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Doyle Alexander and Paul Lindblad, offseason additions to the Rangers' pitching staff, combined to beat the Orioles, 3-2, completing a sweep of the three-game series. This was the first time since 1959 that the Orioles had lost their first three games of the year. Texas Rangers 3, Baltimore Orioles 2Game Played on Sunday, April 10, 1977 (Day game) at Memorial StadiumRangers 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1
Orioles 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 2
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Campaneris ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .214 Bumbry cf,lf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .308
Wills 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .231 Kelly lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .100
Washington lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .357 Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Ellis dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .111 Harlow cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Singleton rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .125
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Shopay pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Grieve rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .300 L. May 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .083
Sundberg c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .300 Murray dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .182
Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 DeCinces 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .364
Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dempsey c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .091
Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Dauer 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Smith 2b 2 0 1 1 1 0 .500
Grimsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Holdsworth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 3 9 2 1 3 Totals 31 2 6 2 4 6
Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 5,495
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Orioles 8
DP: Rangers 1, Orioles 2
Errors: Campaneris, DeCinces, Belanger
Doubles: Campaneris (1), Harrah (1), Bumbry (2), DeCinces (2)
Home Runs: Grieve (1), DeCinces (1)
Stolen Bases: Wills (1), Harrah (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Belanger 2 (2)
GIDP: Beniquez 2 (2)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Alexander W(1-0) 6.1 6 2 2 3 3 1 27 2.84
Lindblad SV(1) 2.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 0.00
Totals 9 6 2 2 4 6 1 37
Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Grimsley L(0-1) 8.1 9 3 3 1 3 1 35 3.24
Holdsworth 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Totals 9 9 3 3 1 3 1 36
Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Art Frantz
RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris doubled to left; Wills singled to third
[Campaneris to third]; Washington struck out; J. Ellis singled
to left [Campaneris scored, Wills to second]; Harrah forced J.
Ellis (shortstop to second) [Wills to third]; Wills stole home
and Harrah stole second [Harrah to third (error by Belanger)];
Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry doubled to left; Kelly walked; Singleton
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bumbry to third, Kelly to
second]; L. May made an out to first; Murray grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Orioles 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Grieve homered; Sundberg grounded out (third to
first); Beniquez flied out to right; Campaneris singled to
center; Wills forced Campaneris (second unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces flied out to center; Dempsey made an out
to second; Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Orioles 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Washington was called out on strikes; J. Ellis
flied out to center; Harrah doubled to left; Hargrove grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3,
Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer flied out to center; Bumbry walked; Kelly
lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Bumbry out at
first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Orioles 0.
RANGERS 4TH: SMITH REPLACED DAUER (PLAYING 2B); Grieve lined to
left; Sundberg singled to right; Beniquez grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton flied out to center; L. May grounded out
(first to pitcher); Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Orioles 0.
RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Wills
grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington singled; J. Ellis
forced Washington (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces doubled to left; Dempsey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Belanger flied out to center; Smith
singled to right [DeCinces scored]; Bumbry singled to center
[Smith to second]; Kelly flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Rangers 3, Orioles 1.
RANGERS 6TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
flied out to left; Grieve struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Orioles 1.
ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton struck out; L. May grounded out (third to
first); Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3,
Orioles 1.
RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg lined to third; Beniquez flied out to
right; Campaneris reached on an error by DeCinces; Wills flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Orioles 1.
ORIOLES 7TH: DeCinces homered; Dempsey singled to right;
Belanger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Dempsey to
second]; Smith walked; LINDBLAD REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING);
Bumbry struck out; ROBINSON BATTED FOR KELLY; Robinson forced
Smith (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3,
Orioles 2.
RANGERS 8TH: HARLOW REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING CF); BUMBRY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Washington grounded out (pitcher
to first); J. Ellis grounded out (second to first); Harrah
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Orioles 2.
ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton walked; SHOPAY RAN FOR SINGLETON; L. May
struck out; Murray struck out; DeCinces grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Orioles 2.
RANGERS 9TH: SHOPAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Hargrove
grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve walked; Sundberg
singled to right [Grieve to second]; HOLDSWORTH REPLACED
GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Beniquez grounded into a double play (third
to first) [Grieve out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers
3, Orioles 2.
ORIOLES 9TH: Dempsey reached on an error by Campaneris; Belanger
out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Dempsey to second];
Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Bumbry grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Orioles 2.
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