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Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

1977-09-25 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 2479 · 2:30

Texas Rangers defeated Oakland Athletics 8–6. Texas Rangers put up 4 in the 3rd. Dock Ellis earned the win and Adrian Devine picked up the save. Mitchell Page went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dock Ellis L: Rick Langford SV: Adrian Devine

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

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Hargrove	4	1	2	1	1	0
Bump Wills	5	2	1	0	0	0
Claudell Washington	5	1	1	1	0	1
Kurt Bevacqua	5	1	2	3	0	2
Ken Henderson	3	1	1	1	1	0
Pat Putnam	4	1	1	1	0	2
Dave May	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Fahey	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jim Mason	3	0	0	0	1	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rodney Scott	4	1	0	0	1	1
Rob Picciolo	5	1	2	0	0	1
Mitchell Page	5	1	3	2	0	0
Jerry Tabb	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Tyrone	3	1	2	1	1	0
Wayne Gross	4	1	2	2	0	0
Tony Armas	3	0	1	1	0	1
Tim Hosley	2	0	0	0	1	0
Sheldon Mallory	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dock Ellis	7.2	8	3	2
Adrian Devine	1.1	3	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Langford	4.1	8	1	5
Steve Dunning	3.2	2	2	1
Craig Mitchell	0.1	0	0	0
Bob Lacey	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mike Hargrove: S9
Bump Wills: 7
Claudell Washington: 8
Kurt Bevacqua: K

Bot 1

Rodney Scott: W
Rob Picciolo: SB2
Rob Picciolo: K
Mitchell Page: HR/9.2-H
Jerry Tabb: 43
Jim Tyrone: 7

Top 2

Ken Henderson: 5
Pat Putnam: K
Dave May: 43

Bot 2

Wayne Gross: 43
Tony Armas: 6
Tim Hosley: 2/FL

Top 3

Bill Fahey: D7
Jim Mason: W
Mike Hargrove: S7.2-H;1-2
Bump Wills: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Claudell Washington: K
Kurt Bevacqua: D7.2-H;1-H
Ken Henderson: D.2-H
Pat Putnam: K

Bot 3

Sheldon Mallory: 53
Rodney Scott: 63
Rob Picciolo: 8

Top 4

Dave May: K
Bill Fahey: 3/G
Jim Mason: 4/L

Bot 4

Mitchell Page: 5
Jerry Tabb: S7
Jim Tyrone: S7.1-2
Wayne Gross: S6.2-3;1-2
Tony Armas: 8/SF.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tim Hosley: 8

Top 5

Mike Hargrove: 7
Bump Wills: S5/BG
Claudell Washington: T8.1-H
Kurt Bevacqua: S7.3-H
Ken Henderson: 7/L
Pat Putnam: 31

Bot 5

Sheldon Mallory: 63
Rodney Scott: 4
Rob Picciolo: 7

Top 6

Dave May: 63
Bill Fahey: 7
Jim Mason: 43

Bot 6

Mitchell Page: 63
Jerry Tabb: 43
Jim Tyrone: W
Wayne Gross: 3/G

Top 7

Mike Hargrove: W
Bump Wills: 13.1-2
Claudell Washington: 5
Kurt Bevacqua: K/C

Bot 7

Tony Armas: K
Tim Hosley: W
Sheldon Mallory: 7
Rodney Scott: 43

Top 8

Ken Henderson: W
Pat Putnam: D8.1-H
Dave May: 3/G.2-3
Bill Fahey: S8.3-H
Jim Mason: 7
Mike Hargrove: WP.1-2
Mike Hargrove: 3/G

Bot 8

Rob Picciolo: S6
Mitchell Page: S8.1-2
Jerry Tabb: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Jim Tyrone: D9.3-H
Wayne Gross: HR/9.2-H
Tony Armas: S7
Willie Crawford: 8/8D

Top 9

Bump Wills: 3/G
Claudell Washington: 9
Kurt Bevacqua: 8

Bot 9

Sheldon Mallory: 43
Rodney Scott: K
Rob Picciolo: S9
Mitchell Page: S7.1-2
Jerry Tabb: 5/FL