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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers

1977-08-08 · Night game · Arlington Stadium · 2:15

Texas Rangers defeated Oakland Athletics 5–2. Texas Rangers put up 3 in the 1st. Bert Blyleven earned the win. Jerry Tabb went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bert Blyleven L: Jim Umbarger SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nestor Chylak · 1B: Steve Palermo · 2B: Joe Brinkman · 3B: Rich Garcia · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rodney Scott	4	1	2	0	0	0
Larry Murray	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jerry Tabb	4	1	1	1	0	1
Mitchell Page	4	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Sanguillen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wayne Gross	3	0	0	0	1	1
Willie Crawford	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sheldon Mallory	3	0	1	0	0	1
Rob Picciolo	2	0	0	0	0	2
Marty Perez	1	0	1	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Hargrove	5	0	2	0	0	0
Bert Campaneris	4	0	1	0	0	1
Keith Smith	2	2	1	0	0	0
Willie Horton	3	1	2	2	1	0
Toby Harrah	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tom Grieve	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bump Wills	4	0	1	2	0	1
Jim Sundberg	3	1	0	0	1	0
Claudell Washington	3	0	1	1	1	1
Kurt Bevacqua	2	0	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Umbarger	8.0	10	3	4

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bert Blyleven	9.0	5	1	10

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rodney Scott: S6/BG
Larry Murray: SB2
Larry Murray: E3/SH.2-H(NR)(E3/TH)(UR);B-2
Jerry Tabb: 6
Mitchell Page: K
Manny Sanguillen: K/C

Bot 1

Mike Hargrove: 13
Bert Campaneris: 3/L
Keith Smith: HP
Willie Horton: D7.1-H
Toby Harrah: HP
Tom Grieve: S1.2-3;1-2
Bump Wills: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Jim Sundberg: 3/FL

Top 2

Wayne Gross: W
Willie Crawford: 16(1)3/GDP
Sheldon Mallory: 3/G

Bot 2

Claudell Washington: 43
Mike Hargrove: 13
Bert Campaneris: 63

Top 3

Rob Picciolo: K
Rodney Scott: S8
Larry Murray: 46(1)/FO
Jerry Tabb: 43

Bot 3

Keith Smith: D7
Willie Horton: S8.2-H
Toby Harrah: HP.1-2
Tom Grieve: 9
Bump Wills: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Mitchell Page: 7/FL
Manny Sanguillen: 63
Wayne Gross: K

Bot 4

Jim Sundberg: 8
Claudell Washington: K
Mike Hargrove: S7
Bert Campaneris: WP.1-2
Bert Campaneris: K

Top 5

Willie Crawford: K
Sheldon Mallory: S8
Rob Picciolo: K/C
Rodney Scott: 43

Bot 5

Keith Smith: 43
Willie Horton: 53
Kurt Bevacqua: S5
Tom Grieve: 9

Top 6

Larry Murray: K
Jerry Tabb: HR/8
Mitchell Page: 7
Manny Sanguillen: 13

Bot 6

Bump Wills: K
Jim Sundberg: 7
Claudell Washington: W
Mike Hargrove: S7.1-2
Bert Campaneris: PO2(16)

Top 7

Wayne Gross: 8
Willie Crawford: 8
Sheldon Mallory: K

Bot 7

Bert Campaneris: S7
Keith Smith: 14/SH.1-2
Willie Horton: IW
Kurt Bevacqua: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Marty Perez: S8
Rodney Scott: 7
Larry Murray: K
Jerry Tabb: K

Bot 8

Tom Grieve: K23
Bump Wills: 3/BG
Jim Sundberg: W
Claudell Washington: T9.1-H
Mike Hargrove: 2/BINT

Top 9

Mitchell Page: 13
Manny Sanguillen: 63
Wayne Gross: 31

Notes & reviews

Toby Harrah ejected by HP umpire Nestor Chylak for charging the mound and punching Jim Umbarger
Mike Hargrove called for interference for running into his own batted ball

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