Posting his first major league victory, rookie righthander Len Barker of the Rangers pitched a three-hitter and shut out the White Sox, 3-0. The Rangers' scoring included a homer by Roy Howell. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Sunday, October   3, 1976 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   3  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister lf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .248      Randle 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Garr rf               0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Moates cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .241
  Hairston rf         3   0   0   0     0   3   .227      Hargrove 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .287
Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .253      Burroughs rf          3   0   1   0     0   1   .237
Orta dh               3   0   0   0     1   0   .274        Lahoud rf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Bell 3b               2   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Howell dh             4   1   1   1     0   1   .253
Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Harrah 3b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .260
Lemon cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Grieve lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Dent ss               3   0   2   0     0   0   .246      Pape ss               1   1   0   0     1   0   .217
Essian c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Sundberg c            3   1   1   1     0   0   .228
Gossage p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Barker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   0   3   0     2   6             Totals               31   3   7   3     2   5

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance:  4,455
Left on Base: White Sox 4, Rangers 7
DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 1
Errors: Brohamer
Doubles: Hargrove (30), Sundberg (24)
Home Runs: Howell (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (8)
GIDP: Essian (6)
Hit by Pitch: Bell (1,by Barker), Pape (2,by Gossage)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gossage L(9-17)         8     7   3   3   2   5   1  34   3.95
Totals                  8     7   3   3   2   5   1  34

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barker W(1-0)           9     3   0   0   2   6   0  31   2.40
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   6   0  31

Hit by Pitch: Gossage (9), Barker (2)
Wild Pitches: Barker (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister walked; Garr out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Bannister to second]; Barker threw a wild
pitch [Bannister to third]; Spencer struck out; Orta grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Randle flied out to center; Moates grounded out
(first unassisted); Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bell flied out to left; Brohamer grounded out
(second to first); Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: HAIRSTON REPLACED GARR (PLAYING RF); Burroughs
singled to center; Howell forced Burroughs (second to
shortstop); Harrah walked [Howell to second]; Grieve made an out
to shortstop; Pape walked [Howell to third, Harrah to second];
Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent grounded out (second to first); Essian
singled to center; Essian was picked off first (catcher to
first); Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Randle flied out to center; Moates struck out;
Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Hairston struck out; Spencer made an out to
shortstop; Orta walked; Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs flied out to center; Howell homered;
Harrah singled to center; Grieve flied out to right; Pape
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Brohamer flied out to right; Lemon grounded out
(third to first); Dent singled to center; Essian forced Dent
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); On a bunt
Randle grounded out (catcher to first); Moates flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bannister flied out to center; Hairston struck
out; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove doubled to right; Burroughs was called out
on strikes; Howell struck out; Harrah was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: LAHOUD REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING RF); Orta
flied out to center; Bell was hit by a pitch; Brohamer forced
Bell (shortstop to second); Lemon grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Grieve popped to catcher in foul territory; Pape
was hit by a pitch; Sundberg doubled to left [Pape scored,
Sundberg to third (error by Brohamer)]; Randle grounded out
(shortstop to first); Moates singled to right [Sundberg scored];
Hargrove singled to left [Moates to second]; Lahoud struck out;
2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Dent singled to shortstop; Essian grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dent out at second];
Bannister flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah
flied out to left; Grieve popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Hairston struck out; Spencer struck out; Orta
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Rangers 3.