Dock Ellis, who came to Texas from Oakland in June, brought his record with the Rangers to 10-6 by pitching a five-hitter and beating his former A's teammates, 4-1. Ellis' overall mark was 12-12. The Rangers won the game with a three-run burst in the seventh inning. Bump Wills, Tom Grieve and Keith Smith hit singles for the run that broke a 1-1 tie and Bert Campaneris poked a soft liner into left-center field for a single that plated two insurance tallies. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Friday, September 30, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Rangers      0  0  1    0  0  0    3  0  x  -   4 12  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Picciolo ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .195      Smith lf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .242
Perez 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .228      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   2     0   0   .252
Page lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .310      Beniquez cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Jorgensen 1b          3   0   0   1     0   1   .242      Harrah 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .264
Tyrone rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .245      Horton dh             3   0   2   0     1   0   .288
Sanguillen dh         3   0   2   0     0   0   .272      Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .291
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Bevacqua 1b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .341
Armas cf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .242        Hargrove 1b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .305
  Murray cf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .170      Wills 2b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .288
Newman c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Grieve rf             3   0   2   1     0   0   .220
Torrealba p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Miller pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        May rf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Dunning p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   5   1     0   8             Totals               33   4  12   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance:  7,471
Left on Base: A's 4, Rangers 8
DP: A's 2, Rangers 1
Errors: Sundberg, Wills
Stolen Bases: Tyrone (3), Page (41), Wills (28), Miller (2), Smith (2), Campaneris (27)
Caught Stealing: Horton (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Jorgensen (2), Campaneris (40)
GIDP: Gross (7), May (7)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrealba L(4-6)        6.1  10   4   4   1   3   0  29   2.62
Bair                    0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.43
Dunning                 1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.93
Totals                  8    12   4   4   2   3   0  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis W(12-12)       9     5   1   0   0   8   0  32   3.63
Totals                  9     5   1   0   0   8   0  32

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez
struck out; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Smith made an out to first; Campaneris grounded out
(second to first); On a bunt Beniquez singled to third; Harrah
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jorgensen struck out; Tyrone singled to left;
Tyrone stole second; Sanguillen made an out to shortstop; Gross
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Horton singled to left; Sundberg flied out to
right; Bevacqua struck out while Horton was caught stealing
second (catcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman
was called out on strikes; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills singled to shortstop; Wills stole second;
Grieve singled to center [Wills scored]; Smith struck out;
Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Grieve to
second]; Beniquez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Perez struck out; Page singled to left; Page
stole second [Page to third (error by Sundberg)]; Jorgensen
grounded out (first unassisted) [Page scored (unearned)]; Tyrone
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Horton
singled to left; Sundberg struck out; Bevacqua singled to left
[Horton to second]; Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Sanguillen singled to left; Gross grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sanguillen out at
second]; Armas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Grieve flied out to left; Smith made an out to
shortstop; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Picciolo struck out; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: MURRAY REPLACED ARMAS (PLAYING CF); Beniquez flied
out to right; Harrah flied out to center; Horton walked;
Sundberg made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
1, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page reached on an error by Wills; Jorgensen out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Page to second]; Tyrone
was called out on strikes; Sanguillen singled to second [Page to
third]; Gross lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Bevacqua lined to third; Wills singled to center;
Grieve singled to right [Wills to second]; MILLER RAN FOR
GRIEVE; Smith singled to left [Wills scored, Miller to second];
Miller stole third and Smith stole second; Campaneris singled to
left [Miller scored, Smith scored]; BAIR REPLACED TORREALBA
(PITCHING); Beniquez made an out to second; Campaneris stole
second; Harrah walked; Horton forced Harrah (shortstop to
second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MAY REPLACED MILLER (PLAYING RF); HARGROVE
REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING 1B); Murray singled to second; Newman
forced Murray (shortstop to second); Picciolo flied out to left;
Perez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: DUNNING REPLACED BAIR (PITCHING); Sundberg singled
to left; Hargrove singled to right [Sundberg to second]; On a
bunt Wills forced Sundberg (third unassisted) [Hargrove to
second]; May grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Wills out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Page grounded out (first unassisted); Jorgensen
flied out to center; Tyrone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 4.