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Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

1977-09-25 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · 14 innings · 4:10

Texas Rangers defeated Oakland Athletics 5–4. Texas Rangers put up 2 in the 9th. Len Barker earned the win. Wayne Gross went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	11
OAK	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8

W: Len Barker L: Bob Lacey 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
Keith Smith	6	1	2	1	1	1
Bert Campaneris	4	0	2	0	0	1
Juan Beniquez	6	1	1	1	0	1
Toby Harrah	6	0	0	0	1	1
Willie Horton	6	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Sundberg	5	1	1	0	1	1
Tom Grieve	4	0	0	0	0	3
John Ellis	3	1	2	1	0	0
Sandy Alomar	3	0	1	0	0	2
Mike Hargrove	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Bevacqua	1	0	1	1	0	0
Dave May	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jim Mason	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bump Wills	1	1	0	0	1	0
Ken Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rob Picciolo	7	0	2	0	0	0
Marty Perez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Page	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Tyrone	6	1	1	0	1	2
Earl Williams	5	0	1	0	1	1
Tim Hosley	4	0	0	0	2	2
Wayne Gross	3	1	1	3	3	0
Jeff Newman	6	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Armas	6	0	0	0	0	2
Rodney Scott	3	0	1	0	0	2
Larry Murray	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Tabb	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sheldon Mallory	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rich McKinney	1	0	0	0	0	1
Willie Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Moret	6.0	5	4	2
Len Barker	8.0	3	5	10

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pablo Torrealba	8.2	10	1	9
Doug Bair	3.1	0	5	2
Bob Lacey	2.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Keith Smith: K
Bert Campaneris: D9
Juan Beniquez: 53
Toby Harrah: 9

Bot 1

Rob Picciolo: 7
Marty Perez: 8
Mitchell Page: W
Jim Tyrone: W.1-2
Earl Williams: WP.2-3;1-2
Earl Williams: 3/FL

Top 2

Willie Horton: 13
Jim Sundberg: 53
Tom Grieve: K/C

Bot 2

Tim Hosley: K
Wayne Gross: 2/FL
Jeff Newman: 8

Top 3

John Ellis: 8
Sandy Alomar: K/C
Keith Smith: 63

Bot 3

Tony Armas: K/C
Rob Picciolo: D7
Marty Perez: 53
Mitchell Page: WP.2-3
Mitchell Page: 7

Top 4

Bert Campaneris: S9
Juan Beniquez: BK.1-2
Juan Beniquez: K
Toby Harrah: 53
Willie Horton: 13

Bot 4

Jim Tyrone: 9
Earl Williams: S8
Tim Hosley: W.1-2
Wayne Gross: W.2-3;1-2
Jeff Newman: 5/FL
Tony Armas: 6/L

Top 5

Jim Sundberg: 63
Tom Grieve: 9
John Ellis: HR/7
Sandy Alomar: S6
Keith Smith: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Rob Picciolo: 63
Marty Perez: 3/FL
Mitchell Page: 7

Top 6

Bert Campaneris: K/C
Juan Beniquez: HR/7
Toby Harrah: K/C
Willie Horton: S8
Jim Sundberg: 9

Bot 6

Jim Tyrone: S9
Earl Williams: 9
Tim Hosley: 6
Wayne Gross: HR/9.1-H
Jeff Newman: D7
Tony Armas: E5/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Rob Picciolo: 6(1)/FO

Top 7

Tom Grieve: K/C
John Ellis: S7
Sandy Alomar: K
Keith Smith: 7

Bot 7

Marty Perez: E3/G
Mitchell Page: S9.1-3
Jim Tyrone: K/C
Earl Williams: SB2
Earl Williams: IW
Tim Hosley: K
Wayne Gross: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jeff Newman: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Bert Campaneris: 13
Juan Beniquez: 8
Toby Harrah: W
Willie Horton: 8

Bot 8

Tony Armas: K
Rob Picciolo: S6
Rodney Scott: WP.1-2
Rodney Scott: K
Larry Murray: K/C

Top 9

Jim Sundberg: S5
Tom Grieve: WP.1-2
Tom Grieve: K
Mike Hargrove: 6
Kurt Bevacqua: S7.2-H
Keith Smith: S9.1-H(E9/TH)(UR);B-3
Dave May: W
Juan Beniquez: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Jim Tyrone: 63
Earl Williams: K
Tim Hosley: 8

Top 10

Toby Harrah: 7/FL
Willie Horton: 43
Jim Sundberg: K

Bot 10

Wayne Gross: 9
Jeff Newman: 43
Tony Armas: 53

Top 11

Jim Mason: K/C
Mike Hargrove: 1/G
Bump Wills: W
Keith Smith: SB2
Keith Smith: W
Dave May: CS3(25)

Bot 11

Rob Picciolo: 43
Rodney Scott: S7
Jerry Tabb: SB2
Jerry Tabb: IW
Jim Tyrone: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 12

Dave May: W
Juan Beniquez: 14/SH.1-2
Toby Harrah: 8
Willie Horton: FC5.2X3(5)

Bot 12

Earl Williams: 43
Tim Hosley: W
Wayne Gross: CS2(26)
Wayne Gross: W
Jeff Newman: E5/G.1-2
Tony Armas: 13

Top 13

Jim Sundberg: W
Jim Mason: 24/SH.1-2
Mike Hargrove: 8
Bump Wills: 63

Bot 13

Rob Picciolo: 63
Rodney Scott: K/C
Sheldon Mallory: K/C

Top 14

Keith Smith: HR
Ken Henderson: 53
Juan Beniquez: 8/L
Toby Harrah: 43

Bot 14

Jim Tyrone: K/C
Rich McKinney: K/C
Willie Crawford: 63