Fritz Peterson, who was 0-3 with the Indians before being traded, made his initial appearance with the Rangers and gained credit for a 6-3 victory over the Orioles. The defeat was the eighth in their last 10 games for the Orioles. Gene Clines knocked in two Ranger runs with a pair of singles, while Jim Sundberg and Jeff Burroughs each added a run-scoring double. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Baltimore Orioles 3
Game Played on Tuesday, June      8, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Rangers      0  2  1    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   6 14  1
Orioles      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines lf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .255      Harper dh             4   0   0   1     0   0   .214
  Moates ph,lf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .216        Stillman ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .059
Randle 2b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .255      Belanger ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .307
Hargrove 1b           5   0   2   1     0   1   .312      Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .288
Harrah ss             3   1   2   0     2   0   .302      L. May 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .238
Burroughs rf          5   0   2   1     0   0   .237      Mora lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     1   0   .269      Blair cf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .185
Grieve dh             5   0   0   0     0   2   .270      Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .210
Beniquez cf           4   2   2   0     1   0   .256      DeCinces 3b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .248
Sundberg c            3   2   1   1     1   0   .207        Bumbry ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Peterson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duncan c              2   0   1   0     1   0   .248
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .254
                                                          Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Flanagan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   6  14   6     5   3             Totals               35   3   9   3     2   4

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 10,006
Left on Base: Rangers 11, Orioles 7
DP: Rangers 2, Orioles 0
Errors: Randle
Doubles: Hargrove (10), Sundberg (13), Harrah (6), Burroughs (7), Blair (7)
Stolen Bases: Beniquez (4)
GIDP: L. May (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson W(1-3)         7.2   9   3   3   2   2   0  33   5.46
Foucault SV(4)          1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   1.19
Totals                  9     9   3   3   2   4   0  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander L(3-3)        5.2   9   6   6   3   0   0  29   2.98
Flanagan                1.1   2   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.50
Miller                  2     3   0   0   1   2   0  10   4.09
Totals                  9    14   6   6   5   3   0  44

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


RANGERS 1ST: Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
singled to right; Hargrove doubled to right [Randle to third];
Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); Belanger
grounded out (third to first); Grich grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Howell flied out to center; Grieve lined to third;
Beniquez walked; Sundberg doubled to right [Beniquez scored];
Clines singled [Sundberg scored]; Randle grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: L. May popped to shortstop in foul territory; Mora
grounded out (pitcher to first); Blair singled to left;
Singleton made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
2, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove flied out to center; Harrah doubled;
Burroughs doubled [Harrah scored]; Howell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grieve grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: DeCinces singled; Duncan singled to right [DeCinces
to third]; Harper reached on an error by Randle [DeCinces
scored, Duncan to second, Harper to first]; Belanger singled
[Duncan to third, Harper to second]; Grich struck out; L. May
flied out to right; Mora flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez lined to shortstop; Sundberg made an out
to second; Clines made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Blair lined to right; Singleton struck out;
DeCinces flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Orioles 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Randle flied out to center; Hargrove grounded out
(second to first); Harrah walked; Burroughs forced Harrah
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles
1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Duncan walked; Harper grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Duncan to second]; Belanger lined into a double play
(first to shortstop) [Duncan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve
grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez singled to center;
Beniquez stole second; Sundberg walked; Clines singled to right
[Beniquez scored, Sundberg to second]; Randle singled to center
[Sundberg scored, Clines to second]; FLANAGAN REPLACED ALEXANDER
(PITCHING); Hargrove singled to left [Clines scored, Randle out
at third (left to shortstop)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Grich walked; L. May grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Grich out at second]; Mora grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Orioles 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah walked; Burroughs singled [Harrah to third,
Burroughs out at second (left to shortstop to second)]; Howell
grounded out (third to first); Grieve struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Blair flied out to left; Singleton singled;
DeCinces forced Singleton (shortstop to second); Duncan forced
DeCinces (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
6, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Beniquez
singled to center; Sundberg made an out to second; MOATES BATTED
FOR CLINES; Moates singled to center [Beniquez to second];
Randle forced Moates (second to shortstop) [Beniquez to third];
Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: MOATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Harper flied
out to left; Belanger singled to left; Grich grounded out (third
to first) [Belanger to second]; L. May singled to left [Belanger
scored]; Mora singled to left [L. May to second]; Blair doubled
to left [L. May scored, Mora to third]; FOUCAULT REPLACED
PETERSON (PITCHING); Singleton made an out to third; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 3.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah singled to left; Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Harrah to second]; Howell was walked
intentionally; Grieve struck out; Beniquez forced Howell
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles
3.

ORIOLES 9TH: BUMBRY BATTED FOR DECINCES; Bumbry was called out
on strikes; MUSER BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Muser was called out on
strikes; STILLMAN BATTED FOR HARPER; Stillman flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 3.