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Texas Rangers @ California Angels

1977-09-21 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 8426 · night · 2:33

Texas Rangers defeated California Angels 9–1. Texas Rangers put up 3 in the 6th. Dock Ellis earned the win. Willie Horton went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	9	12
CAL	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Dock Ellis L: John Caneira SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim McKean · 1B: Fred Spenn · 2B: Lou DiMuro · 3B: Ken Kaiser · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Hargrove	4	2	2	0	2	0
Bert Campaneris	6	1	1	0	0	3
Claudell Washington	4	1	0	0	2	0
Toby Harrah	2	1	2	2	3	0
Willie Horton	4	1	2	3	0	0
Bump Wills	5	1	2	0	0	0
Ken Henderson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Sundberg	4	1	1	1	1	1
Dave May	3	1	1	1	0	0
Tom Grieve	1	0	0	1	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Thad Bosley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Landreaux	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos May	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Bonds	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mario Guerrero	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Chalk	3	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Aikens	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Jackson	3	1	1	1	0	0
Terry Humphrey	2	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Goodwin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dock Ellis	9.0	4	1	1

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Caneira	5.1	6	4	2
Mike Barlow	0.2	4	3	0
Balor Moore	1.1	2	1	1
Dyar Miller	0.2	0	0	0
Dave LaRoche	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mike Hargrove: 6
Bert Campaneris: E5/G
Claudell Washington: W.1-2
Toby Harrah: W.2-3;1-2
Willie Horton: 9/SF.3-H(UR);2-3
Bump Wills: BK.3-H(UR);1-2
Bump Wills: 8/8D

Bot 1

Thad Bosley: 13
Ken Landreaux: 43
Carlos May: W
Bobby Bonds: S8.1-2
Mario Guerrero: 5(2)/FO

Top 2

Ken Henderson: 8
Jim Sundberg: 8
Dave May: 8

Bot 2

Dave Chalk: 53
Willie Aikens: 13
Ron Jackson: HR/7
Terry Humphrey: 53

Top 3

Mike Hargrove: 8
Bert Campaneris: 9/9D
Claudell Washington: 7

Bot 3

Thad Bosley: 6
Ken Landreaux: 6/L
Carlos May: 43

Top 4

Toby Harrah: S8
Willie Horton: 54(1)/FO
Bump Wills: S9.1-3(E9);B-2
Ken Henderson: IW
Jim Sundberg: K
Dave May: 43

Bot 4

Bobby Bonds: 7
Mario Guerrero: 7
Dave Chalk: 7

Top 5

Mike Hargrove: S9
Bert Campaneris: K
Claudell Washington: WP.1-2
Claudell Washington: 63
Toby Harrah: W
Willie Horton: S8.2-H;1-2
Bump Wills: 7

Bot 5

Willie Aikens: 63
Ron Jackson: 43
Terry Humphrey: K

Top 6

Ken Henderson: 3/G
Jim Sundberg: HR/7
Dave May: HR/9
Mike Hargrove: S7
Bert Campaneris: DGR/9.1-3
Claudell Washington: IW
Toby Harrah: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Willie Horton: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Thad Bosley: 43
Ken Landreaux: 63
Carlos May: 31

Top 7

Bump Wills: S7
Ken Henderson: S8.1-3
Jim Sundberg: W.1-2
Tom Grieve: 7/SF.3-H
Mike Hargrove: W.2-3;1-2
Bert Campaneris: K
Claudell Washington: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Bobby Bonds: 9
Mario Guerrero: S7
Dave Chalk: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Toby Harrah: HR/7
Willie Horton: HR/8
Bump Wills: 7/7D
Ken Henderson: HP
Jim Sundberg: 4
Tom Grieve: 9

Bot 8

Willie Aikens: S9
Ron Jackson: E6/G.1-2
Danny Goodwin: 8/L
Thad Bosley: 7
Ken Landreaux: 43

Top 9

Mike Hargrove: W
Bert Campaneris: K
Claudell Washington: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Carlos May: 43
Bobby Bonds: 53
Mario Guerrero: 8

Notes & reviews

Thad Bosley caught the ball over the wall; it would have been the third consecutive home run by the Rangers
Ken Henderson charged the mound and both he and Balor Moore fell to the ground swinging at each other; Moore and Henderson ejected by 3B umpire Ken Kaiser, who pulled the two players apart after the benches cleared

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