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Defeated in the first game of a doubleheader, 9-1, the Athletics lost ground in the West Division race, although coming back to win the second game, 13-3. As a result of the split, the A's dropped six lengths behind the Royals, who edged the White Sox, 6-5. Tom Grieve and Juan Beniquez each batted in three runs and Jim Umbarger pitched a four-hitter in the Rangers' victory. In the nightcap, the A's exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning on six hits, two walks and an error. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 9, Oakland Athletics 1 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, September 19, 1976 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumRangers 0 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 - 9 15 2
A's 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 1
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Randle 2b 6 0 1 0 0 1 .218 North cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Harrah ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .265 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .267
Fregosi 1b 3 0 0 0 2 0 .244 Baylor dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .249
Burroughs rf 4 2 3 0 1 0 .238 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283
Howell 3b 5 1 2 0 0 2 .258 Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .229
Clines lf 3 3 2 1 1 0 .267 Tenace 1b,c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .251
Lahoud lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .204 Washington rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .249
Grieve dh 5 2 4 3 0 0 .255 Garner 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .259
Beniquez cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .260 Newman c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .197
Moates cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Woods ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500
Sundberg c 5 0 1 2 0 0 .227 Haney c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McMullen ph,1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .215
Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Batton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 40 9 15 9 6 3 Totals 32 1 4 1 2 6
Time of Game: 2:41
Left on Base: Rangers 10, A's 6
DP: Rangers 0, A's 2
Errors: Sundberg, Umbarger, Garner
Doubles: Garner (26), Campaneris (13)
Triples: Sundberg (2), Clines (3)
Home Runs: Grieve (17)
GIDP: Harrah (16), Howell (10)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Umbarger W(10-12) 9 4 1 1 2 6 0 34 3.20
Totals 9 4 1 1 2 6 0 34
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Torrez L(14-11) 3.1 7 6 6 2 2 0 17 2.71
Todd 0.2 3 2 2 2 1 0 7 4.07
Abbott 3 5 1 1 1 0 1 16 5.40
Batton 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0.00
Totals 9 15 9 9 6 3 1 46
Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips
RANGERS 1ST: Randle grounded out (third to first); Harrah flied
out to center; Fregosi lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
flied out to right; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs walked; Howell struck out; Clines walked
[Burroughs to second]; Grieve singled to shortstop [Burroughs to
third, Clines to second]; Beniquez singled to center [Burroughs
scored, Clines scored, Grieve to third, Beniquez out at second
(center to shortstop to second to first to shortstop)]; Sundberg
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi popped to first in foul territory; Bando
flied out to left; Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Randle singled to shortstop; Harrah grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Randle out at
second]; Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Washington struck out; Garner grounded out
(second to first); Newman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Athletics 0.
RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs singled to center; Howell struck out;
Clines singled to left [Burroughs to second]; Grieve singled to
center [Burroughs scored, Clines to second]; Beniquez singled to
right [Clines scored, Grieve to second]; TODD REPLACED TORREZ
(PITCHING); Sundberg tripled to center [Grieve scored, Beniquez
scored]; Randle struck out; Harrah walked; Fregosi walked
[Harrah to second]; Burroughs forced Fregosi (shortstop to
second); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Baylor grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6,
Athletics 0.
RANGERS 5TH: Howell singled to shortstop; Clines tripled to
center [Howell scored]; ABBOTT REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Grieve
homered [Clines scored]; Beniquez grounded out (third to first);
Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Randle flied out to
center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi flied out to right; Bando popped to first in
foul territory; Tenace walked; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 0.
RANGERS 6TH: Harrah flied out to center; Fregosi grounded out
(pitcher to first); Burroughs singled to right; Howell singled
to center [Burroughs to second]; Clines popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Garner doubled; WOODS BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Woods
was called out on strikes; North grounded out (third to first);
Campaneris doubled [Garner scored]; Baylor singled to first
[Campaneris to third]; Rudi was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 1.
RANGERS 7TH: HANEY REPLACED WOODS (PLAYING C ); Grieve singled
to center; Beniquez forced Grieve (shortstop to second);
Sundberg reached on a fielder's choice [Beniquez to second
(error by Garner; assist by Bando)]; Randle flied out to center;
Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 9, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 7TH: LAHOUD REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING LF); MOATES
REPLACED BENIQUEZ (PLAYING CF); Bando grounded out (second to
first); Tenace grounded out (third to first); Washington made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 1.
RANGERS 8TH: Fregosi walked; Burroughs singled to left [Fregosi
to second]; BATTON REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Howell grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fregosi to
third, Burroughs out at second]; Debut game for Chris
Batton; Lahoud walked; Grieve popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Garner walked; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR HANEY;
McMullen singled to shortstop [Garner to second]; North forced
McMullen (third to second) [Garner to third]; North was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Umbarger [North to
second]; Campaneris struck out but advanced to first on an error
by Sundberg; Baylor struck out; Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 1.
RANGERS 9TH: MCMULLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TENACE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Moates flied out to center;
Sundberg popped to first in foul territory; Randle grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando made an out to second; Tenace flied out to
left; Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rangers 9, Athletics 1.
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