Nelson Briles and Adrian Devine combined on a four-hitter as the Rangers defeated the Mariners, 5-2, with the aid of homers by Dave May and Toby Harrah. May connected with a man on base in the third inning and Harrah added a solo swat in the sixth. Juan Bernhardt drove in both of the Mariners' runs with a homer and single. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Seattle Mariners 2
Game Played on Wednesday, April     20, 1977 (Night game) at Kingdome
Rangers      0  0  2    1  0  1    0  1  0  -   5 10  1
Mariners     0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   2  4  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   0   2   0     0   0   .273      Milbourne 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
May lf                5   1   1   2     0   1   .231      Braun lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .262
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   0     1   0   .294      Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   1   0     0   1   .233
Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Stanton rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .125
Henderson rf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .231      Meyer 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Harrah 3b             2   1   1   1     2   0   .343      Bernhardt dh          3   1   2   2     0   0   .400
Wills 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .225      Stinson c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Sundberg c            3   0   1   1     1   0   .214      Stein 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Beniquez cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .167      Reynolds ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Montague p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pagan p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  10   4     4   2             Totals               31   2   4   2     0   6

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 10,763
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Mariners 2
DP: Rangers 0, Mariners 1
Errors: Campaneris, Ruppert Jones, Stinson
Doubles: Henderson (1)
Home Runs: May (1), Harrah (4), Bernhardt (4)
Stolen Bases: Wills 2 (3)
Caught Stealing: Meyer (2)
GIDP: Wills (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(1-0)           6     3   2   2   0   3   1  21   2.70
Devine SV(1)            3     1   0   0   0   3   0  10   1.23
Totals                  9     4   2   2   0   6   1  31

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montague L(0-2)         5.1   7   4   4   3   0   2  24   5.75
Pagan                   3.2   3   1   0   1   2   0  15   4.15
Totals                  9    10   5   4   4   2   2  39

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


RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris popped to first in foul territory; May
grounded out (second to first); Hargrove walked; Horton grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners
0.

MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne flied out to center; Braun struck out;
Ruppert Jones flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to third to first);
Harrah walked; Wills grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton struck out; Meyer reached on an error by
Campaneris; Bernhardt flied out to center; Meyer was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
singled to third; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Beniquez to second]; May homered [Beniquez scored]; Hargrove
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
2, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson popped to catcher in foul territory; Stein
flied out to center; Reynolds popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson
doubled; Harrah walked; Wills flied out to left; Sundberg
singled [Henderson scored, Harrah to third]; Beniquez flied out
to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Milbourne lined to right; Braun lined to right;
Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 3, Mariners 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris singled; Campaneris was picked off first
(pitcher to first); May flied out to center; Hargrove singled;
Horton forced Hargrove (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Stanton flied out to right; Meyer grounded out
(first unassisted); Bernhardt homered; Stinson flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Mariners 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Henderson lined to left; Harrah homered; PAGAN
REPLACED MONTAGUE (PITCHING); Wills singled; Wills stole second;
Sundberg walked; Beniquez forced Sundberg (shortstop to second)
[Wills to third]; Campaneris forced Beniquez (second to
shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Stein struck out; Reynolds grounded out (shortstop
to first); Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Mariners 1.

RANGERS 7TH: May flied out to right; Hargrove grounded out
(second to first); Horton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 7TH: Braun singled; Ruppert Jones singled to right
[Braun to third]; DEVINE REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Stanton
struck out; Meyer struck out; Bernhardt singled to center [Braun
scored, Ruppert Jones to third]; Stinson grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Mariners 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Henderson struck out; Harrah flied out to left;
Wills singled to second; Wills stole second [Wills scored (error
by Stinson) (error by Ruppert Jones) (unearned)]; Sundberg
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 8TH: Stein grounded out (second to first); Reynolds
grounded out (second to first); Milbourne grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Mariners 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris singled to shortstop; May struck out; Hargrove
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 9TH: Braun flied out to center; Ruppert Jones was
called out on strikes; Stanton grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Mariners 2.