Toby Harrah broke a 3-3 tie with a three-run homer in the sixth inning and added a solo swat in the seventh to pace the Rangers to an 8-3 victory over the Athletics. Juan Beniquez singled and Dave May beat out a bunt ahead of Harrah's game-winning homer. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 8, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Thursday, July      7, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  5  1
Rangers      0  0  3    0  0  3    1  1  x  -   8 13  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tyrone ss             1   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Campaneris ss         5   1   0   0     0   1   .261
  Picciolo ss         2   0   0   0     0   1   .169      Washington lf         5   0   1   1     0   3   .297
  Scott ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Beniquez cf           5   1   2   1     0   1   .291
Perez 2b              3   2   1   0     1   1   .267      May rf                4   1   1   0     0   0   .257
Page lf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .288      Harrah 3b             3   2   3   4     0   0   .276
Gross 3b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .244      Kirkpatrick dh        4   0   1   0     0   0   .146
Sanguillen dh         4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Hargrove 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .289
McKinney 1b           3   0   2   2     0   0   .198      Wills 2b              3   2   2   0     1   0   .285
  Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Sundberg c            3   0   2   2     1   1   .236
  E. Williams 1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Barker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Murray rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .167        Moret p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Armas cf              2   0   0   0     1   2   .241
Hosley c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   3   5   3     3   8             Totals               35   8  13   8     3   6

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 11,346
Left on Base: A's 3, Rangers 7
DP: A's 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Bair
Doubles: Wills (11)
Home Runs: Harrah 2 (13)
Stolen Bases: Beniquez (17), May (2)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Gross (2)
GIDP: Hosley (1), Kirkpatrick (1)
Hit by Pitch: Harrah (4,by Norris)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(2-6)           5     8   6   6   1   3   1  23   4.70
Lacey                   0     3   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.23
Bair                    3     2   2   2   2   3   1  13   7.32
Totals                  8    13   8   8   3   6   2  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barker                  5.2   5   3   3   3   5   0  24   7.59
Moret W(1-0)            3.1   0   0   0   0   3   0   9   5.11
Totals                  9     5   3   3   3   8   0  33

Passed Balls: Hosley (1)
Hit by Pitch: Norris (3)
Wild Pitches: Barker (2)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Terry Cooney


ATHLETICS 1ST: Tyrone grounded out (second to first); Perez
walked; Page walked [Perez to second]; Gross struck out;
Sanguillen singled to shortstop [Perez to third, Page to
second]; McKinney singled to pitcher [Perez scored, Page to
third, Sanguillen to second]; Murray was called out on strikes;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED TYRONE (PLAYING SS); Campaneris
flied out to center; Washington was called out on strikes;
Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers
0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas was called out on strikes; Hosley struck
out; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Harrah was hit
by a pitch; Kirkpatrick grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Perez made an out to second; Page flied out to
right; Gross popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove walked; Wills doubled to left [Hargrove to
third]; Sundberg singled to left [Hargrove scored, Wills
scored]; Hosley allowed a passed ball [Sundberg to second];
Campaneris reached on a fielder's choice [Sundberg out at third
(pitcher to third)]; Washington grounded out (catcher to first)
[Campaneris to second]; Beniquez singled to center [Campaneris
scored]; May grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen made an out to shortstop; McKinney
made an out to second; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah singled to left; Harrah was picked off first
(catcher to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted);
Hargrove flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas walked; Hosley grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Armas out at second]; Picciolo
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers
3.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills flied out to left; Sundberg singled to left;
Campaneris grounded out (third to first) [Sundberg to second];
Washington struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Perez singled to center; Page singled to left
[Perez to second]; Barker threw a wild pitch [Perez to third,
Page to second]; Gross hit a sacrifice fly to right [Perez
scored, Page to third]; Sanguillen made an out to second;
McKinney singled to center [Page scored]; ALEXANDER RAN FOR
MCKINNEY; MORET REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Alexander was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: E. WILLIAMS REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING 1B);
Beniquez singled to left; On a bunt May singled to first
[Beniquez to second]; Beniquez stole third and May stole second;
Harrah homered [Beniquez scored, May scored]; LACEY REPLACED
NORRIS (PITCHING); On a bunt Kirkpatrick singled to pitcher;
Hargrove singled to left [Kirkpatrick to second]; Wills singled
to center [Kirkpatrick to third, Hargrove to second]; BAIR
REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Sundberg struck out; Campaneris
struck out; Washington struck out; 3 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); Armas
struck out; Hosley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 7TH: Beniquez flied out to right; May flied out to
center; Harrah homered; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SCOTT BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Scott flied out to
left; Perez struck out; Page was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 7.

RANGERS 8TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Hargrove
grounded out (first to pitcher); Wills walked; Wills was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Bair [Wills to second];
Sundberg walked; Campaneris flied out to center; Washington
singled [Wills scored, Sundberg to second]; Beniquez grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Rangers 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross popped to first in foul territory;
Sanguillen made an out to first; E. Williams grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers
8.