White Sox owner Bill Veeck staged a "Breakfast Special," starting at 9:30 a.m. (CDT), and attracted a crowd of 10,099, but the Rangers did the feasting with a 3-0 victory behind the three-hit pitching of Nelson Briles. The morning game was believed to be the first of its kind ever held at Comiskey Park. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Saturday, July      3, 1976 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  9  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines dh             5   1   2   1     0   0   .290      Lemon cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .256
Thompson 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .234      Coggins rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .154
Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   0     2   0   .297      Orta lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .254
Harrah ss             4   0   1   1     1   1   .298      Kelly dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Burroughs rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .242      Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .267
  Moates pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   2   .257
Grieve lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .244      Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Randle 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     0   2   .275
Beniquez cf           3   2   2   0     1   0   .238      Downing c             2   0   0   0     1   1   .231
Sundberg c            3   0   2   1     1   0   .241      Forster p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   9   3     6   3             Totals               29   0   3   0     3   7

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 10,099
Left on Base: Rangers 10, White Sox 5
DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Vuckovich
Doubles: Coggins (2), Orta (11)
Triples: Sundberg (1)
Caught Stealing: Hargrove (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Thompson (3)
GIDP: Randle (3), Lemon (6)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(7-5)           9     3   0   0   3   7   0  32   3.26
Totals                  9     3   0   0   3   7   0  32

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forster L(1-5)          1.2   2   2   2   3   0   0   9   4.43
Vuckovich               7.1   7   1   1   3   3   0  31   3.38
Totals                  9     9   3   3   6   3   0  40

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


RANGERS 1ST: Clines singled to center; Thompson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Clines to second]; Hargrove
popped to third in foul territory; Harrah singled to center
[Clines scored]; Burroughs grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon flied out to center; Coggins made an out to
second; Orta walked; Kelly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Grieve walked; Randle grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Grieve out at second]; Beniquez walked;
VUCKOVICH REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); Sundberg walked (walk was
charged to Forster) [Beniquez to second]; Clines singled to left
[Beniquez scored, Sundberg to second]; Thompson forced Clines
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer struck out; Dent grounded out (shortstop
to first); Brohamer made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove singled to right; Hargrove was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Harrah walked; Burroughs
struck out; Grieve made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bell flied out to right; Downing struck out;
Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
White Sox 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
singled to right; Sundberg singled to left [Beniquez to second];
Clines flied out to center; Thompson forced Sundberg (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: On a bunt Coggins grounded out (pitcher to
first); Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove walked; Harrah struck out; Burroughs flied
out to right; Grieve grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Spencer singled to center; Dent struck out;
Brohamer struck out; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Randle grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
grounded out (third to first); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Downing flied out to left; Lemon walked; Coggins
doubled to right [Lemon to third]; Orta made an out to
shortstop; Kelly flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Clines grounded out (third to first); Thompson
flied out to right; Hargrove lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Dent
struck out; Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs
singled to right; MOATES RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Grieve popped to
catcher in foul territory; Randle grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: MOATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bell was
called out on strikes; Downing walked; Lemon grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Downing out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Beniquez singled to left; Beniquez was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Vuckovich [Beniquez to third];
Sundberg tripled to right [Beniquez scored]; Clines popped to
catcher in foul territory; Thompson struck out; Hargrove walked;
Harrah flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Coggins grounded out (second to first); Orta
doubled to left; Kelly flied out to left; Spencer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 0.