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Juan Beniquez stole home in the sixth inning and followed with a homer in the seventh to enable the Rangers to beat the Athletics, 4-3. The speedy outfielder's theft gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead, but Tony Armas homered for the A's to tie the score in the top half of the seventh before Beniquez returned to the plate and won the game with his round-tripper. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 4, Oakland Athletics 3Game Played on Wednesday, July 6, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumA's 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 7 1 Rangers 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 x - 4 6 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alexander ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .265 Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Washington lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .300 Hosley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beniquez cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .289 Perez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .266 May rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .257 Scott pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .268 Page lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .288 Kirkpatrick dh 2 0 0 0 1 1 .136 Gross 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .246 Horton ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Alomar pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 E. Williams 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .240 Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .289 Crawford dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Wills 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .281 Murray rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .176 Fahey c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .163 McKinney ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 J. Ellis ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Tyrone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas cf 3 1 1 2 0 1 .244 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 3 7 3 5 3 Totals 27 4 6 2 4 6 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 7,729 Left on Base: A's 7, Rangers 7 DP: A's 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Sanguillen, Campaneris Doubles: Gross (13), Page (14), Washington (14), Harrah (18) Home Runs: Armas (9), Beniquez (7) Stolen Bases: Page (18), May (1), Wills (13), Beniquez 2 (16) Caught Stealing: Alexander (8) Sacrifice Hits: Crawford (2), Harrah (4), Hargrove (6) Sacrifice Flies: Armas (3), Campaneris (5) GIDP: E. Williams (16) Hit by Pitch: May (1,by Medich) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich 5.2 4 3 2 4 4 0 26 4.47 Lacey L(3-4) 2.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 9 2.23 Totals 8 6 4 3 4 6 1 35 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander W(8-5) 7 7 3 3 3 2 1 30 3.99 Knowles 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.89 Devine SV(5) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2.48 Totals 9 7 3 3 5 3 1 37 Hit by Pitch: Medich (2) Wild Pitches: Medich (1) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney ATHLETICS 1ST: Alexander walked; Alexander was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Page walked; Page stole second; Gross doubled to right [Page scored]; Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); Campaneris grounded out (first unassisted); Washington doubled to center; Beniquez made an out to first; Medich threw a wild pitch [Washington to third]; May walked; May stole second [Washington scored (error by Sanguillen) (unearned), May to third]; Harrah struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: E. Williams singled to left; Crawford out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [E. Williams to second]; Murray singled to first [E. Williams to third]; Armas hit a sacrifice fly to left [E. Williams scored]; Picciolo made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Perez grounded out (third to first); Page grounded out (second to first); Gross walked; Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Fahey grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris flied out to right; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: E. Williams was called out on strikes; Crawford flied out to left; Murray reached on an error by Campaneris; Murray was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez flied out to center; May grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah doubled to left; Kirkpatrick walked; Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas flied out to center; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez singled to center; Page flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Wills singled to left; Wills stole second; Fahey flied out to center [Wills to third]; Campaneris hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wills scored]; Washington flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross flied out to left; Sanguillen popped to first in foul territory; E. Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez singled to left; Beniquez stole second; May was hit by a pitch; Harrah out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Beniquez to third, May to second]; Kirkpatrick struck out; Hargrove was walked intentionally; Beniquez stole home; Wills walked [May to third, Hargrove to second]; LACEY REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); J. ELLIS BATTED FOR FAHEY; J. Ellis forced Hargrove (third unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Crawford grounded out (first to second to pitcher); Murray flied out to center; Armas homered; Picciolo was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Campaneris grounded out (catcher to first); Washington struck out; Beniquez homered; May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: Perez singled to left; SCOTT RAN FOR PEREZ; Page doubled to left [Scott to third]; KNOWLES REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Gross grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen was walked intentionally; DEVINE REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); E. Williams grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sanguillen out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 4. RANGERS 8TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Harrah flied out to center; HORTON BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; Horton singled to left; ALOMAR RAN FOR HORTON; Hargrove out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Alomar to second]; Wills flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Crawford grounded out (shortstop to first); MCKINNEY BATTED FOR MURRAY; McKinney walked; TYRONE RAN FOR MCKINNEY; Armas struck out; HOSLEY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Hosley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 4. |
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