A perfect squeeze bunt by Bert Campaneris in the ninth inning brought the Rangers a 6-5 victory over the Athletics. With one out, Willie Horton tripled. After the A's issued two intentional passes to load the bases, Lew Beasley came in to run for Horton. Campaneris then batted for Tom Grieve and laid down a safe bunt as Beasley scored. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Saturday, October   1, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          2  0  1    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   5 12  2
Rangers      2  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  1  -   6 12  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Perez 2b,ss           4   1   2   0     1   0   .231      Henderson rf          5   2   2   0     0   0   .260
Picciolo ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .196      Mason ss              5   1   2   1     0   2   .189
  Tabb ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .220      Washington cf         5   1   2   2     0   1   .284
  Lintz pr,2b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .133      Horton dh             5   0   2   1     0   2   .289
Page lf               4   1   0   0     1   1   .307        Beasley pr,dh       0   1   0   0     0   0   .207
Jorgensen 1b          4   0   0   0     1   1   .237      Putnam 1b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Tyrone rf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .249        Harrah ph,3b        2   0   0   0     1   0   .263
  Alexander pr,cf     1   1   0   0     0   0   .238      Bevacqua 3b,1b,2b     4   0   1   0     1   1   .337
Sanguillen dh         4   0   2   3     0   0   .273      May lf                1   0   0   0     1   0   .241
Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .233        Grieve ph,lf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Armas cf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .240        Campaneris ph       1   0   1   1     0   0   .254
  Murray ph,cf        1   1   1   0     0   0   .175      Fahey c               2   0   0   0     0   2   .219
  McKinney ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .179        J. Ellis ph,c       1   0   0   0     1   0   .235
  Crawford ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .216        Miller pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scott rf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .261        Sundberg c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Newman c              4   0   1   1     0   1   .222      Alomar 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .259
McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hargrove ph,1b      0   0   0   0     1   0   .305
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  12   5     5   4             Totals               38   6  12   5     5   8

Time of Game: 3:09   Attendance: 10,768
Left on Base: A's 13, Rangers 12
DP: A's 0, Rangers 0
Errors: Gross, Newman, Knowles
Doubles: Picciolo (11), Mason (6), Horton (23)
Triples: Horton (3)
Home Runs: Washington (12)
Stolen Bases: Page (42), Murray (12), Lintz (13), Scott (33), Miller (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Gross (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Sanguillen (4), Newman (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty                 4.1   6   4   4   1   5   1  20   5.02
Lacey                   2     4   0   0   0   1   0  10   3.03
Bair L(4-6)             2     2   2   1   4   2   0  13   3.46
Totals                  8.1  12   6   5   5   8   1  43

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger                5     7   3   3   3   2   0  25   6.32
Barker                  0.1   2   1   1   1   1   0   4   2.66
Knowles                 1     1   1   0   0   1   0   5   3.22
Devine W(11-6)          2.2   2   0   0   1   0   0  11   3.49
Totals                  9    12   5   4   5   4   0  45

Wild Pitches: Bair (6)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Perez singled to center; Picciolo doubled to
right [Perez to third]; Page struck out; Jorgensen flied out to
center; Tyrone walked; Sanguillen singled to center [Perez
scored, Picciolo scored, Tyrone to third]; Gross struck out; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Henderson singled to center; Mason popped to first
in foul territory; Washington homered [Henderson scored]; Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Putnam singled to pitcher;
Bevacqua struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers
2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman
grounded out (third to first); Perez singled to shortstop;
Picciolo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: May walked; Fahey struck out; Alomar grounded out
(third to first) [May to second]; Henderson grounded out (second
to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Page walked; Page stole second; Jorgensen walked;
Tyrone forced Jorgensen (shortstop to second) [Page to third];
Sanguillen hit a sacrifice fly to second [Page scored, Tyrone to
second]; Gross flied out to right; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Mason was called out on strikes; Washington singled
to center; Horton struck out; Putnam popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas flied out to left; Newman singled to
center; Perez flied out to right; Picciolo forced Newman
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Bevacqua made an out to shortstop; May grounded out
(first unassisted); Fahey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Page popped to catcher in foul territory;
Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Tyrone singled to
third; Sanguillen singled to center [Tyrone to second]; Gross
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Henderson
singled to first; Mason doubled [Henderson scored]; LACEY
REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Washington struck out; Horton
doubled [Mason scored]; HARRAH BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Harrah flied
out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HARRAH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); BEVACQUA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BARKER REPLACED UMBARGER
(PITCHING); MURRAY BATTED FOR ARMAS; Murray singled to left;
Murray stole second; Newman struck out; Perez walked; TABB
BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Tabb singled to center [Murray scored,
Perez to third]; LINTZ RAN FOR TABB; KNOWLES REPLACED BARKER
(PITCHING); Page reached on a fielder's choice [Perez out at
home (first to catcher), Lintz to second]; Jorgensen struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PEREZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MURRAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
Bevacqua singled to left; GRIEVE BATTED FOR MAY; Grieve singled
to second [Bevacqua to second]; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR FAHEY; J.
Ellis popped to third in foul territory; Alomar flied out to
left; Henderson forced Bevacqua (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: GRIEVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); J. ELLIS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Tyrone singled to shortstop;
ALEXANDER RAN FOR TYRONE; Sanguillen reached on a fielder's
choice [Alexander to second (error by Knowles)]; Gross out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Alexander to third,
Sanguillen to second]; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR MURRAY; DEVINE
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); CRAWFORD BATTED FOR MCKINNEY;
Crawford was walked intentionally; Newman hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Alexander scored (unearned)]; Perez forced Crawford
(shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
5, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SCOTT
REPLACED CRAWFORD (PLAYING RF); On a bunt Mason singled to
third; Washington flied out to left; BAIR REPLACED LACEY
(PITCHING); Horton struck out; Harrah flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Lintz singled to left; Lintz stole second; Page
flied out to center; Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted)
[Lintz to third]; Alexander lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 5, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Bevacqua flied out to center; Grieve grounded out
(catcher to first); J. Ellis walked; MILLER RAN FOR J. ELLIS;
HARGROVE BATTED FOR ALOMAR; Miller stole second [Miller to third
(error by Newman)]; Bair threw a wild pitch [Miller scored
(unearned)]; Hargrove walked; Henderson reached on an error by
Gross [Hargrove to second]; Mason was called out on strikes; 1 R
(0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SUNDBERG REPLACED MILLER (PLAYING C ); HARGROVE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BEVACQUA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); Sanguillen flied out to right; Gross flied out to center;
Scott singled to shortstop; Scott stole second; Newman grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Rangers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Horton
tripled to center; BEASLEY RAN FOR HORTON; Harrah was walked
intentionally; Bevacqua was walked intentionally [Harrah to
second]; CAMPANERIS BATTED FOR GRIEVE; On a bunt Campaneris
singled to first [Beasley scored, Harrah to third, Bevacqua to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 6.