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Toby Harrah, Kurt Bevacqua, Ken Henderson and Mike Hargrove drove in two runs each to lead the Rangers to a 10-8 victory over the Twins and give the club its sixth straight doubleheader sweep. The Rangers won the first game, 5-4, jumping off to a 4-1 lead on RBI doubles by Jim Mason in the first and rookie Pat Putnam in the second and Harrah's 25th homer in the third. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 5, Minnesota Twins 4 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, September 18, 1977 (Day game) at Arlington StadiumTwins 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 4 12 2 Rangers 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 8 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bostock cf,lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .332 Wills 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .285 Smalley ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 .233 Mason ss 2 1 1 1 2 1 .187 Carew 1b 4 0 3 1 1 0 .385 Washington cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .289 Wynegar c 5 0 2 1 0 0 .263 Harrah 3b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .269 Chiles rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .287 Ford ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Sundberg c 3 1 1 0 1 2 .297 Adams lf 2 0 2 0 1 0 .332 Grieve rf 4 1 3 0 0 1 .222 Norwood cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .140 Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .267 May rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Wolfe 3b 2 1 0 0 0 0 .143 Putnam 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .294 Bass dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .125 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Kusick ph,dh 1 1 1 1 0 0 .253 Hargrove 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Randall 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .240 Smith lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .205 Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shellenback p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 4 12 4 4 6 Totals 30 5 8 4 7 7 Time of Game: 2:50 Left on Base: Twins 12, Rangers 8 DP: Twins 2, Rangers 0 Errors: Smalley, Holly, Harrah Doubles: Smalley (20), Kusick (11), Mason (5), Putnam (3), Sundberg (19) Home Runs: Harrah (25) Stolen Bases: Smith (1) Caught Stealing: Putnam (1) GIDP: Putnam (1), Horton (13) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Thormodsgard L(11-13) 3 5 4 3 4 3 1 18 4.29 Shellenback 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 9 8.44 Holly 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 10 7.09 Totals 8 8 5 4 7 7 1 37 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(13-12) 5.2 10 2 2 1 5 0 27 3.56 Moret 2.1 2 2 0 3 0 0 13 3.65 Devine SV(13) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.67 Totals 9 12 4 2 4 6 0 43 Passed Balls: Sundberg (5) Wild Pitches: Thormodsgard (5) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Kunkel TWINS 1ST: Bostock flied out to right; Smalley lined to left; On a bunt Carew singled to third; Wynegar singled [Carew to second]; Chiles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills reached on an error by Smalley; Mason doubled [Wills scored (unearned)]; Thormodsgard threw a wild pitch [Mason to third]; Washington grounded out (second to first) [Mason scored]; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 2. TWINS 2ND: Adams singled to center; Cubbage flied out to right; Bass struck out; Randall struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg struck out; Grieve singled; Putnam doubled to left [Grieve scored]; Putnam was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Smith walked; Wills walked [Smith to second]; Mason walked [Smith to third, Wills to second]; Washington lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 3. TWINS 3RD: Bostock singled to right; Smalley struck out; Carew singled to right [Bostock to third]; Wynegar singled to left [Bostock scored, Carew to third]; Chiles popped to shortstop; Adams walked [Wynegar to second]; Cubbage struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 3RD: Harrah homered; Horton was called out on strikes; Sundberg walked; Grieve struck out; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 4. TWINS 4TH: Bass struck out; Randall flied out to center; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 4. RANGERS 4TH: Smith singled to left; SHELLENBACK REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Wills popped to second; Mason walked [Smith to second]; Washington grounded out (second to first) [Smith to third, Mason to second]; Harrah walked; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 4. TWINS 5TH: Smalley doubled to right; Carew singled to right [Smalley scored]; Wynegar forced Carew (second to shortstop); Chiles grounded out (first unassisted) [Wynegar to second]; Adams singled to right [Wynegar out at home (right to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 4. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg doubled; Grieve singled [Sundberg to third]; Putnam grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sundberg scored, Grieve out at second]; Smith lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 5. TWINS 6TH: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Bass grounded out (first to pitcher); Randall singled to right; MORET REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Bostock walked [Randall to second]; Sundberg allowed a passed ball [Randall to third, Bostock to second]; Smalley popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 5. RANGERS 6TH: HOLLY REPLACED SHELLENBACK (PITCHING); NORWOOD REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING CF); BOSTOCK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WOLFE REPLACED CUBBAGE (PLAYING 3B); Wills flied out to right; Mason struck out; Washington grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 5. TWINS 7TH: Carew popped to third in foul territory; Wynegar popped to shortstop; FORD BATTED FOR CHILES; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 5. RANGERS 7TH: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Harrah walked; Horton grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Harrah out at second]; Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 5. TWINS 8TH: Norwood popped to first; Wolfe reached on an error by Harrah; KUSICK BATTED FOR BASS; Kusick doubled to left [Wolfe scored (unearned)]; Randall walked; Bostock flied out to left [Kusick to third]; Smalley singled to center [Kusick scored (unearned), Randall to second]; Carew walked [Randall to third, Smalley to second]; Wynegar forced Carew (shortstop to second); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 5. RANGERS 8TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Grieve singled to left; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR PUTNAM; MILLER RAN FOR GRIEVE; Miller was picked off first but was safe on an error by Holly [Miller to third]; Bevacqua popped to second; Smith reached on a fielder's choice [Miller out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Smith stole second; Wills struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 5. TWINS 9TH: MAY REPLACED MILLER (PLAYING RF); HARGROVE REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING 1B); DEVINE REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Ford flied out to center; Norwood struck out; Wolfe flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 5. |
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