Mike Hargrove singled home Bump Wills from third base in the 13th inning to give the Rangers a 1-0 decision over the Orioles. Wills opened the inning with a double and moved to third on Jim Sundberg's single. After Tippy Martinez replaced Dick Drago on the mound for Baltimore, Hargrove drilled a hit into right field.

Both starting pitchers hurled brilliantly. The Orioles' Jim Palmer retired 19 in a row between the second and eighth innings. The Rangers' Gaylord Perry pitched hitless ball until Al Bumbry got an infield single with two out in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 1, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Saturday, July      23, 1977 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   1 11  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   0  5  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           6   0   4   1     0   0   .310      Bumbry cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .294
Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     0   1   .255        Maddox cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .132      Smith 2b              5   0   1   0     0   2   .234
  Mason ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Kelly lf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .283
Washington cf         6   0   0   0     0   3   .284      Singleton rf          3   0   1   0     2   0   .328
Horton dh             5   0   1   0     0   2   .285      Murray dh             5   0   0   0     0   3   .275
  Alomar pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     1   2   .252
  J. Ellis ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Muser 1b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Harrah 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Belanger ss           2   0   0   0     1   1   .195
Henderson rf          5   0   1   0     0   1   .240        L. May ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
May lf                5   0   0   0     0   0   .246        Garcia ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Wills 2b              5   1   3   0     0   0   .287      Skaggs c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .211
Sundberg c            5   0   1   0     0   3   .254        Mora ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Criscione c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               47   1  11   1     0  10             Totals               40   0   5   0     4  11

Time of Game: 4:00   Attendance: 10,738
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Orioles 6
DP: Rangers 3, Orioles 1
Doubles: Wills (13)
Stolen Bases: Wills (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (14), Harrah (6), Kelly (4)
GIDP: May (3), Muser (3), Bumbry (1), Singleton (9)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry                   9     4   0   0   3   9   0  31   3.24
Devine W(6-5)           4     1   0   0   1   2   0  14   2.34
Totals                 13     5   0   0   4  11   0  45

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer                 11     7   0   0   0   9   0  39   2.94
Drago L(2-3)            1     3   1   1   0   0   0   6   2.82
T. Martinez             1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.93
Totals                 13    11   1   1   0  10   0  49

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Nick Bremigan


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled; Campaneris singled to center
[Hargrove to second]; Washington was called out on strikes;
Horton popped to first in foul territory; Harrah flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry lined to first; Smith struck out; Kelly
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Henderson singled to right; May grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Henderson out at
second]; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Murray
grounded out (third to first); DeCinces struck out; Doug
DeCinces called out on a checked swing; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg struck out; Orioles Manager Earl Weaver
ejected by 3B umpire Nick Bremigan arguing a checked swing call
on Mike Hargrove that was ruled no swing; Hargrove grounded
out (shortstop to first); Campaneris was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Muser grounded out (second to first); Belanger
flied out to left; Skaggs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Washington grounded out (shortstop to first);
Horton grounded out (third to first); Harrah made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Bumbry lined to right; Smith flied out to center;
Kelly grounded out (first to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Henderson flied out to center; May made an out to
third; Wills flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Singleton walked; Murray grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Singleton to second]; DeCinces walked; Muser grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [DeCinces out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg struck out (catcher to first); Hargrove
grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger struck out; Skaggs popped to first in foul
territory; Bumbry singled; Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Washington struck out; Horton was called out on
strikes; Harrah flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Kelly singled; Singleton singled [Kelly to second];
Murray was called out on strikes; DeCinces struck out; Muser
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); May
flied out to right; Wills singled to center; Wills stole second;
Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Belanger walked; Skaggs struck out; Bumbry grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Belanger out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 9TH: MADDOX REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING CF); Hargrove
singled; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Hargrove to second]; Washington grounded out (third to first);
Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: Smith flied out to right; On a bunt Kelly singled;
Singleton grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Orioles 0.

RANGERS 10TH: Harrah popped to first in foul territory;
Henderson was called out on strikes; May made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 10TH: DEVINE REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Murray struck
out; DeCinces grounded out (second to first); Muser lined to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 11TH: Wills singled to right; Sundberg forced Wills
(pitcher to shortstop); Hargrove singled [Sundberg to second];
KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Sundberg to third, Hargrove to second];
Washington flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 11TH: MASON REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PLAYING SS); L. MAY
BATTED FOR BELANGER; L. May grounded out (third to first); MORA
BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Mora flied out to right; Maddox flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 12TH: GARCIA REPLACED L. MAY (PLAYING SS); CRISCIONE
REPLACED MORA (PLAYING C ); DRAGO REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING);
Horton singled; ALOMAR RAN FOR HORTON; Harrah out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Alomar to second]; Henderson grounded
out (second to first) [Alomar to third]; May grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 12TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Smith singled
to center; Kelly out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Smith to second]; Singleton was walked intentionally; Murray
struck out; DeCinces forced Singleton (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 13TH: Wills doubled to center; Sundberg singled to
center [Wills to third]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING);
Hargrove singled [Wills scored, Sundberg to second]; Mason
popped to catcher in foul territory; Washington struck out; J.
ELLIS BATTED FOR ALOMAR; J. Ellis made an out to second; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 13TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Muser lined
to third; Garcia lined to center; Criscione grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles
0.