Bert Blyleven pitched his second straight 10-inning shutout for the Rangers, scattering 10 hits and defeating the White Sox, 1-0. With one out in the overtime frame, Toby Harrah singled and took second on a wild pitch by Ken Brett. After an intentional pass to Jeff Burroughs, Jim Fregosi batted for Dave Moates and singled to drive in the winning run. In his last previous start June 21, Blyleven also shut out the Athletics, 1-0, in 10 innings. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 1, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      26, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   0 10  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   1  5  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon cf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .267      Clines lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .294
Garr rf               1   0   1   0     0   0   .291      Randle 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .257
  Coggins rf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .171      Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Orta lf               4   0   1   0     1   0   .260      Harrah ss             4   1   1   0     0   0   .304
Kelly dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .271      Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .236
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Grieve dh             2   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .266        Moates pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Brohamer 2b           4   0   3   0     0   0   .248        Fregosi ph,dh       1   0   1   1     0   0   .245
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Thompson 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Essian c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .286      Beniquez cf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .236
Brett p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .219
                                                          Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   0  10   0     2   5             Totals               28   1   5   1     3   1

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 20,903
Left on Base: White Sox 10, Rangers 4
DP: White Sox 1, Rangers 3
Errors: Brohamer, Harrah 2
Doubles: Randle (4)
Caught Stealing: Clines (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (5)
GIDP: Lemon (5), Brohamer (4), Kelly (7), Grieve (4)
Hit by Pitch: Kelly (2,by Blyleven), Grieve (3,by Brett)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett L(3-2)            9.1   5   1   1   3   1   0  33   2.68
Totals                  9.1   5   1   1   3   1   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(6-8)        10    10   0   0   2   5   0  40   3.11
Totals                 10    10   0   0   2   5   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Brett (1), Blyleven (5)
Wild Pitches: Brett (2)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon was called out on strikes; Garr singled to
second; Orta forced Garr (second to shortstop); Ralph Garr
was injured on the play; Kelly was hit by a pitch [Orta to
second]; Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: COGGINS REPLACED GARR (PLAYING RF); Clines grounded
out (shortstop to first); Randle doubled to center [Randle out
at third (center to shortstop to third)]; Hargrove singled to
center; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Dent singled to right; Brohamer singled to center
[Dent to second]; On a bunt Bell made an out to catcher [Dent to
third (error by Harrah; assist by Sundberg)]; Essian walked
[Brohamer to second]; Lemon grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Essian out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs reached on an error by Brohamer; Grieve
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Burroughs out at
second]; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Coggins grounded out (second to first); Orta
grounded out (first unassisted); Kelly was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez flied out to right; Sundberg flied out to
center; Clines singled to left; Clines was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Dent
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brohamer singled to center;
Bell singled to third [Brohamer to second]; Essian flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove
lined to shortstop; Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Coggins
struck out; Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve
was called out on strikes; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kelly flied out to left; Spencer grounded out
(second to first); Dent popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez walked; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Beniquez to second]; Clines grounded out
(second to first) [Beniquez to third]; Randle flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Brohamer singled to right [Brohamer out at second
(right to shortstop)]; Bell reached on an error by Harrah;
Rangers Manager Frank Lucchesi ejected by HP umpire Larry
McCoy; Essian singled to center [Bell to second]; Lemon
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bell to third, Essian to
second]; Coggins struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah
made an out to second; Burroughs grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta walked; Kelly singled to left [Orta to
second]; Spencer singled to second [Orta to third, Kelly to
second]; Dent forced Orta (shortstop to catcher) [Kelly to
third, Spencer to second]; Brohamer grounded into a double play
(first to catcher to first) [Kelly out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Grieve was hit by a pitch; MOATES RAN FOR GRIEVE;
Moates was picked off first (pitcher to first); Thompson flied
out to center; Beniquez lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MOATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bell made an
out to second; Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg flied out to center; Clines lined to
right; Randle walked; Randle was picked off first (pitcher to
first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers
0.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Coggins grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta
singled to right; Kelly grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 10TH: Hargrove flied out to center; Harrah singled to
left; Brett threw a wild pitch [Harrah to second]; Burroughs was
walked intentionally; FREGOSI BATTED FOR MOATES; Fregosi singled
to left [Harrah scored, Burroughs to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.