Graig Nettles hit two homers, connecting for the second time with a man on base in the eighth inning, to give the Yankees a 7-5 victory over the Rangers. Nettles first homered with two aboard in the fourth, but the Rangers erupted for five runs in the fifth to take a 5-4 lead.

Roy White led off the Yankee eighth with a homer to tie the score. With two out, Carlos May singled and gave way to pinch-runner Sandy Alomar before Nettles smashed his second circuit clout of the game for the winning blow. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 7, Texas Rangers 5
Game Played on Friday, June      11, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Rangers      0  0  0    0  5  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  0
Yankees      0  0  1    3  0  0    0  3  x  -   7 11  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .254      Rivers cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .290
Randle 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .255      White lf              4   1   2   2     0   0   .285
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   3     0   0   .309      Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .287      Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .301
Burroughs rf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .248      C. May dh             4   1   2   0     0   0   .240
Howell 3b             4   1   1   2     0   1   .275        Alomar pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .226
Grieve dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .266      Nettles 3b            4   2   2   5     0   1   .204
Beniquez cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Gamble rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .256
Sundberg c            2   1   2   0     1   0   .223        Dineen rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Randolph 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .287
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mason ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .152
                                                          Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Martinez p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   8   5     3   4             Totals               34   7  11   7     0   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 24,315
Left on Base: Rangers 3, Yankees 3
DP: Rangers 0, Yankees 2
Errors: Gamble
Doubles: Hargrove (12), Munson (12), Rivers (11)
Home Runs: Howell (3), Nettles 2 (7), White (5)
Stolen Bases: Randolph (19)
Caught Stealing: Beniquez (2)
GIDP: Clines (6)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(4-7)         7.2  11   7   7   0   3   3  33   3.32
Hoerner                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.13
Totals                  8    11   7   7   0   3   3  34

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa                5     8   5   5   1   4   1  23   3.47
Martinez W(2-0)         4     0   0   0   2   0   0  12   1.93
Totals                  9     8   5   5   3   4   1  35

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Larry McCoy


RANGERS 1ST: Clines was called out on strikes; Randle flied out
to left; Hargrove flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; White flied out to
center; Munson doubled to left; Chambliss grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah flied out to left; Burroughs flied out to
center; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: C. May grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles
struck out; Gamble was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Grieve struck out; Beniquez was called out on
strikes; Sundberg singled to left; Clines grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Mason
grounded out (second to first); Rivers doubled to right; White
singled to center [Rivers scored]; Munson flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle singled to shortstop; Hargrove lined into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Randle out at first]; Harrah
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss singled to shortstop; C. May singled to
left [Chambliss to second]; Nettles homered [Chambliss scored,
C. May scored]; Gamble popped to catcher in foul territory;
Randolph singled to left; Randolph stole second; Mason grounded
out (first unassisted) [Randolph to third]; Rivers grounded out
(pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Burroughs singled to left; Howell homered
[Burroughs scored]; Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first);
Beniquez flied out to right; Sundberg singled to right; Clines
singled to first [Sundberg to second]; Randle walked [Sundberg
to third, Clines to second]; Hargrove doubled to right [Sundberg
scored, Clines scored, Randle scored, Hargrove to third (error
by Gamble)]; Harrah popped to second; 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: White flied out to right; Munson popped to second;
Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Yankees 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs singled to center; MARTINEZ REPLACED
FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Howell popped to shortstop; Grieve walked
[Burroughs to second]; Beniquez forced Grieve (shortstop to
second) [Burroughs to third]; Beniquez was caught stealing
second (catcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: C. May grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles
flied out to right; Gamble singled to center; Gamble was picked
off first (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Yankees 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg walked; Clines grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at second]; Randle
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Mason
flied out to right; Rivers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Yankees 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Harrah flied out to
center; Burroughs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: White homered; Munson flied out to left; Chambliss
grounded out (second to first); C. May singled to second; ALOMAR
RAN FOR C. MAY; Nettles homered [Alomar scored]; HOERNER
REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Gamble flied out to left; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Yankees 7.

RANGERS 9TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DINEEN REPLACED
GAMBLE (PLAYING RF); Howell grounded out (second to first);
Grieve flied out to center; Beniquez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Yankees 7.