The wildness of Nolan Ryan, who issued seven walks in 2 1/3 innings, enabled the Rangers to defeat the Angels, 9-5. Ryan passed four batters in the first, forcing in one run, and then yielded two more when Juan Beniquez singled. A double by Jim Sundberg, single by Bert Campaneris, an error and wild pitch by Ryan netted a pair in the second. The Rangers added a tally in the third when Ryan departed after his shortest outing this season. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 9, California Angels 5
Game Played on Friday, July      8, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  3  -   5 12  2
Rangers      3  2  1    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   9 10  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Flores cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .273      Campaneris ss         4   1   2   0     0   1   .264
Remy 2b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Washington lf         2   2   0   0     3   0   .295
Baylor lf             5   0   1   1     0   0   .221      Hargrove 1b           5   0   2   1     0   1   .291
Solaita 1b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .237      Horton dh             3   1   0   1     1   2   .286
Bonds rf              4   1   1   1     0   2   .288        Alomar pr,dh        1   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Chalk 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .295      May rf                2   2   0   1     2   0   .253
Jackson dh            3   2   3   0     1   0   .259      Harrah 3b             3   0   0   1     1   1   .273
Mulliniks ss          2   0   0   0     1   1   .243      Beniquez cf           2   0   1   2     2   0   .293
  Guerrero ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Wills 2b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .285
Humphrey c            2   0   0   0     0   2   .226      Sundberg c            3   2   3   1     1   0   .248
  Hampton ph,c        2   1   2   3     0   0   .500      D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hartzell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   5     2   6             Totals               29   9  10   7    10   7

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 34,238
Left on Base: Angels 8, Rangers 9
DP: Angels 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Mulliniks, Humphrey, Wills, D. Ellis
Doubles: Remy (12), Jackson 2 (5), Solaita (8), Beniquez (13), Sundberg (8)
Home Runs: Bonds (17)
Stolen Bases: Washington (10), Campaneris (12)
Caught Stealing: Campaneris (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrah (5), Campaneris (7)
Sacrifice Flies: May (2)
GIDP: Solaita (3), Hargrove (7)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(11-8)            2.1   4   6   5   7   3   0  16   2.71
Barlow                  3     3   3   2   2   2   0  13   8.31
Hartzell                0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.99
Ross                    2     2   0   0   1   1   0   9   5.55
Totals                  8    10   9   7  10   7   0  42

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis W(5-7)         7     6   2   2   2   5   1  28   4.29
Lindblad                1.2   6   3   3   0   1   0  11   4.21
Knowles SV(4)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.86
Totals                  9    12   5   5   2   6   1  40

Passed Balls: Humphrey (4)
Wild Pitches: Ryan (14), Lindblad (1)

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


ANGELS 1ST: 15 minute rain delay before start of game;
Flores flied out to right; Remy doubled to left; Baylor flied
out to left; Solaita lined to second; 1:07 rain delay
sometime in first inning; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris singled to center; Campaneris was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Washington walked;
Washington stole second; Hargrove was called out on strikes;
Horton walked; May walked [Washington to third, Horton to
second]; Harrah walked [Washington scored, Horton to third, May
to second]; Beniquez doubled to left [Horton scored, May scored,
Harrah to third]; Wills struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 3.

ANGELS 2ND: Bonds struck out; Chalk grounded out (third to
first); Jackson singled to center; Mulliniks struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg doubled to center; Campaneris singled to
third [Sundberg to third]; Campaneris stole second [Sundberg
scored (error by Humphrey), Campaneris to third]; Ryan threw a
wild pitch [Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Washington walked;
Hargrove grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Washington out at second]; Horton struck out; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 5.

ANGELS 3RD: Humphrey struck out; Flores singled to center;
Flores was picked off first (catcher to first); Remy flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 3RD: May walked; Harrah out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [May to second]; Beniquez walked; BARLOW REPLACED
RYAN (PITCHING); Wills flied out to left; Sundberg singled to
center [May scored, Beniquez out at third (center to third)]; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 6.

ANGELS 4TH: Baylor flied out to right; Solaita popped to third;
Bonds grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 4TH: Campaneris struck out; Washington grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hargrove singled to center; Horton struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 6.

ANGELS 5TH: Chalk struck out; Jackson doubled to center;
Mulliniks walked; Jackson was picked off second but was safe on
an error by D. Ellis [Jackson to third, Mulliniks to second];
Humphrey struck out; Flores grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 5TH: May grounded out (second to first); Harrah popped
to first; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 6.

ANGELS 6TH: Remy reached on an error by Wills; Baylor popped to
shortstop; Solaita grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to pitcher) [Remy out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills singled to right; Humphrey allowed a passed
ball [Wills to second]; Sundberg walked; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to third, Sundberg to
second]; Washington was walked intentionally; HARTZELL REPLACED
BARLOW (PITCHING); Hargrove singled to first [Wills scored,
Sundberg to third, Washington to second]; Horton reached on an
error by Mulliniks [Sundberg scored, Washington to third,
Hargrove to second]; ALOMAR RAN FOR HORTON; May hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Washington scored (unearned)]; Harrah was called
out on strikes; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers
9.

ANGELS 7TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bonds homered;
Chalk flied out to center; Jackson walked; Mulliniks grounded
out (second to first) [Jackson to second]; HAMPTON BATTED FOR
HUMPHREY; Hampton singled to left [Jackson scored]; Flores flied
out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 9.

RANGERS 7TH: HAMPTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ROSS REPLACED
HARTZELL (PITCHING); Beniquez walked; Wills struck out; Sundberg
singled to center [Beniquez to second]; Campaneris grounded out
(third to first) [Sundberg to second, Beniquez to third];
Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 9.

ANGELS 8TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Remy popped
to shortstop; Baylor popped to shortstop; Solaita doubled to
right; Lindblad threw a wild pitch [Solaita to third]; Bonds
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 9.

RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove lined to first; Alomar singled to pitcher;
May popped to third; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 9.

ANGELS 9TH: Chalk singled to pitcher; Jackson doubled to left
[Chalk to third]; GUERRERO BATTED FOR MULLINIKS; Guerrero popped
to right; Hampton singled to left [Chalk scored, Jackson
scored]; Flores singled to right [Hampton to second]; Remy
forced Flores (pitcher to shortstop) [Hampton to third]; Baylor
singled to right [Hampton scored, Remy to second]; KNOWLES
REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Solaita flied out to left; 3 R, 5
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5, Rangers 9.