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Bert Blyleven, making his first appearance against his former teammates, allowed only two hits in pitching the Rangers to a 3-0 triumph over the Twins. Toby Harrah hit his ninth homer of the season in the fourth. Blyleven had nine strikeouts in winning for the first time in six starts. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 3, Minnesota Twins 0Game Played on Monday, July 26, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRangers 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 10 0
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Moates cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Braun dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .265
Beniquez ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .230
Clines lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Carew 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .316
Hargrove 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .293 Kusick 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .290
Burroughs rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .237 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .293
Howell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .264 Bostock cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .341
Harrah ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 .271 Cubbage 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .227
Grieve dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Hisle lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249
Randle 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .234 Ford rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .253
Thompson 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Randall 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .252
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .221 Oliva ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .209
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 3 10 2 2 5 Totals 27 0 2 0 1 9
Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 9,184
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Twins 1
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Randall
Home Runs: Harrah (9)
Caught Stealing: Carew (14)
GIDP: Howell (6), Hisle (5)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blyleven W(7-12) 9 2 0 0 1 9 0 28 2.98
Totals 9 2 0 0 1 9 0 28
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Goltz L(8-9) 8.1 10 3 2 2 4 1 36 3.69
Burgmeier 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.33
Totals 9 10 3 2 2 5 1 38
Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Joe Brinkman
RANGERS 1ST: Moates grounded out (second to first); Clines lined
to second; Hargrove walked; Burroughs forced Hargrove (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); Smalley struck
out; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Howell singled to center; Harrah made an out to
shortstop; Grieve singled to center [Howell to third]; Randle
struck out; Sundberg reached on an error by Randall [Howell
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Grieve to second]; Moates flied out
to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Bostock
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cubbage grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove
grounded out (third to first); Burroughs singled to right;
Howell popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0.
RANGERS 4TH: Harrah homered; Grieve flied out to right; Randle
flied out to left; Sundberg struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Braun singled to second; Smalley struck out; Carew
forced Braun (second to shortstop); Carew was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Rod Carew ejected by 2B umpire
Jim Evans; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0.
RANGERS 5TH: KUSICK REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 1B); Moates made an
out to shortstop; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hargrove singled to left; Burroughs flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 5TH: Wynegar was called out on strikes; Bostock grounded
out (second to first); Cubbage struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 0.
RANGERS 6TH: Howell flied out to left; Harrah grounded out
(third to first); Grieve flied to right in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 6TH: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Ford struck out;
Randall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0.
RANGERS 7TH: Randle was called out on strikes; Lenny Randle
ejected by HP umpire Greg Kosc; Sundberg made an out to
shortstop; Moates was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 7TH: THOMPSON REPLACED RANDLE (PLAYING 2B); Braun flied
out to center; Smalley grounded out (first to pitcher); Kusick
singled to center; Wynegar was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0.
RANGERS 8TH: Clines singled to left; Hargrove singled to left
[Clines out at third (left to third)]; Burroughs walked
[Hargrove to second]; Howell grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop to pitcher) [Burroughs out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 8TH: Bostock grounded out (first to pitcher); Cubbage
walked; Hisle grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Cubbage out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 0.
RANGERS 9TH: Harrah singled to left; Grieve popped to third in
foul territory; Thompson singled to shortstop [Harrah to
second]; Sundberg singled to center [Harrah scored, Thompson to
second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); BENIQUEZ BATTED
FOR MOATES; Beniquez struck out; Clines flied out to center; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 0.
TWINS 9TH: BENIQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Ford struck
out; OLIVA BATTED FOR RANDALL; Oliva grounded out (first to
pitcher); Braun struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3,
Twins 0.
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