A pass to Ken Pape with the bases loaded in the 10th inning handed the Rangers a 5-4 victory over the White Sox. Jim Fregosi walked to start the stanza and took third on a single by Juan Beniquez. After passing Lenny Randle to fill the sacks, Pete Vuckovich also walked Pape to force in the Rangers' winning run. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Saturday, October   2, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  1    0  -   4 10  1
Rangers      2  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0    1  -   5 12  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister lf,cf       4   0   0   0     1   2   .254      Randle 2b             4   0   1   0     1   2   .226
Garr rf,lf            5   0   3   2     0   0   .300      Pape ss               4   0   1   2     2   0   .227
Spencer 1b            5   1   2   0     0   1   .255      Howell dh             4   1   0   0     0   1   .253
Orta dh               4   0   1   1     1   3   .275        Thompson ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Stein 3b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Burroughs rf          3   1   1   2     1   0   .236
Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .254        Moates pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Lemon cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .248        Sundberg ph,c       1   0   1   0     0   0   .227
  Ewing ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Grieve lf,rf          5   0   0   0     0   1   .256
  Hairston pr,rf      0   1   0   0     0   0   .233      Harrah 3b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .260
Downing c             3   1   2   1     0   1   .256      Ault 1b               3   0   3   0     0   0   .300
Dent ss               4   1   0   0     0   0   .243        Fregosi pr,1b       1   2   0   0     1   0   .233
B. Johnson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Beniquez cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fahey c               3   1   2   1     0   0   .250
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Clines ph,lf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .276
                                                          Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   4  10   4     2   8             Totals               40   5  12   5     5   5

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance:  9,406
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Rangers 13
DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 0
Errors: Stein
Doubles: Orta (29), Ault (1), Pape (1)
Triples: Ewing (1)
Home Runs: Burroughs (18)
Stolen Bases: Garr (14), Downing (7)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Beniquez (5), Randle (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Downing (3)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
B. Johnson              8     9   4   4   1   4   1  35   4.73
Hamilton                0.2   2   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.59
Vuckovich L(7-4)        1     1   1   1   3   0   0   7   4.65
Totals                  9.2  12   5   5   5   5   1  47

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven                7.2   8   3   2   1   7   0  31   2.88
Bacsik W(3-2)           2.1   2   1   1   1   1   0  10   4.25
Totals                 10    10   4   3   2   8   0  41

Passed Balls: Downing (1), Fahey (3)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Kunkel


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister struck out; Garr singled to shortstop;
Garr stole second; Spencer popped to catcher in foul territory;
Orta struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Randle singled to center; Pape forced Randle
(shortstop to second); Howell forced Pape (shortstop to second);
Burroughs homered [Howell scored]; Grieve grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Stein singled to left; Brohamer forced Stein
(second to shortstop); Lemon forced Brohamer (shortstop to
second); Lemon was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah made an out to second; Ault singled to
center; Beniquez flied out to center; Fahey singled to right
[Ault to third]; Randle struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing singled to shortstop; Dent flied out to
center; Bannister made an out to second; Downing stole second;
Garr singled to center [Downing scored]; Spencer singled to left
[Garr to second]; Orta struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Pape popped to first in foul territory; Howell was
called out on strikes; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Stein grounded out (second to first); Brohamer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
reached on an error by Stein; Ault singled to right [Harrah to
second]; Beniquez flied out to right [Harrah to third]; Fahey
forced Ault (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Downing singled to right; Dent forced Downing
(second to shortstop); Bannister walked [Dent to second]; Fahey
allowed a passed ball [Dent to third, Bannister to second]; Garr
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dent scored (unearned)];
Spencer was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Randle struck out; Pape grounded out (first
unassisted); Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta struck out; Stein made an out to shortstop;
Brohamer grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs flied out to center; Grieve flied out to
center; Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing
struck out; Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Ault doubled to right; FREGOSI RAN FOR AULT;
Beniquez out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Fregosi to
third]; Fahey singled [Fregosi scored]; Randle flied out to
left; Pape doubled to center [Fahey scored]; Howell grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers
4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: FREGOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Bannister
struck out; Garr singled to left; Spencer forced Garr (pitcher
to shortstop); Orta doubled to center [Spencer scored]; BACSIK
REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Stein grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs walked; MOATES RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Grieve
struck out; Harrah singled to left [Moates to second]; Fregosi
flied out to center; Downing allowed a passed ball [Moates to
third]; Beniquez lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MOATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Brohamer
struck out; EWING BATTED FOR LEMON; Ewing tripled to left;
HAIRSTON RAN FOR EWING; Downing hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Hairston scored]; Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: HAIRSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GARR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BANNISTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); HAMILTON REPLACED B. JOHNSON (PITCHING); CLINES BATTED FOR
FAHEY; Clines singled to left; Randle out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Clines to second]; Pape was walked
intentionally; THOMPSON BATTED FOR HOWELL; Thompson struck out;
SUNDBERG BATTED FOR MOATES; Sundberg singled to first [Clines to
third, Pape to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING);
Grieve made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox
4, Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 10TH: THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); SUNDBERG
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CLINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
GRIEVE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bannister made an out to
second; Garr flied out to left; Spencer singled; Orta walked
[Spencer to second]; Stein made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 10TH: Harrah flied out to left; Fregosi walked; Beniquez
singled to center [Fregosi to second]; Clines forced Beniquez
(shortstop to second) [Fregosi to third]; Randle walked [Clines
to second]; Pape walked [Fregosi scored, Clines to third, Randle
to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 5.