked [Randle to second]; Harrah grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Randle to third,
Fregosi out at second]; Burroughs flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger flied out to right; Grich doubled to left;
R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Grich to third]; L.
May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Orioles 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Grieve struck out; Beniquez grounded out (third to
first); Howell singled to right; Sundberg doubled to left
[Howell to third]; Clines singled to left [Howell scored,
Sundberg scored]; Clines was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Mora singled to left; Blair grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Mora out at second]; Singleton
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Orioles 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Randle flied out to left; Fregosi struck out;
Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: DeCinces flied out to center; Duncan struck out;
Belanger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Orioles 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Grieve
struck out; Beniquez singled to left; Howell forced Beniquez
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Grich singled to center; R. Jackson struck out; L.
May singled to left [Grich to second]; Mora popped to first in
foul territory; Blair grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Clines
grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Singleton singled; DeCinces doubled [Singleton
scored]; Duncan grounded out (second to first) [DeCinces to
third]; Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Fregosi doubled to left; Harrah grounded out (third
to first); Burroughs singled to left [Fregosi scored, Burroughs
to second (error by Singleton)]; Grieve singled [Burroughs
scored]; CUELLAR REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Beniquez singled
to left [Grieve to second]; Howell singled to center [Grieve to
third, Beniquez to second]; Cuellar threw a wild pitch [Grieve
scored, Beniquez to third, Howell to second]; Sundberg walked;
Clines grounded into a double play (second to first) [Sundberg
out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: R. Jackson walked; L. May flied out to left; Mora
flied out to left; Blair made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Randle grounded out (second to first); Fregosi was
called out on strikes; Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton flied out to right; DeCinces flied out to
left; Duncan made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 6, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs lined to shortstop; Grieve flied out to
left; Beniquez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Belanger made an out to second; Grich homered; R.
Jackson struck out; L. May flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 2.

RANGERS 9TH: SINGLETON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BUMBRY
REPLACED R. JACKSON (PLAYING LF); Howell struck out; Sundberg
doubled; Clines grounded out (second to first) [Sundberg to
third]; Randle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: MOATES REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING LF); Mora reached
on an error by Harrah; Blair struck out; Singleton singled to
left [Mora to second]; DeCinces walked [Mora to third, Singleton
to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); MUSER BATTED
FOR DUNCAN; Muser popped to third in foul territory; Belanger
singled to left [Mora scored (unearned), Singleton scored
(unearned), DeCinces to second]; Grich struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 4.



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