After the White Sox scored six runs in the first inning, the Rangers came storming back to gain a 12-9 victory. Eric Soderholm homered with two men on base in the White Sox' opening outburst. The Rangers rallied for three runs in their half, including a leadoff homer by Mike Hargrove, and tied the score in the second on two walks and a circuit clout by Claudell Washington.

The Rangers broke the tie in the fifth with a pass to Dave May, double by Toby Harrah and throwing error by Richie Zisk. Washington drove in another run with a single for a four-RBI night as the Rangers went on to fatten their lead. The crowd of 29,734 produced an Arlington Stadium record of 101,718 for the Rangers' three-game series with the White Sox. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 12, Chicago White Sox 9
Game Played on Sunday, August    14, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    6  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   9 15  2
Rangers      3  3  0    0  1  2    2  1  x  -  12 14  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   2   3   1     0   0   .303      Hargrove 1b           3   3   1   1     3   2   .309
Bannister ss          4   1   3   1     0   0   .304      Campaneris ss         3   3   1   0     1   0   .247
Orta 2b               5   1   1   0     0   1   .281      Washington cf         5   2   3   4     0   1   .290
Zisk rf               5   0   2   0     0   1   .314      Grieve dh             4   1   2   2     0   0   .220
Gamble dh             3   1   1   1     0   1   .269        Alomar pr,dh        1   0   1   1     0   0   .268
  L. Johnson ph,dh    2   0   1   1     0   1   .304      May rf                1   1   0   0     2   1   .248
Lemon cf              4   1   1   1     1   0   .278        Bevacqua ph,rf      2   0   0   0     0   0   .391
Spencer 1b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .251      Harrah 3b             5   0   3   1     0   1   .270
Soderholm 3b          4   1   1   3     0   0   .291      Wills 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .283
Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Sundberg c            3   0   2   1     2   0   .292
  Stillman ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .220      Smith lf              4   1   0   0     1   1   .194
Kucek p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  B. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Ellis p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kirkwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   9  15   9     1   5             Totals               36  12  14  10     9   7

Time of Game: 3:06   Attendance: 29,734
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Rangers 10
DP: White Sox 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Bannister, Zisk
Doubles: Spencer (13), Harrah (22)
Home Runs: Soderholm (18), Garr (9), Hargrove (8), Washington (9)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (18), Harrah 2 (18), Wills (20)
Caught Stealing: Sundberg (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (23)
Sacrifice Flies: Bannister (9)
GIDP: Orta (9)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kucek                   1.2   4   6   5   3   1   2  12   4.03
B. Johnson L(4-5)       3.2   5   3   1   4   3   0  19   3.81
Hamilton                0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.66
Wood                    0.2   3   2   2   2   1   0   6   4.70
Kirkwood                1.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   6   6.02
Totals                  8    14  12   9   9   7   2  46

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles                  0.2   6   6   6   0   1   1   8   4.15
Lindblad W(4-3)         6     5   1   1   1   2   1  23   3.71
D. Ellis SV(1)          2.1   4   2   2   0   2   0  11   4.32
Totals                  9    15   9   9   1   5   2  42

Passed Balls: Essian (6)
Wild Pitches: D. Ellis (5)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to left; Bannister singled to
center; Orta singled to right [Bannister to second]; Zisk struck
out; Gamble singled to center [Bannister scored, Orta to
second]; Lemon singled to center [Orta scored, Gamble to
second]; Spencer doubled to center [Gamble scored, Lemon to
third]; Soderholm homered [Lemon scored, Spencer scored];
LINDBLAD REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Essian flied out to center;
6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove homered; Campaneris reached on an error by
Bannister; Campaneris stole second; Washington was called out on
strikes; Grieve singled to left [Campaneris scored (unearned)];
May walked [Grieve to second]; Harrah singled to left [Grieve
scored, May to second]; Wills lined into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop) [May out at second]; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 6, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Garr flied out to left; Bannister singled to
left; Orta grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Bannister out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 6, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg popped to third in foul territory; Smith
walked; Hargrove walked [Smith to second]; Campaneris made an
out to shortstop; Washington homered [Smith scored, Hargrove
scored]; B. JOHNSON REPLACED KUCEK (PITCHING); Grieve flied out
to center; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Zisk made an out to second; Gamble grounded out
(second to first); Lemon walked; Spencer grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 3RD: May was called out on strikes; Harrah singled to
left; Wills was called out on strikes; Harrah stole second;
Sundberg walked; Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm grounded out (first unassisted); Essian
flied out to left; Garr singled to right; Bannister forced Garr
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6,
Rangers 6.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove walked; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Hargrove to second]; Washington grounded out
(third to first) [Hargrove to third]; Grieve flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Zisk
grounded out (third to first); Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 5TH: May walked; Harrah doubled to right [May scored
(error by Zisk) (unearned), Harrah out at home (third to
catcher)]; On a bunt Wills made an out to catcher; Bump Wills
called for interference for running into his own batted
ball; Sundberg walked; Smith lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 7.

WHITE SOX 6TH: On a bunt Lemon grounded out (pitcher to first);
Spencer flied out to left; Soderholm grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 7.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove struck out; Campaneris singled to center;
Washington singled to left [Campaneris to second]; Grieve
singled to left [Campaneris scored, Washington to second];
ALOMAR RAN FOR GRIEVE; HAMILTON REPLACED B. JOHNSON (PITCHING);
BEVACQUA BATTED FOR MAY; Bevacqua flied out to center
[Washington to third]; Harrah struck out but Washington advanced
to home and Alomar advanced to third and Harrah advanced to
first on a passed ball; Harrah stole second; Wills popped to
first in foul territory; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
6, Rangers 9.

WHITE SOX 7TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BEVACQUA
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Essian flied out to left; Garr
homered; Bannister singled to right; Orta struck out; Zisk
singled to left [Bannister to second]; L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR
GAMBLE; D. ELLIS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); L. Johnson struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 7, Rangers 9.

RANGERS 7TH: L. JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WOOD
REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Sundberg singled to left; Sundberg
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Smith struck
out; Hargrove walked; Campaneris walked [Hargrove to second];
Washington singled to right [Hargrove scored, Campaneris to
third]; Alomar singled to left [Campaneris scored, Washington to
third, Alomar to second (on throw to 3b)]; KIRKWOOD REPLACED
WOOD (PITCHING); Bevacqua flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 7, Rangers 11.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer
struck out; Soderholm made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 7, Rangers 11.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Wills singled
to center; Wills stole second; Sundberg singled to center [Wills
scored]; Smith forced Sundberg (shortstop to second); Hargrove
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7,
Rangers 12.

WHITE SOX 9TH: STILLMAN BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Stillman singled to
right; D. Ellis threw a wild pitch [Stillman to second]; Garr
singled to center [Stillman to third]; Bannister hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Stillman scored]; Orta flied out to right; Zisk
singled to third [Garr to second]; L. Johnson singled to left
[Garr scored, Zisk to second]; Lemon made an out to first; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 9, Rangers 12.