The Yankees, who built up a 7-0 lead and won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 7-6, also defeated the Rangers in the second game, 6-4, when Sandy Alomar hit his first homer of the season with a man on base in the 10th inning. A homer by Carlos May wth two aboard in the fifth inning of the opener capped a four-run outburst that enabled the Yankees to withstand the Rangers' late rallies. New York Yankees 7, Texas Rangers 6 (Game 1)Game Played on Thursday, July 15, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumYankees 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 7 13 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 - 6 9 3 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 5 2 3 0 0 0 .314 Clines lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .315 White lf 5 3 2 1 0 0 .286 Randle 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .232 Munson c 4 0 1 0 1 0 .318 Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .301 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .295 Burroughs rf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .237 C. May dh 4 1 2 3 1 0 .239 Harrah ss 2 0 0 1 2 0 .276 Nettles 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .220 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Gamble rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .268 Fregosi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Alomar 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .215 Thompson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Mason ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .145 Lahoud dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .191 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moates cf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .292 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fahey c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .273 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hargan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 7 13 5 3 2 Totals 33 6 9 6 4 4 Time of Game: 2:45 Left on Base: Yankees 8, Rangers 6 DP: Yankees 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Hargrove, Howell, Perry Doubles: Rivers (21), Clines (6), Fahey (1), Moates (4) Triples: Lahoud (1) Home Runs: C. May (2) Stolen Bases: Gamble (4), White 2 (19), C. May (5) Caught Stealing: Alomar (5) Sacrifice Flies: Clines (3), Randle (2) GIDP: Munson (4) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa W(11-6) 6.2 9 6 6 1 3 0 29 3.18 Lyle 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2.20 Tidrow SV(2) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.49 Totals 9 9 6 6 4 4 0 39 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(9-7) 4.1 8 6 5 2 0 0 22 3.49 Hargan 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 13 3.39 Hoerner 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.80 Totals 9 13 7 6 3 2 1 42 Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry Barnett YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to center; White singled to third [Rivers to second]; Munson grounded into a double play (third to third to first) [White to second, Rivers out at third]; Chambliss singled to center [White scored]; C. May grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Clines doubled to right; Randle singled to center [Clines out at home (center to catcher)]; Hargrove flied out to center; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Rangers 0. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles singled to pitcher; Gamble forced Nettles (first to shortstop); Gamble stole second; Alomar flied out to center; Mason grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Harrah flied out to center; Howell struck out; Lahoud grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Rangers 0. YANKEES 3RD: Rivers doubled to left; White reached on an error by Hargrove [Rivers scored]; White stole second; Munson walked; White advanced to home (error by Howell) and Munson advanced to second; Chambliss flied out to right; C. May grounded out (first unassisted) [Munson to third]; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Moates flied out to center; Fahey singled to center; Clines forced Fahey (second to shortstop); Randle forced Clines (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Rangers 0. YANKEES 4TH: Gamble singled to second; Alomar forced Gamble (first to shortstop); Alomar was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Mason popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Burroughs flied out to right; Harrah walked; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Rangers 0. YANKEES 5TH: Rivers singled to first; Rivers was picked off first but was safe on an error by Perry [Rivers to second]; White singled to right [Rivers scored]; White stole second; Munson grounded out (first unassisted) [White to third]; Chambliss walked; HARGAN REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); C. May homered [White scored, Chambliss scored]; Nettles was called out on strikes; Gamble singled to second; Alomar grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Lahoud tripled to right; Moates singled to right [Lahoud scored]; Fahey doubled to center [Moates to third]; Clines hit a sacrifice fly to left [Moates scored, Fahey to third]; Randle hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fahey scored]; Hargrove popped to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 3. YANKEES 6TH: Mason flied out to right; Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher); White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Harrah flied out to right; Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 3. YANKEES 7TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss struck out; C. May walked; C. May stole second; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Lahoud was called out on strikes; Moates doubled to right; Fahey flied out to left; Clines singled to left [Moates scored]; Randle singled to center [Clines to second]; LYLE REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Hargrove walked [Clines to third, Randle to second]; Burroughs walked [Clines scored, Randle to third, Hargrove to second]; Harrah walked [Randle scored, Hargrove to third, Burroughs to second]; FREGOSI BATTED FOR HOWELL; TIDROW REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Fregosi forced Harrah (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 6. YANKEES 8TH: THOMPSON REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 3B); Gamble flied out to left; Alomar singled to right; HOERNER REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Mason grounded out (second to first) [Alomar to second]; Rivers flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 6. RANGERS 8TH: Lahoud grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Moates struck out; Fahey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 6. YANKEES 9TH: White flied out to left; Munson singled to right; Chambliss flied out to left; C. May singled to right [Munson to third]; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 6. RANGERS 9TH: Clines flied out to right; Randle grounded out (second to first); Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Rangers 6. |
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