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 0
Game Played on Monday, July 26, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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