Bert Blyleven continued to suffer from a lack of scoring support, but actually beat himself by hitting two batters with pitched balls as the Tigers defeated the Rangers, 2-1. When the Rangers counted in the ninth inning, the run was the first they had scored for Blyleven in the first nine innings of any of his last four starts, although he won two of them, 1-0, in 10 innings.

The Tigers picked up both their tallies in the eighth. Dan Meyer singled and Ron LeFlore was safe when Mike Hargrove booted his bunt. Blyleven then hit both Tom Veryzer and Ben Oglivie to force in one run and the deciding tally followed on a sacrifice fly by Rusty Staub. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 2, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, July      7, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  8  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            2   1   0   0     1   0   .332      Randle 2b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Thompson 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .230
Oglivie lf            3   0   2   1     0   1   .261      Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .301
Staub rf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .310      Burroughs rf          4   0   2   0     0   2   .244
Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Johnson dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Lahoud dh             3   0   1   0     0   1   .183
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .266        Clines ph,dh        0   0   0   0     1   0   .301
Wockenfuss c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .279        Pape pr,dh          0   1   0   0     0   0   .167
Garcia 2b             2   0   1   0     0   1   .204      Grieve lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .243
  Meyer ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .274      Beniquez cf           2   0   1   0     1   0   .246
  Manuel 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Fregosi ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .228
Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .234
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moates ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .258
  Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   8   2     1   2             Totals               30   1   7   1     5   5

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 20,052
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Rangers 9
DP: Tigers 1, Rangers 4
Errors: Lemanczyk, Hargrove, Harrah
Sacrifice Hits: LeFlore (2), Hargrove (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (6), Moates (2)
GIDP: Wockenfuss (2), LeFlore (5), Staub (14), Thompson (7), Grieve (6)
Hit by Pitch: Veryzer (3,by Blyleven), Oglivie (1,by Blyleven)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk               6.1   7   0   0   2   3   0  26   3.71
Hiller W(7-4)           2     0   1   1   3   2   0   9   3.28
Grilli SV(2)            0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.97
Totals                  9     7   1   1   5   5   0  37

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(6-10)        9     8   2   1   1   2   0  35   2.89
Totals                  9     8   2   1   1   2   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven 2 (8)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Don Denkinger


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Veryzer
reached on an error by Harrah; Oglivie singled to left [Veryzer
out at third (left to third)]; Staub singled to right [Oglivie
to third]; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Randle grounded out (second to first); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Hargrove walked; Burroughs
singled to third [Hargrove to second]; Harrah lined to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez
singled to second; Wockenfuss grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Lahoud struck out; Grieve flied out to center;
Beniquez singled to right; Beniquez was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Lemanczyk [Beniquez to second]; Sundberg
singled to left [Beniquez out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Garcia singled to third; LeFlore grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garcia out at
second]; Veryzer made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Randle was called out on strikes; Thompson grounded
out (second to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Oglivie singled to left; Staub grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Oglivie out at
second]; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs singled to center; Harrah forced
Burroughs (third to second); Lahoud singled to center [Harrah to
second]; Grieve grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Lahoud out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers
0.

TIGERS 5TH: Johnson singled to left; Rodriguez singled to right
[Johnson to third]; Wockenfuss reached on a fielder's choice
[Johnson out at home (pitcher to catcher to third to pitcher to
shortstop), Rodriguez to third, Wockenfuss to second]; Garcia
struck out; LeFlore walked; Veryzer flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Sundberg
grounded out (second to first); Randle grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie struck out; Staub lined to shortstop;
Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Thompson singled to center; Hargrove out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thompson to second];
Burroughs struck out; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Wockenfuss flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Lahoud popped to catcher in foul territory; Grieve
singled to left; Beniquez walked [Grieve to second]; HILLER
REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Sundberg was called out on
strikes; Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: MEYER BATTED FOR GARCIA; Meyer singled to right;
LeFlore reached on an error by Hargrove on a sacrifice bunt
[Meyer to second]; Veryzer was hit by a pitch [Meyer to third,
LeFlore to second]; Oglivie was hit by a pitch [Meyer scored,
LeFlore to third, Veryzer to second]; Staub hit a sacrifice fly
to left [LeFlore scored (unearned), Veryzer to third]; Thompson
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Oglivie out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: MANUEL REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING 2B); Thompson flied
out to left; Hargrove made an out to shortstop; Burroughs was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers
0.

TIGERS 9TH: Johnson lined to shortstop; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wockenfuss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah flied out to left; CLINES BATTED FOR LAHOUD;
Clines walked; PAPE RAN FOR CLINES; Grieve walked [Pape to
second]; FREGOSI BATTED FOR BENIQUEZ; Fregosi walked [Pape to
third, Grieve to second]; GRILLI REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING);
MOATES BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Moates hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Pape scored]; Randle forced Fregosi (first to shortstop); 1 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 1.