Wilbur Wood, making his first appearance since suffering a shattered kneecap last May 9, pitched two innings in relief and was tagged for five runs as the Rangers completed a 14-4 victory over the White Sox. Ken Henderson greeted Wood's arrival in the eighth with a smash off the center field wall for an inside-the-park homer.

Mike Hargrove singled, Toby Harrah walked and Willie Horton capped the procession of the Rangers' "H" batters by smashing a homer. Claudell Washington and Sandy Alomar each drove in three earlier runs for the Rangers. Washington accounted for his RBIs with a homer and infield out and Alomar with a pair of singles. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 14, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Saturday, April     30, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  2    3  0  1    3  4  1  -  14 13  0
White Sox    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  2  -   4 10  4


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   1   2   3     1   2   .286      Garr lf               5   0   2   0     0   0   .333
Campaneris ss         4   1   1   0     2   0   .307      Bannister ss          5   1   2   1     0   0   .297
Washington lf         6   2   2   3     0   1   .333      Orta 2b               3   1   1   0     1   0   .323
Henderson rf          5   1   1   1     1   0   .293        Brohamer 2b         1   0   1   1     0   0   .500
Hargrove 1b           4   3   3   1     2   0   .317      Zisk rf               4   1   1   0     1   1   .324
Harrah 3b             4   1   1   0     2   1   .339      Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Howell dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stillman dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .212
  Horton ph,dh        3   1   1   3     0   0   .233      Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .304
Sundberg c            5   2   1   1     1   1   .213      Lemon cf              4   0   2   2     0   0   .254
Beniquez cf           4   2   1   1     1   2   .173      Downing c             2   1   0   0     2   1   .333
Boggs p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Knapp p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Briles p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        B. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42  14  13  13    10   7             Totals               35   4  10   4     5   4

Time of Game: 3:24   Attendance: 31,635
Left on Base: Rangers 12, White Sox 9
DP: Rangers 2, White Sox 1
Errors: Garr, Orta, Lemon 2
Doubles: Brohamer (1)
Home Runs: Washington (1), Henderson (2), Horton (2)
GIDP: Beniquez (3)
Hit by Pitch: Alomar (1,by Wood)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boggs                   3.2   6   2   2   2   2   0  17   5.21
Briles W(2-0)           5.1   4   2   2   3   2   0  23   5.11
Totals                  9    10   4   4   5   4   0  40

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knapp L(3-1)            3.2   3   5   3   4   6   1  19   4.29
B. Johnson              2.1   4   3   3   3   1   0  14   8.16
Hamilton                1     1   1   0   2   0   0   6   6.75
Wood                    2     5   5   4   1   0   2  14  18.00
Totals                  9    13  14  10  10   7   3  53

Hit by Pitch: Wood (1)
Wild Pitches: Briles (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser


RANGERS 1ST: Alomar struck out; Campaneris grounded out (second
to first); Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to shortstop; Bannister hit into a
double play (first to second) [Garr out at second]; Orta
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Henderson walked; Hargrove walked [Henderson to
second]; Harrah was called out on strikes; Howell popped to
third in foul territory; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Zisk singled to right; Spencer struck out;
Stillman lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Zisk out
at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez was called out on strikes; Alomar was
called out on strikes; Campaneris reached on an error by Lemon
[Campaneris to first]; Washington homered (unearned) [Campaneris
scored (unearned)]; Henderson grounded out (second to first); 2
R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm flied out to right; Lemon singled to
shortstop; Downing struck out; Garr singled to center [Lemon to
third]; Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove walked; Harrah grounded out (third to
first) [Hargrove to second]; Howell flied out to center;
Sundberg walked; Beniquez singled to left [Hargrove scored,
Sundberg to second]; Alomar singled to center [Sundberg scored,
Beniquez scored, Alomar to second (on throw to home)]; B.
JOHNSON REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Campaneris walked; Washington
singled to third [Alomar to third, Campaneris to second];
Henderson made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Rangers 5, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta singled to center; Zisk walked [Orta to
second]; Spencer flied out to left; Stillman flied out to left;
Soderholm walked [Orta to third, Zisk to second]; Lemon singled
to center [Orta scored, Zisk scored, Soderholm to second];
BRILES REPLACED BOGGS (PITCHING); Downing walked [Soderholm to
third, Lemon to second]; Garr popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove flied out to right; Harrah singled to
shortstop; Howell popped to third in foul territory; Sundberg
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: On a bunt Bannister singled to third; Orta flied
out to center; Zisk was called out on strikes; Spencer lined to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez struck out; Alomar walked; Campaneris
singled to left [Alomar to third]; Washington grounded out
(second to first) [Alomar scored, Campaneris to second];
Henderson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Stillman popped to third in foul territory;
Soderholm singled to center; Lemon flied out to right; Downing
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox
2.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove singled to right; Harrah walked [Hargrove
to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED B. JOHNSON (PITCHING); HORTON
BATTED FOR HOWELL; Horton forced Harrah (second to shortstop)
[Hargrove to third]; Sundberg forced Horton (shortstop to
second) [Hargrove scored]; Beniquez walked [Sundberg to second];
Alomar singled to center [Sundberg scored, Beniquez scored
(error by Lemon) (unearned), Alomar to third]; Campaneris
walked; Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 9, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: HORTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Garr grounded
out (second to first); Bannister lined to third; Orta walked;
Briles threw a wild pitch [Orta to second]; Zisk grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 9, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 8TH: WOOD REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Henderson hit an
inside the park homer to center; Hargrove singled to pitcher;
Harrah walked [Hargrove to second]; Horton homered [Hargrove
scored, Harrah scored]; Sundberg singled to right; Beniquez
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Sundberg out at second]; Alomar was hit by a pitch; Campaneris
grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
13, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Spencer made an out to shortstop; Stillman flied
out to center; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 13, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Washington reached on an error by Garr [Washington
to second]; Henderson reached on an error by Orta [Washington to
third, Henderson to first]; Jorge Orta hurt on play;
BROHAMER REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING 2B); Hargrove singled to center
[Washington scored (unearned), Henderson to second]; Harrah
flied out to center; Horton flied out to left; Sundberg grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
14, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon grounded out (second to first); Downing
walked; Garr grounded out (first unassisted) [Downing to
second]; Bannister singled to center [Downing scored]; Brohamer
doubled to right [Bannister scored]; Zisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 14, White
Sox 4.