After falling behind by four runs, the Orioles rallied to gain a 6-4 victory over the Rangers, who went down to their sixth straight defeat. Toby Harrah homered in the fifth inning when the Rangers scored three times to take a 4-0 lead.

The Orioles chopped their deficit to one run and then overtook the Rangers in the eighth. Ken Singleton homered to tie the score. Doug DeCinces doubled, Mark Belanger walked and Rick Dempsey drove them home with a double for his third hit of the game. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Saturday, August    28, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  1  0    2  3  x  -   6 10  3


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thompson 3b           3   0   2   1     0   0   .248      Bumbry cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Howell ph,3b        2   0   0   0     0   1   .245        Blair ph,cf         2   0   0   1     0   0   .201
Harrah ss             5   2   2   1     0   0   .267      Grich 2b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .275
Hargrove 1b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .284      R. Jackson rf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .273
Burroughs rf          3   1   0   1     2   0   .231      L. May 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Fregosi dh            3   0   1   0     1   0   .230        Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Grieve lf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .246      Singleton lf          4   1   2   1     0   0   .268
Randle 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .217      Crowley dh            2   1   0   0     1   0   .196
Beniquez cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .262        Harper ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Sundberg c            4   1   2   0     0   0   .221      DeCinces 3b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .241
Boggs p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           3   2   2   1     1   1   .271
  Skok p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             3   1   3   2     1   0   .199
  Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Holdsworth p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4   9   4     4   5             Totals               33   6  10   6     4   4

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 47,153
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Orioles 7
DP: Rangers 0, Orioles 1
Errors: Randle, Singleton, DeCinces, Belanger
Doubles: Sundberg 2 (19), Grich (24), DeCinces (15), Dempsey (2)
Home Runs: Harrah (11), Singleton (8)
Caught Stealing: Thompson (3), Bumbry (7), R. Jackson (6)
GIDP: Burroughs (20)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boggs                   6.1   6   3   3   3   2   0  27   3.74
Skok                    1     2   1   1   0   1   1   5   6.23
Hargan L(5-6)           0.2   2   2   2   1   1   0   5   3.38
Totals                  8    10   6   6   4   4   1  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan                4.2   5   4   3   4   3   1  22   5.77
Holdsworth W(3-0)       4.1   4   0   0   0   2   0  18   1.61
Totals                  9     9   4   3   4   5   1  40

Wild Pitches: Boggs (4)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Greg Kosc


RANGERS 1ST: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Harrah
singled to center; Hargrove reached on an error by Belanger
[Harrah to third, Hargrove to second]; Burroughs grounded out
(third to first) [Harrah scored (unearned)]; Fregosi grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to center; Grich lined to left; R.
Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Grieve struck out (catcher to first); Randle
walked; Beniquez lined to right; Sundberg forced Randle (second
to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: L. May flied out to left; Singleton singled to
right; Crowley flied out to center; DeCinces forced Singleton
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Thompson singled to center; Thompson was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Harrah grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hargrove was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger was called out on strikes; Dempsey singled
to third; Bumbry forced Dempsey (shortstop to second); Bumbry
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs walked; Fregosi walked [Burroughs to
second]; Grieve grounded out (pitcher to first) [Burroughs to
third, Fregosi to second]; Randle flied out to left; Beniquez
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Grich flied out to center; R. Jackson singled to
center; R. Jackson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); L. May lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg doubled; Thompson singled to left
[Sundberg scored, Thompson out at second (left to second)];
Harrah homered; Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted);
Burroughs walked; HOLDSWORTH REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING);
Fregosi singled to right [Burroughs to second]; Grieve singled
to center [Burroughs scored, Fregosi to third]; Randle grounded
out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Crowley
walked; DeCinces grounded out (pitcher to first) [Crowley to
second]; Boggs threw a wild pitch [Crowley to third]; Belanger
singled to center [Crowley scored]; Dempsey walked [Belanger to
second]; Bumbry flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 4, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sundberg doubled to left; HOWELL BATTED FOR THOMPSON; Howell was
called out on strikes; Harrah made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: HOWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Grich walked;
R. Jackson flied out to center; L. May flied out to right;
Singleton reached on an error by Randle [Grich to third];
Crowley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Orioles 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove reached on an error by Singleton;
Burroughs grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Hargrove out at second]; Fregosi reached on an error by
DeCinces; Grieve singled to center [Fregosi to second]; Randle
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: DeCinces struck out; Belanger singled to right;
Dempsey singled to right [Belanger to third]; SKOK REPLACED
BOGGS (PITCHING); BLAIR BATTED FOR BUMBRY; Blair grounded out
(third to first) [Belanger scored, Dempsey to second]; Grich
doubled to left [Dempsey scored]; R. Jackson struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Orioles 3.

RANGERS 8TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Beniquez flied
out to center; Sundberg lined to center; Howell grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: L. May grounded out (pitcher to pitcher to first);
Singleton homered; HARPER BATTED FOR CROWLEY; HARGAN REPLACED
SKOK (PITCHING); Harper struck out; DeCinces doubled to left;
Belanger walked; Dempsey doubled [DeCinces scored, Belanger
scored]; Blair flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
4, Orioles 6.

RANGERS 9TH: HARPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MUSER REPLACED
L. MAY (PLAYING 1B); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hargrove flied out to center; Burroughs flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Orioles 6.