After losing the first game of a doubleheader, 7-6, in 12 innings, the Rangers rebounded and defeated the White Sox, 3-2, in the second game. The White Sox, who had scored a total of only four runs in five prior contests, avoided defeat when Kevin Bell tied the score with a single in the ninth inning. In the 12th, Bill Stein doubled and, with one out, Bucky Dent was safe on an error. Stein was thrown out at the plate on a grounder by Chet Lemon, but Dent advanced to second on the play and scored the winning run on a single by Jorge Orta.

In the nightcap, the Rangers picked up a run in the fourth inning and made it 3-0 when Bill Fahey singled a pair across in the eighth. As a result, the Rangers were able to triumph although the White Sox rallied for two runs in their half on a double by Brian Downing, single by Lemon, a wild pitch and single by Orta before Joe Hoerner relieved and saved the game. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 7, Texas Rangers 6 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      4, 1976 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  2    0  0  3    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   6 12  3
White Sox    0  3  0    1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  1  -   7 15  3


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines dh             6   0   1   2     0   1   .285      Dent ss               7   1   2   0     0   0   .258
  Pape pr,dh          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Lemon cf              6   0   0   0     1   1   .249
Randle 2b             6   1   2   2     1   0   .245      Orta lf               4   1   2   1     3   0   .258
Hargrove 1b           6   0   2   0     0   0   .298      L. Johnson 1b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .297
Howell 3b             2   0   1   1     0   1   .267        Spencer ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Thompson ph,3b      4   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Downing ph,c        2   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Burroughs rf          6   1   1   0     0   1   .240      Bradford dh           4   1   2   0     2   1   .232
Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     2   0   .293      Bell 3b               6   2   3   1     0   1   .293
Grieve lf             5   1   1   0     1   1   .243      Bannister rf          5   1   3   1     0   0   .316
Moates cf             3   2   2   0     0   0   .258        Coggins ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Beniquez ph,cf      2   1   1   0     1   0   .240      Stein 2b,1b           5   1   3   1     0   0   .228
Sundberg c            5   0   1   1     1   0   .240      Essian c,1b           0   0   0   2     1   0   .279
Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .261
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brohamer 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .238
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Terpko p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               50   6  12   6     6   4             Totals               46   7  15   6     7   4

Time of Game: 4:09
Left on Base: Rangers 14, White Sox 15
DP: Rangers 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Randle, Harrah, Moates, Bell, Stein, Essian
Doubles: Howell (15), Sundberg (15), Bell (4), Stein (4)
Triples: Stein (1), Bradford (2)
Stolen Bases: Moates (3), Beniquez (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Essian 2 (4), Stein (6), Downing (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger                6.1   8   4   4   2   2   0  28   2.73
Foucault                0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.54
Hoerner                 0.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   5   4.08
Terpko                  0.2   0   1   1   2   1   0   4   2.35
Bacsik L(0-1)           3.2   4   1   0   2   0   0  18   2.03
Totals                 11.2  15   7   6   7   4   0  57

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios                 9    11   6   3   3   4   0  43   5.01
Hamilton W(4-4)         3     1   0   0   3   0   0  13   2.96
Totals                 12    12   6   3   6   4   0  56

Wild Pitches: Umbarger (3)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Clines made an out to second; Randle grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hargrove reached on an error by Stein;
Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Dent lined to left; Lemon made an out to second;
Orta singled to left; L. Johnson forced Orta (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs struck out; Harrah flied out to left;
Grieve grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bradford singled to pitcher; Umbarger threw a
wild pitch [Bradford out at third (catcher to third)]; Bell
doubled to left; Bannister singled to right [Bell scored]; Stein
tripled to right [Bannister scored]; Essian out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Stein scored]; Dent reached on an error
by Moates [Dent to second]; Lemon flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Moates singled to right; Sundberg flied out to
left; Clines made an out to shortstop; Moates stole second
[Moates to third (error by Essian)]; Randle singled to center
[Moates scored]; Hargrove singled to center [Randle to third];
Howell doubled to right [Randle scored, Hargrove to third];
Burroughs lined to second; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); L.
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Bradford was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah made an out to shortstop; Grieve singled to
second; Moates flied out to left; Sundberg walked [Grieve to
second]; Clines struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bell singled to center; On a bunt Bannister
singled to third [Bell to second]; Stein out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Bell to third, Bannister to second]; Essian
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to catcher to first) [Bell
scored]; Dent popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 5TH: On a bunt Randle grounded out (pitcher to first);
On a bunt Hargrove grounded out (third to first); THOMPSON
BATTED FOR HOWELL; Thompson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Lemon
struck out; Orta grounded out (catcher unassisted); Jorge
Orta called out for running into his own batted ball; L.
Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
White Sox 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs singled to left; Harrah flied out to
right; Grieve reached on an error by Bell [Burroughs to second];
Moates singled to right [Burroughs to third, Grieve to second];
Sundberg flied out to left; Clines singled to right [Burroughs
scored (unearned), Grieve scored (unearned), Moates to third];
Randle singled to right [Moates scored (unearned), Clines to
third]; Hargrove flied out to left; 3 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 5, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bradford walked; Bell made an out to shortstop;
Bradford was picked off first (pitcher to first); Bannister made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Thompson made an out to second; Burroughs grounded
out (third to first); Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 5, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Stein made an out to shortstop; Essian walked;
Dent singled to right [Essian to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED
UMBARGER (PITCHING); Lemon forced Dent (second to shortstop)
[Essian to third]; Orta walked [Lemon to second]; SPENCER BATTED
FOR L. JOHNSON; HOERNER REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); DOWNING
BATTED FOR SPENCER; Downing popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 8TH: DOWNING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ESSIAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Grieve struck out; BENIQUEZ BATTED FOR
MOATES; Beniquez walked; Beniquez stole second; Sundberg doubled
to left [Beniquez scored]; Clines flied out to right [Sundberg
to third]; Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BENIQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Bradford
tripled [Bradford scored (error by Randle)]; Bell struck out;
Bannister singled to left; Stein singled to center [Bannister to
second]; TERPKO REPLACED HOERNER (PITCHING); KELLY BATTED FOR
ESSIAN; Kelly struck out; Dent flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 9TH: BROHAMER REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING 2B); STEIN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Hargrove singled to center; Thompson
flied out to right; Burroughs grounded out (third to first)
[Hargrove to second]; Harrah walked; Grieve forced Harrah
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, White
Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon walked; Orta walked [Lemon to second];
BACSIK REPLACED TERPKO (PITCHING); Downing forced Lemon (first
to shortstop) [Orta to second]; Bradford flied out to left; Bell
singled to shortstop [Orta scored, Downing to second]; Bannister
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
6, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 10TH: HAMILTON REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Beniquez
singled to left; On a bunt Sundberg made an out to pitcher;
Clines forced Beniquez (shortstop to second); PAPE RAN FOR
CLINES; Randle walked [Pape to second]; Hargrove made an out to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 10TH: PAPE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Stein grounded
out (third to first); Brohamer flied out to center; Dent singled
to shortstop; Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 11TH: Thompson made an out to third; Burroughs made an
out to second; Harrah walked; Grieve walked [Harrah to second];
Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6,
White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 11TH: Orta walked; Downing out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Orta to second]; Bradford was walked
intentionally; Bell popped to third in foul territory; COGGINS
BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Coggins lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 12TH: COGGINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Sundberg
grounded out (shortstop to first); Pape grounded out (shortstop
to first); Randle made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 12TH: Stein doubled to left; Brohamer popped to third
in foul territory; Dent reached on an error by Harrah [Stein to
third]; Lemon reached on a fielder's choice [Stein out at home
(shortstop to catcher to third), Dent to second]; Orta singled
to right [Dent scored (unearned), Lemon to second]; 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 7.