Mike Torrez stretched his string of scoreless pitching to 37 2/3 innings and Bert Campaneris accounted for the only run with a sacrifice fly as the Athletics nipped the Rangers, 1-0. Torrez' duel with Nelson Briles was decided in the eighth when Phil Garner doubled, Bill North singled and Campaneris hit his fly to center field. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 1, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 11, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Clines lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .260
Campaneris ss         2   0   0   1     1   2   .267      Harrah ss             4   0   2   0     0   0   .272
Baylor 1b             4   0   1   0     0   3   .246      Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   0     2   1   .279
Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .287      Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .232
Tenace c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Washington rf         4   0   2   0     0   0   .255      Grieve dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .246
McCovey dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .202        Moates pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .252
McMullen 3b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .212      Randle 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .219
Garner 2b             3   1   2   0     0   0   .260        Lahoud ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Beniquez cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
                                                          Sundberg c            3   0   2   0     0   1   .222
                                                            Pape pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Fahey c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
                                                          Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   7   1     2   7             Totals               31   0   6   0     3   5

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance:  9,554
Left on Base: A's 6, Rangers 8
DP: A's 1, Rangers 0
Doubles: Garner (24), Clines (10)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (53), Harrah (7)
Caught Stealing: Washington 2 (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Clines (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Campaneris (9)
GIDP: Clines (16)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(13-10)         9     6   0   0   3   5   0  35   2.58
Totals                  9     6   0   0   3   5   0  35

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles L(9-9)           9     7   1   1   2   7   0  34   3.44
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   7   0  34

Wild Pitches: Torrez (8)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Larry McCoy


ATHLETICS 1ST: North flied out to center; Campaneris struck out;
Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
singled to left; Torrez threw a wild pitch [Harrah to second];
Hargrove flied out to right; Burroughs walked; Howell grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi was called out on strikes; Tenace grounded
out (third to first); Washington flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Grieve struck out; Randle was called out on strikes
[Randle out at first (catcher to first)]; Beniquez grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers
0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: McCovey grounded out (second to first); McMullen
walked; Garner singled to center [McMullen to second]; North
grounded out (first to pitcher) [McMullen to third, Garner to
second]; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to center; Clines grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at
second]; Harrah singled to left; Harrah stole second; Hargrove
walked; Burroughs grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Baylor struck out; Rudi singled to center; Tenace
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rudi to second]; Washington
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 4TH: Howell made an out to second; Grieve grounded out
(third to first); Randle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: McCovey flied out to right; McMullen grounded out
(third to first); Garner made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez flied out to right; Sundberg was called
out on strikes; Clines doubled; Harrah flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North flied out to center; Campaneris walked;
Campaneris stole second; Baylor struck out; Rudi flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove was called out on strikes; Burroughs was
called out on strikes; Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace grounded out (pitcher to first);
Washington singled to right; Washington was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); McCovey grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Grieve lined to center; Randle grounded out
(shortstop to first); Beniquez grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: McMullen made an out to second; Garner doubled to
left; North singled to left [Garner to third]; Campaneris hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Garner scored]; Baylor singled to left
[North to second]; Rudi flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg singled to left; PAPE RAN FOR SUNDBERG;
Clines out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Pape to
second]; Harrah grounded out (first to pitcher) [Pape to third];
Hargrove walked; Burroughs grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: FAHEY REPLACED PAPE (PLAYING C ); Tenace grounded
out (first to pitcher); Washington singled to shortstop;
Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
McCovey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 9TH: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Grieve
singled to center; MOATES RAN FOR GRIEVE; LAHOUD BATTED FOR
RANDLE; Lahoud grounded out (second to first) [Moates to
second]; Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 0.