The Rangers were on the verge of being shut out, but Toby Harrah came through with a three-run homer in the ninth inning to beat the Mariners, 3-1. Gary Wheelock, bidding for his third straight victory, gave up a one-out single by Claudell Washington in the ninth but seemed to have the game in hand when Mike Hargrove forced Washington. However, the rookie then walked Ken Henderson before serving his gopher pitch to Harrah. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Seattle Mariners 1
Game Played on Tuesday, April     19, 1977 (Night game) at Kingdome
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  8  1
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   2   .256      Milbourne 2b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .293
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .194      Braun lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Washington lf         4   0   1   0     0   2   .406      Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Hargrove 1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .300      Stanton rf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .143
Henderson rf,cf       3   1   1   0     1   0   .227        Collins pr,rf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .152
Harrah 3b             4   1   1   3     0   0   .333        Baez ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Grieve dh             2   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Meyer 1b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .271
  Horton ph,dh        1   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Bernhardt dh          4   0   0   0     0   0   .370
  Alomar pr,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stein 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .229
Sundberg c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Stinson c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .289
Beniquez cf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Reynolds ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .298
  May ph,rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Wheelock p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Boggs p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     1   6             Totals               29   1   5   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 10,947
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Mariners 6
DP: Rangers 0, Mariners 2
Errors: Campaneris, Stanton
Doubles: Campaneris (3), Hargrove (1)
Home Runs: Harrah (3), Meyer (3)
Caught Stealing: Milbourne (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (1), Reynolds (2), Meyer (1), Milbourne (4)
GIDP: Harrah 2 (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boggs                   7.2   4   0   0   2   3   0  29   2.25
Lindblad W(1-0)         1.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   5   0.82
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   3   1  34

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wheelock L(2-1)         9     8   3   3   1   6   1  34   2.74
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   6   1  34

Wild Pitches: Boggs (1), Wheelock (1)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Wills singled to right
[Wills to second (error by Stanton)]; Washington grounded out
(first unassisted) [Wills to third]; Hargrove grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Braun
grounded out (second to first); Ruppert Jones struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Henderson flied out to right; Harrah flied out to
center; Grieve popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer
grounded out (first to pitcher); Bernhardt reached on an error
by Campaneris; Stein popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to center; Beniquez grounded out
(third to first); Campaneris doubled; Wheelock threw a wild
pitch [Campaneris to third]; On a bunt Wills grounded out
(catcher unassisted); Bump Wills called for interference for
running into his own batted ball; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson was called out on strikes; Reynolds
grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne singled; Milbourne
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Washington was called out on strikes; Hargrove
singled; Henderson singled [Hargrove to second]; Harrah grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Henderson out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Braun lined to second; Ruppert Jones popped to
right; Stanton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Grieve was called out on strikes; Sundberg struck
out; Beniquez lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer lined to right; Bernhardt grounded out
(third to first); Stein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Campaneris struck out; Wills popped to shortstop;
Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: Stinson singled; Reynolds reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Stinson to second]; Toby Harrah
threw late to 2b; ball went into CF; Milbourne lined to
left; Braun lined to center; Ruppert Jones popped to first; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove doubled; Henderson reached on a fielder's
choice [Hargrove out at third (pitcher to third)]; Harrah
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 7TH: Stanton walked; COLLINS RAN FOR STANTON; Meyer out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Collins to second];
Bernhardt flied out to center; Stein walked; Stinson grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Mariners 0.

RANGERS 8TH: COLLINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HORTON BATTED
FOR GRIEVE; Horton singled; ALOMAR RAN FOR HORTON; Sundberg out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alomar to second]; MAY
BATTED FOR BENIQUEZ; May flied out to center [Alomar to third];
Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 8TH: HENDERSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); MAY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Reynolds singled; Milbourne out on
a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Reynolds to second]; Braun
singled [Reynolds out at home (right to catcher), Braun to
second]; Boggs threw a wild pitch [Braun to third]; LINDBLAD
REPLACED BOGGS (PITCHING); Ruppert Jones grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Washington
singled; Hargrove forced Washington (first to shortstop);
Henderson walked [Hargrove to second]; Harrah homered [Hargrove
scored, Henderson scored]; Alomar grounded out (pitcher to
first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 9TH: BAEZ BATTED FOR COLLINS; Baez flied to right in
foul territory; Meyer homered; Bernhardt flied out to center;
Stein grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Mariners 1.