Nelson Briles celebrated his 34th birthday by pitching a 6-0 victory as the Rangers completed a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with the Tigers after winning the first game in 11 innings, 4-3. The Rangers took a 3-1 lead in the opener before the Tigers came back to tie the score with homers by Ron LeFlore in the eighth and by Rusty Staub in the ninth. However, in the 11th, Ed Kirkpatrick reached second on a throwing error by Chuck Scrivener and scored the Rangers' winning run on a single by Kurt Bevacqua.

Briles doled out six hits in the nightcap as the Rangers gained their seventh victory in the last eight games and 13th in the last 15. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, August    5, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0    0  1  -   4  8  1
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  -   3  8  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   0     1   1   .315      Corcoran cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .229
  Harrah ph,3b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Stanley ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Wills 2b              5   0   1   1     0   2   .288      Fuentes 2b            5   1   3   0     0   0   .301
Washington cf         5   0   0   0     0   2   .284      Staub dh              5   1   2   1     0   0   .260
Horton dh             3   0   1   0     0   1   .292      Kemp lf               4   0   1   0     1   0   .258
  Alomar pr,dh        2   1   0   0     0   0   .255      Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     1   0   .270
May rf                3   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Oglivie rf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .242
  Grieve ph,rf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .201      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Kirkpatrick lf        5   2   1   1     0   0   .169      Mankowski 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Bevacqua 3b,1b        4   0   2   1     1   0   .375        Rodriguez ph,3b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Mason ss              2   1   0   0     1   1   .187      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Campaneris ss       2   0   1   0     0   1   .251        LeFlore ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .300
Fahey c               2   0   1   1     0   0   .191        Scrivener ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .119
  Sundberg ph,c       1   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   4   8   4     4   8             Totals               40   3   8   2     2   3

Time of Game: 3:01
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Tigers 6
DP: Rangers 1, Tigers 1
Errors: May, May, Scrivener
Doubles: Wills (17), Campaneris (13)
Triples: Fuentes (8)
Home Runs: LeFlore (12), Staub (14)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Fahey (2)
GIDP: Mason (2), Staub (12)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry                   8     7   3   2   0   3   2  30   3.07
Knowles W(4-1)          3     1   0   0   2   0   0  12   3.23
Totals                 11     8   3   2   2   3   2  42

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris                  6.2   5   3   3   3   5   0  27   3.20
Hiller L(5-12)          4     3   1   0   1   2   0  16   3.73
Foucault                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.47
Totals                 11     8   4   3   4   8   0  44

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Wills
struck out; Washington was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Corcoran flied out to right; Fuentes singled to
center; Staub singled to right [Fuentes scored (error by May)
(unearned), Staub to second]; Kemp grounded out (second to
first) [Staub to third]; Thompson grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Horton was called out on strikes; May grounded out
(second to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie flied out to left; May grounded out (first
to pitcher); Mankowski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Bevacqua walked; Mason grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Bevacqua out at second]; Fahey
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer lined to pitcher; Corcoran struck out;
Fuentes tripled to center; Staub grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove walked; Wills grounded out (second to
first) [Hargrove to second]; Washington grounded out (second to
first) [Hargrove to third]; Horton popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson made
an out to third; Oglivie was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: May grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick
grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: May was called out on strikes; Mankowski flied out
to center; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Mason walked; Fahey out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Mason to second]; Hargrove struck out;
Wills doubled to left [Mason scored]; Washington grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Corcoran grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
singled to pitcher; Staub grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Fuentes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: On a bunt Horton singled to third; ALOMAR RAN FOR
HORTON; Alomar stole second; May singled to shortstop [Alomar to
third]; Kirkpatrick singled to right [Alomar scored, May to
second]; Bevacqua forced May (catcher to third) [Kirkpatrick to
second]; Mason was called out on strikes; Fahey singled to
center [Kirkpatrick scored, Bevacqua to third (error by May),
Fahey to second]; HILLER REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); HARRAH
BATTED FOR HARGROVE; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HARRAH STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); BEVACQUA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
CAMPANERIS REPLACED MASON (PLAYING SS); Kemp flied out to left;
Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); Oglivie grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Wills popped to first in foul territory; Washington
lined to third; Alomar popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: May grounded out (second to first); Mankowski flied
out to right; LEFLORE BATTED FOR VERYZER; LeFlore homered;
Corcoran singled to right; Fuentes grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING SS); GRIEVE
BATTED FOR MAY; Grieve made an out to third; On a bunt
Kirkpatrick grounded out (catcher to first); Bevacqua singled to
center; Campaneris doubled to left [Bevacqua to third]; SUNDBERG
BATTED FOR FAHEY; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: SUNDBERG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GRIEVE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Staub homered; KNOWLES REPLACED PERRY
(PITCHING); Kemp walked; Thompson forced Kemp (pitcher to
shortstop); Oglivie flied out to left; May flied out to center;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 10TH: Harrah popped to third in foul territory; Wills
struck out; Washington was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 10TH: RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez grounded
out (third to first); Scrivener grounded out (third to first);
STANLEY BATTED FOR CORCORAN; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 11TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RODRIGUEZ
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Alomar grounded out (shortstop to
first); Grieve walked; Kirkpatrick forced Grieve (second to
shortstop) [Kirkpatrick to second (error by Scrivener)];
Bevacqua singled to left [Kirkpatrick scored (unearned),
Bevacqua to second (on throw to home)]; FOUCAULT REPLACED HILLER
(PITCHING); Campaneris struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 11TH: Fuentes flied out to center; Staub flied out to
center; Kemp singled to center; Thompson walked [Kemp to
second]; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 3.