With Richie Zisk batting in both runs, the Rangers rolled to their seventh straight victory, beating the Orioles 2-1. Zisk singled in the tie-breaking tally in the eighth after Bump Wills walked and stole second with two out. Texas Rangers 2, Baltimore Orioles 1Game Played on Wednesday, May 3, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial StadiumRangers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 6 1 Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .239 Bumbry lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .224 Wills 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .246 Smith 2b,ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Oliver lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Murray 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .198 Lowenstein lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Singleton rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .353 Zisk rf 4 0 2 2 0 1 .321 Harlow cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .373 C. Washington dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .184 May dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .221 DeCinces 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .263 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .295 Dempsey c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .254 Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .185 Garcia ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .161 Crowley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dauer 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .107 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 6 2 2 9 Totals 28 1 3 1 3 5 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 6,118 Left on Base: Rangers 6, Orioles 3 DP: Rangers 2, Orioles 1 Errors: Campaneris Doubles: Hargrove (2), Zisk (6), DeCinces (7) Stolen Bases: Wills (8) Caught Stealing: Harlow (2) GIDP: Campaneris (3), Smith (1), Harlow (1) Hit by Pitch: Lowenstein (1,by Palmer) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander W(2-1) 9 3 1 1 3 5 0 31 2.83 Totals 9 3 1 1 3 5 0 31 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer 6 5 1 1 1 6 0 24 1.40 Stanhouse L(0-1) 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 11 0.68 Totals 9 6 2 2 2 9 0 35 Hit by Pitch: Palmer (1) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to left; Wills flied out to left; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry walked; Smith grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Bumbry out at second]; Murray walked; Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk struck out; C. Washington struck out; Harrah walked; Sundberg singled to left [Harrah to second]; Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Harlow grounded out (first unassisted); May struck out; DeCinces doubled to right; Dempsey singled to right [DeCinces scored]; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 1. RANGERS 3RD: Campaneris flied out to left; Hargrove doubled to center; Wills grounded out (second to first) [Hargrove to third]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Smith flied out to center; Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 1. RANGERS 4TH: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); C. Washington struck out; Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton grounded out (shortstop to first); Harlow walked; May popped to catcher in foul territory; Harlow was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 1. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg struck out; Beniquez singled to shortstop; Campaneris grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Beniquez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 5TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING LF); DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey flied out to center; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Orioles 1. RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove singled to left; Wills grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hargrove to second]; Lowenstein was hit by a pitch; Zisk doubled to left [Lowenstein to third, Hargrove scored]; C. Washington struck out; Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Smith struck out; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Orioles 1. RANGERS 7TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); Jim Palmer left with tight shoulder; Beniquez made an out to third; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton singled to right; Harlow grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at second]; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Orioles 1. RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills walked; Wills stole second; Lowenstein was called out on strikes; Rangers Manager Billy Hunter ejected by HP umpire Steve Palermo; Zisk singled to center [Wills scored]; C. Washington forced Zisk (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 8TH: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey reached on an error by Campaneris [Dempsey to first]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR GARCIA; Crowley popped to catcher in foul territory; Bumbry forced Dempsey (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Orioles 1. RANGERS 9TH: DAUER REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING 2B); SMITH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Harrah popped to third in foul territory; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 9TH: Smith struck out; Murray grounded out (second to first); Singleton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Orioles 1. |
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