| After giving up a homer to leadoff batter Ralph Garr, Bert Blyleven settled down and ended his personal five-game losing streak by pitching the Rangers to a 6-1 victory over the White Sox. The Rangers backed Blyleven with a three-run homer by Toby Harrah and two-run smash by Tom Grieve. [The Sporting News] |
Texas Rangers 6, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June 8, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Rangers 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 x - 6 11 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .257 Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .281 Bannister ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .305 Wills 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .316 Orta 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .276 Fregosi dh 3 1 0 0 1 1 .259 Zisk rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .299 Horton lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .301 Gamble dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .294 Beasley lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Spencer 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Harrah 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .277 Lemon cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .310 Hargrove 1b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .302 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .325 Grieve rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .181 Essian c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .308 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 B. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 5 1 2 8 Totals 34 6 11 6 3 5 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 10,530 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Rangers 7 DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 0 Doubles: Essian (7), Wills (9), Horton (7), Campaneris (11) Triples: Beniquez (3) Home Runs: Garr (3), Harrah (8), Grieve (4) Caught Stealing: Lemon (5) Hit by Pitch: Lemon (3,by Blyleven) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec L(1-2) 5 9 6 6 2 3 2 25 7.50 B. Johnson 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 12 4.70 Totals 8 11 6 6 3 5 2 37 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(5-7) 9 5 1 1 2 8 1 34 2.24 Totals 9 5 1 1 2 8 1 34 Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (2) Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr homered; Bannister walked; Orta struck out; Zisk flied out to center; Gamble walked [Bannister to second]; Spencer flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Wills struck out; Fregosi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon singled to center; Soderholm struck out; Essian singled to right [Lemon to third]; Garr was called out on strikes; Lemon was caught stealing home (catcher to second to catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (second to first); Harrah popped to first in foul territory; Hargrove singled to center; Grieve singled to left [Hargrove to second]; Sundberg forced Grieve (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Bannister grounded out (third to first); Orta struck out; Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris flied out to right; Wills doubled to right; Fregosi walked; Horton doubled to left [Wills scored, Fregosi to third]; Harrah homered [Fregosi scored, Horton scored]; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Gamble was called out on strikes; Spencer flied out to center; Lemon was hit by a pitch; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. RANGERS 4TH: Grieve grounded out (third to first); Sundberg flied out to center; Beniquez tripled to right; Campaneris struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr flied out to left; Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. RANGERS 5TH: Wills flied out to center; Fregosi grounded out (third to first); Horton walked; Harrah singled to left [Horton out at third (left to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Zisk grounded out (third to first); Gamble flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove singled to right; Grieve homered [Hargrove scored]; B. JOHNSON REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez grounded out (second to first); Campaneris doubled to left; Wills walked; Fregosi was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: On a bunt Spencer singled to third; Lemon struck out; Soderholm forced Spencer (third to second); Essian doubled to center [Soderholm to third]; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 6. RANGERS 7TH: Horton popped to catcher in foul territory; Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; Hargrove singled to right; Grieve struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 6. WHITE SOX 8TH: BEASLEY REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING LF); Bannister grounded out (second to first); Orta flied out to left; Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 6. RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 6. WHITE SOX 9TH: Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer flied out to right; Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 6.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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