Mike Hargrove homered in the 12th inning for his fourth hit of the game to highlight a six-run explosion that propelled the Rangers to a 12-10 victory over the White Sox. Chet Lemon had a circuit clout in the early going for the White Sox, who fell behind, 6-5, when Toby Harrah homered in the fifth, but Ralph Garr tied the score with a round-tripper in the White Sox eighth.

The Rangers' rampage in the 12th began with a double by Harrah and pass to Ed Kirkpatrick. Bump Wills and Jim Sundberg delivered run-scoring singles before Hargrove hit his homer with two men on base. The Rangers added another run on a sacrifice fly by Willie Horton before the inning ended. The never-say-die White Sox rallied in their half, but it died after they had scored four runs. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 12, Chicago White Sox 10
Game Played on Wednesday, August    3, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      2  1  0    2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  6  -  12 19  1
White Sox    1  3  0    0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  4  -  10 19  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           6   2   4   4     1   1   .317      Garr lf               6   3   4   2     1   0   .305
Campaneris ss         4   1   2   1     0   1   .253      Bannister ss          7   1   2   0     0   0   .307
Washington cf         7   1   2   1     0   4   .290      Orta 2b               6   0   2   3     1   2   .292
Horton dh             6   0   1   2     0   1   .289      Zisk rf               6   1   2   1     1   1   .307
Harrah 3b             7   2   3   1     0   0   .272      Gamble dh             2   0   1   1     1   0   .259
May rf                6   1   1   0     0   0   .233        L. Johnson ph,dh    4   0   2   0     0   0   .301
Grieve lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .207      Spencer 1b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .256
  Kirkpatrick ph      0   0   0   0     1   0   .169      Lemon cf              5   2   3   1     1   0   .287
  Smith pr,lf         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Soderholm 3b          6   1   1   1     0   1   .289
Wills 2b              5   2   2   1     1   1   .289      Essian c              2   1   1   0     1   1   .282
Sundberg c            5   2   3   2     1   0   .283        Stillman ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .207
D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Downing c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .293
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brohamer ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .265
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kucek p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kirkwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            B. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               50  12  19  12     4   9             Totals               51  10  19  10     7   5

Time of Game: 4:30   Attendance: 22,672
Left on Base: Rangers 11, White Sox 13
DP: Rangers 2, White Sox 0
Errors: May, Spencer
Doubles: Hargrove (19), Washington 2 (21), Sundberg 2 (12), Harrah 2 (21), Orta (19), Soderholm (10)
Home Runs: Harrah (16), Hargrove (4), Lemon (15), Garr (8)
Stolen Bases: Wills (18)
Caught Stealing: Zisk (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris 3 (20), Grieve (2), Spencer (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Horton (5)
GIDP: Spencer (7), Zisk (11)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis                5     9   5   5   4   3   1  27   4.47
Lindblad                1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.13
Devine W(8-5)           5     7   4   4   2   2   1  23   2.89
Knowles                 1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.50
Totals                 12    19  10  10   7   5   2  59

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios                 3.2   8   5   5   1   1   0  20   4.04
Kucek                   5.1   5   1   1   1   7   1  22   3.54
LaGrow                  1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.31
Hamilton                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.56
Kirkwood L(2-1)         0.2   5   6   6   1   0   1   8   6.07
B. Johnson              0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.72
Totals                 12    19  12  12   4   9   2  59

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Mike Reilly


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove doubled to right; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hargrove to third];
Washington doubled to left [Hargrove scored]; Horton singled to
center [Washington scored]; Harrah forced Horton (third to
second); May made an out to first; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to catcher; Bannister singled to
right [Garr to third (error by May)]; Orta struck out; Zisk
walked [Bannister to second]; Gamble walked [Garr scored,
Bannister to third, Zisk to second]; Rangers manager Billy
Hunter ejected by HP umpire Ron Luciano; Spencer grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gamble out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Grieve grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills
singled to center; Wills stole second; Sundberg doubled to
center [Wills scored]; Hargrove flied out to center; Campaneris
made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon homered; Soderholm lined to shortstop; On a
bunt Essian singled to third; Garr lined to right; Bannister
singled to right [Essian to second]; Orta doubled to left
[Essian scored, Bannister scored]; Zisk struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 3RD: Washington struck out; Horton flied out to right;
Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Gamble grounded out (first to pitcher); Spencer
made an out to third; Lemon made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 4TH: May singled to right; Grieve out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [May to second]; Wills grounded out (third
to first); Sundberg walked; Hargrove singled to right [May
scored, Sundberg to third]; Campaneris singled to right
[Sundberg scored, Hargrove to second]; KUCEK REPLACED BARRIOS
(PITCHING); Washington struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 5, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Essian walked; Garr
forced Essian (first to shortstop); Bannister forced Garr
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, White
Sox 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah
homered; May grounded out (second to pitcher); Grieve singled to
right; Wills walked [Grieve to second]; Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, White
Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta made an out to shortstop; Zisk singled to
third; Gamble singled to center [Zisk to second]; Spencer
singled to center [Zisk scored, Gamble to second]; Lemon walked
[Gamble to third, Spencer to second]; Soderholm flied out to
left; Essian struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 6, White
Sox 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove singled to left; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Hargrove to second];
Washington grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hargrove to
third]; Spencer dropped a foul fly hit by Horton for an error;
Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Garr
singled to center; Bannister flied out to center; Orta walked
[Garr to second]; Zisk grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah made an out to shortstop; May grounded out
(first to pitcher); Grieve was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR GAMBLE; DEVINE REPLACED
LINDBLAD (PITCHING); L. Johnson singled to center; Spencer out
on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [L. Johnson to second];
Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first) [L. Johnson to third];
Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White
Sox 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Wills was called out on strikes; Sundberg doubled
to center; Hargrove struck out; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: STILLMAN BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Stillman grounded out
(second to shortstop to first); Garr homered; Bannister grounded
out (shortstop to first); Orta flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 9TH: DOWNING REPLACED STILLMAN (PLAYING C ); Washington
struck out; Horton flied out to right; Harrah doubled to right;
May flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White
Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Zisk singled to left; Zisk was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); L. Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 10TH: LAGROW REPLACED KUCEK (PITCHING); Grieve flied out
to center; Wills flied out to left; Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, White
Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Lemon singled to shortstop; Soderholm made an
out to shortstop; Downing grounded out (first unassisted) [Lemon
to second]; Garr was walked intentionally; Bannister forced Garr
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 11TH: Hargrove walked; Campaneris out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Hargrove to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED
LAGROW (PITCHING); Washington struck out; KIRKWOOD REPLACED
HAMILTON (PITCHING); Horton popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 11TH: Orta struck out; Zisk grounded out (second to
first); L. Johnson singled to left; Spencer flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 12TH: Harrah doubled to left; May grounded out (first
unassisted) [Harrah to third]; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR GRIEVE;
Kirkpatrick walked; SMITH RAN FOR KIRKPATRICK; Wills singled to
shortstop [Harrah scored, Smith to second]; Sundberg singled to
left [Smith scored, Wills to third]; Hargrove homered [Wills
scored, Sundberg scored]; Campaneris singled to center; B.
JOHNSON REPLACED KIRKWOOD (PITCHING); Washington doubled to left
[Campaneris to third]; Horton hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Campaneris scored]; Harrah flied out to center; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 12, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 12TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lemon singled
to center; Soderholm doubled to center [Lemon scored]; BROHAMER
BATTED FOR DOWNING; Brohamer walked; KNOWLES REPLACED DEVINE
(PITCHING); Garr singled to left [Soderholm scored, Brohamer to
second]; Bannister flied out to center; Orta singled to center
[Brohamer scored, Garr to third]; Zisk forced Orta (pitcher to
shortstop) [Garr scored]; L. Johnson made an out to second; 4 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 12, White Sox 10.