Capping a comeback by the Tigers, Ron LeFlore smashed a homer in the seventh inning to beat the Rangers, 6-5. The Rangers jumped off to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Willie Horton knocked in two runs with a single and Toby Harrah followed with a homer.

The Tigers rallied for three runs in their half, two scoring on a double by Jason Thompson and one on a single by Ben Oglivie. Dave May made it 5-3 Rangers with an RBI single in the fifth, but Rusty Staub tied the score with a two-run double in the Tigers' half, setting the stage for LeFlore's winning homer. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 5
Game Played on Saturday, August    6, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Rangers      4  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0
Tigers       3  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  x  -   6  8  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .312      LeFlore cf            4   2   2   1     0   1   .304
Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .297
Washington cf         4   2   2   0     0   0   .286      Staub dh              3   1   1   2     1   0   .263
Horton dh             3   1   1   2     1   0   .293      Kemp lf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .253
May rf                3   0   1   1     1   0   .237      Thompson 1b           4   0   1   2     0   0   .266
Harrah 3b             4   1   1   2     0   0   .274      Oglivie rf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .243
Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .282      May c                 4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Kirkpatrick lf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .160      Mankowski 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .285        Rodriguez ph,3b     1   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Veryzer ss            2   1   0   0     1   0   .190
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   7   5     2   5             Totals               32   6   8   6     3   3

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 24,771
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Tigers 5
DP: Rangers 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Wilcox
Doubles: LeFlore (12), Thompson (16), Staub (24)
Home Runs: Harrah (17), LeFlore (13)
Stolen Bases: Washington (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (21)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander L(11-7)       7     7   6   6   3   2   1  31   4.14
Lindblad                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.93
Totals                  8     8   6   6   3   3   1  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox W(3-0)           7     7   5   5   2   5   1  30   3.80
Foucault SV(7)          2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.29
Totals                  9     7   5   5   2   5   1  36

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


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to center; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hargrove to second];
Washington singled to left [Hargrove to third]; Washington stole
second; Horton singled to right [Hargrove scored, Washington
scored]; May flied out to center; Harrah homered [Horton
scored]; Wills was called out on strikes; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled to right; Fuentes was called out on
strikes; Staub walked; Kemp walked [LeFlore to third, Staub to
second]; Thompson doubled [LeFlore scored, Staub scored, Kemp to
third]; Oglivie singled to first [Kemp scored, Thompson to
third]; May flied out to center; Mankowski grounded out (first
unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 2ND: Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; Sundberg
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 2ND: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
grounded out (second to first); Fuentes flied to left in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Campaneris struck out; Washington popped to third
in foul territory; Horton walked; May walked [Horton to second];
Harrah forced May (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Staub flied out to center; Kemp flied out to center;
Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills was called out on strikes; Kirkpatrick
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg singled to left;
Sundberg was picked off first but was safe on an error by Wilcox
[Sundberg to third]; On a bunt Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Oglivie flied out to left; May popped to third in
foul territory; Mankowski grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris flied out to right; Washington singled
to right; Horton grounded out (third to first) [Washington to
second]; May singled to right [Washington scored]; Harrah
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Veryzer walked; LeFlore struck out; Fuentes singled
to left [Veryzer to second]; Staub doubled to center [Veryzer
scored, Fuentes scored]; Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first);
Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 5, Tigers 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Kirkpatrick
flied out to left; Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie popped to catcher in foul territory; May
lined to right; Mankowski singled to left; Veryzer forced
Mankowski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
5, Tigers 5.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Washington grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore homered; Fuentes popped to third in foul
territory; Staub flied out to left; Kemp flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 6.

RANGERS 8TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Horton flied
out to right; May flied out to center; Harrah grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 8TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Thompson
flied out to left; Oglivie flied out to right; May singled to
center; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 6.

RANGERS 9TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Wills flied
out to center; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Sundberg lined to
pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 6.