Gaylord Perry struck out 13, raising his career total to 2,847, while pitching the Rangers to a 3-1 victory over the Mariners. After Bump Wills produced the Rangers' first run with a double in the fourth inning, Craig Reynolds homered for the Mariners in the fifth. The Rangers went ahead with a freak broken-bat single by Dave May in the seventh.

Juan Beniquez doubled and stole third. May then broke his bat in two while sending a grounder toward first baseman Dan Meyer. The barrel end of the bat hit Meyer in the head, causing him to lose sight of the ball. Claudell Washington homered for the Rangers' insurance run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Seattle Mariners 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 28, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Mariners     0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  1
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  1  x  -   3  8  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Collins lf            4   0   0   0     0   4   .235      Hargrove 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .303
Braun dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .229      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .251
  Cruz pr,dh          0   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Washington lf         4   1   1   1     0   2   .285
Meyer 1b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .272      Harrah 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .267
Stanton rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .273      Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   2   0     0   1   .266      Wills 2b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .286
Stein 3b              3   0   2   0     1   1   .259      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Fosse c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .276      Beniquez cf           2   1   1   0     0   0   .272
  Sexton pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      May rf                2   0   2   1     0   0   .243
Baez 2b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stinson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Reynolds ss           3   1   2   1     0   0   .247
Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   9   1     1  13             Totals               30   3   8   3     1   6

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  4,860
Left on Base: Mariners 7, Rangers 6
DP: Mariners 1, Rangers 2
Errors: Fosse
Doubles: Reynolds (12), Meyer (23), Stein (25), Wills (28), Beniquez (19)
Home Runs: Reynolds (4), Washington (11)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (27), Beniquez (26)
Sacrifice Hits: Beniquez (8)
GIDP: Fosse (7), Stinson (10), Horton (15)
Hit by Pitch: May (4,by Abbott)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott L(11-13)         8     8   3   2   1   6   1  33   4.52
Totals                  8     8   3   2   1   6   1  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(15-12)          9     9   1   1   1  13   1  35   3.37
Totals                  9     9   1   1   1  13   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Abbott (10)
Wild Pitches: Perry (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Bill Kunkel


MARINERS 1ST: Collins struck out; Braun grounded out (first
unassisted); Meyer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove was called out on strikes; Campaneris
flied out to left; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 0, Rangers 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton grounded out (second to first); Ruppert
Jones singled to center; Perry threw a wild pitch [Ruppert Jones
to second]; Stein walked; Fosse struck out; Baez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton
grounded out (second to first); Wills popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Rangers 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Reynolds doubled to right; Collins was called out
on strikes; Braun was called out on strikes; Meyer struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to right; Beniquez out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Sundberg to second]; May was
hit by a pitch; Hargrove forced May (second to shortstop)
[Sundberg to third]; Campaneris forced Hargrove (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0, Rangers 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Stanton lined to shortstop; Ruppert Jones singled
to right; Stein singled to left [Ruppert Jones to second]; Fosse
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Stein out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Washington struck out; Harrah walked; Harrah stole
second; Horton flied out to center; Wills doubled to left
[Harrah scored]; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Rangers 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Baez grounded out (first unassisted); Reynolds
homered; Collins struck out; Braun grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez flied out to center; May singled to right;
Hargrove forced May (pitcher to shortstop); Campaneris singled
to center [Hargrove to second]; Washington grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 1, Rangers 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Meyer doubled to right; Stanton struck out;
Ruppert Jones struck out; Stein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mariners 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah singled to left; Horton grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Harrah out at
second]; Wills grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 1, Rangers 1.

MARINERS 7TH: Fosse made an out to second; Baez flied out to
center; Reynolds made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mariners 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to center; Beniquez doubled to
center; Beniquez stole third; Fosse dropped a foul fly hit by
May for an error; May singled to first [Beniquez scored
(unearned)]; Hargrove flied out to right; Campaneris struck out;
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Rangers 2.

MARINERS 8TH: Collins struck out; Braun singled to center; CRUZ
RAN FOR BRAUN; Meyer flied out to left; Stanton struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Washington
homered; Harrah made an out to third; Horton was called out on
strikes; Wills was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 1, Rangers 3.

MARINERS 9TH: Ruppert Jones flied out to right; Stein doubled to
center; Fosse singled to center [Stein to third]; SEXTON RAN FOR
FOSSE; STINSON BATTED FOR BAEZ; Stinson grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Sexton out at second]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Rangers 3.