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 Stadium
Twins        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.