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. Baltimore Orioles 6, Texas Rangers 4Game Played on Saturday, August 28, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial StadiumRangers 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. |
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