After the Athletics tied the score with a homer in the ninth inning and went ahead with two circuit clouts in the 10th, the Rangers rallied for three runs to gain a 5-4 victory. Gene Tenace rapped a round-tripper that knotted the count at 2-2. Bert Campaneris and Don Baylor hit homers in the 10th. Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 4Game Played on Friday, September 10, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumA's 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 4 9 2 Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 10 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Clines lf 5 2 1 0 0 0 .259 Campaneris ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 .268 Harrah ss 5 0 3 2 0 0 .271 Baylor 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .246 Fregosi 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .240 Rudi lf 4 0 1 1 1 2 .288 Hargrove ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .280 Tenace c 5 1 1 1 0 2 .256 Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Washington rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .252 Moates pr,rf 0 0 0 1 1 0 .252 McCovey dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 .205 Grieve dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Lintz pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randle 2b 4 0 2 2 1 0 .220 Williams ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Thompson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 McMullen 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .214 Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Garner 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ault ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pape pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bacsik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 9 4 4 6 Totals 38 5 10 5 3 3 Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 7,297 Left on Base: A's 7, Rangers 8 DP: A's 1, Rangers 2 Errors: North, McMullen Doubles: Harrah (19), Randle (10) Home Runs: Tenace (19), Campaneris (1), Baylor (15) Stolen Bases: Campaneris (52), Washington 3 (32), Lintz (30), Fregosi (2) Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (16), Grieve (8) GIDP: North (6), Rudi (11) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(14-12) 9.1 9 5 5 1 3 0 38 2.47 Fingers 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2.34 Totals 9.2 10 5 5 3 3 0 42 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven 9.1 9 4 4 4 5 3 39 3.04 Bacsik W(2-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.50 Totals 10 9 4 4 4 6 3 41 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Al Clark ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Campaneris singled to pitcher; Campaneris stole second; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi singled to left [Campaneris scored]; Tenace forced Rudi (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Clines singled to center; Harrah doubled [Clines scored]; Fregosi struck out; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Washington walked; Washington stole second; McCovey lined to second; McMullen flied out to right; Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: Randle walked; Thompson hit into a double play (second to first) [Randle out at second]; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: North singled to center; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [North to second]; Baylor flied out to right; Rudi walked; Tenace was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to center; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Washington struck out; McCovey walked; LINTZ RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Lintz stole second; McMullen walked; Garner singled to third [Lintz to third, McMullen to second]; North grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Garner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Fregosi singled to left; Burroughs flied out to right; Grieve made an out to third; Fregosi stole second; Randle doubled to right [Fregosi scored]; Thompson made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris flied out to right; Baylor singled to second; Rudi grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Baylor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 2. RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez made an out to second; Sundberg reached on an error by McMullen; Clines flied out to left; Harrah singled to right [Sundberg to third]; Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace was called out on strikes; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR LINTZ; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 2. RANGERS 6TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Burroughs made an out to second; Grieve flied out to center; Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: McMullen flied out to center; Garner popped to second in foul territory; North grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 2. RANGERS 7TH: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Baylor popped to catcher in foul territory; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: Clines grounded out (second to first); Harrah lined to center; Fregosi lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace homered; Washington singled to left; Washington stole second; Williams flied out to center; Washington stole third; McMullen struck out; Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 9TH: Burroughs singled to right; MOATES RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Grieve out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Moates to second]; Randle flied out to center; Thompson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 10TH: MOATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); North grounded out (first unassisted); Campaneris homered; Baylor homered; BACSIK REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Rudi struck out; Tenace flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 2. RANGERS 10TH: Beniquez singled to center; AULT BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Ault singled to left [Beniquez to second]; PAPE RAN FOR AULT; Clines forced Beniquez (pitcher to third) [Pape to second]; Harrah singled to center [Pape scored, Clines to third, Harrah to second (error by North)]; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); HARGROVE BATTED FOR FREGOSI; Hargrove was walked intentionally; Moates walked [Clines scored, Harrah to third, Hargrove to second]; Grieve forced Harrah (pitcher to catcher) [Hargrove to third, Moates to second]; Randle singled to center [Hargrove scored, Moates to third, Grieve to second]; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 5. |
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