Although allowing only three hits, Gaylord Perry was the victim of poor support and had to struggle to pitch the Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Athletics. Four of the A's runs were unearned. Mike Hargrove homered with two men on base for the Rangers in the second inning, but in the A's half Tony Armas hit the first grand slam of his major league career. Bump Wills tied the score with a single in the third. After the A's regained the lead with a run-scoring single by Mike Jorgensen in the fifth, the Rangers rallied in the eighth for two runs on a pass to Ken Henderson, an infield out and singles by Dave May and Claudell Washington. [The Sporting News] |
Texas Rangers 6, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Friday, September 23, 1977 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 6 7 3 A's 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 3 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .308 Scott 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .261 Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .193 May ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .241 Page lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .310 Beasley pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .207 Murray lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .168 Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .187 Jorgensen 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .231 Washington lf 3 0 1 1 2 1 .286 E. Williams dh 4 1 0 0 0 1 .242 Harrah 3b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .271 Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .269 Horton dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .291 Newman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Miller pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .236 Bevacqua ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .329 Tyrone rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .249 Wills 2b 3 1 2 1 2 0 .288 Mallory ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 1 1 .293 Armas cf 4 1 1 4 0 1 .243 Henderson rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .258 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beniquez cf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .270 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 6 7 6 10 9 Totals 30 5 3 5 5 6 Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 1,798 Left on Base: Rangers 10, A's 4 DP: Rangers 2, A's 0 Errors: Harrah, Wills 2, Sanguillen Doubles: Hargrove (27) Home Runs: Hargrove (18), Armas (13) Stolen Bases: Harrah (26), Wills (26), Beniquez (25), Beasley (1), Picciolo (1) Caught Stealing: Washington (8) Sacrifice Hits: Picciolo (13) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(14-12) 9 3 5 1 5 6 1 36 3.46 Totals 9 3 5 1 5 6 1 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough 6.2 5 4 4 9 6 1 33 4.71 Bair L(4-5) 1.1 2 2 2 1 3 0 7 3.79 Lacey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.19 Totals 9 7 6 6 10 9 1 43 Balks: Keough (1) Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Fred Spenn RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove doubled to center; Campaneris struck out; Washington walked; Harrah flied out to left; Horton lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott struck out; Picciolo flied out to center; Page flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 2ND: Wills walked; Keough balked [Wills to second]; Sundberg made an out to first; Henderson flied out to center [Wills to third]; Beniquez walked; Hargrove homered [Wills scored, Beniquez scored]; Campaneris struck out; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jorgensen reached on an error by Wills; E. Williams forced Jorgensen (third to second); Sanguillen flied out to right; Gross walked [E. Williams to second]; Tyrone reached on an error by Harrah [E. Williams to third, Gross to second]; Armas homered (unearned) [E. Williams scored (unearned), Gross scored (unearned), Tyrone scored (unearned)]; Scott grounded out (second to first); 4 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Athletics 4. RANGERS 3RD: Washington walked; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Harrah walked; Harrah stole second; Horton struck out; Wills singled to right [Harrah scored, Wills to second (on throw to home)]; Sundberg walked; Henderson grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo reached on an error by Wills; Picciolo stole second; Page struck out; Jorgensen lined into a double play (third to second) [Picciolo out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 4. RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez made an out to first; Hargrove struck out; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: E. Williams struck out; Sanguillen walked; Gross made an out to shortstop; Tyrone grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 4. RANGERS 5TH: Washington struck out; Harrah flied out to center; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas struck out; Scott walked; Picciolo grounded out (catcher to first) [Scott to second]; Page walked; Jorgensen singled to center [Scott scored, Page to second]; E. Williams grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 5. RANGERS 6TH: Wills singled to left; Wills stole second [Wills to third (error by Sanguillen)]; Sundberg lined to left; Henderson flied out to left; Beniquez walked; Beniquez stole second; Hargrove grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 6TH: Sanguillen flied out to right; Gross walked; Tyrone forced Gross (third to second); Armas forced Tyrone (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 5. RANGERS 7TH: Campaneris flied out to center; Washington flied out to center; Harrah walked; Horton singled [Harrah to third]; MILLER RAN FOR HORTON; Wills walked [Miller to second]; BAIR REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Scott singled to right; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Scott to second]; Page lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Athletics 5. RANGERS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Henderson walked; Beniquez struck out; Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted) [Henderson to second]; MAY BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; May singled to center [Henderson scored]; BEASLEY RAN FOR MAY; Beasley stole second; Washington singled to left [Beasley scored]; Harrah was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: MASON REPLACED BEASLEY (PLAYING SS); Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); E. Williams flied out to left; Sanguillen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 5. RANGERS 9TH: NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); LACEY REPLACED BAIR (PITCHING); BEVACQUA BATTED FOR MILLER; Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills grounded out (third to first); Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross flied out to center; MALLORY BATTED FOR TYRONE; Mallory struck out; Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Athletics 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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