Wilbur Wood, making his first appearance since suffering a shattered kneecap last May 9, pitched two innings in relief and was tagged for five runs as the Rangers completed a 14-4 victory over the White Sox. Ken Henderson greeted Wood's arrival in the eighth with a smash off the center field wall for an inside-the-park homer.

Mike Hargrove singled, Toby Harrah walked and Willie Horton capped the procession of the Rangers' "H" batters by smashing a homer. Claudell Washington and Sandy Alomar each drove in three earlier runs for the Rangers. Washington accounted for his RBIs with a homer and infield out and Alomar with a pair of singles. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 14, Chicago White Sox 4

Game Played on Saturday, April 30, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Rangers 0 0 2 3 0 1 3 4 1 - 14 13 0 White Sox 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 10 4 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alomar 2b 4 1 2 3 1 2 .286 Garr lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Campaneris ss 4 1 1 0 2 0 .307 Bannister ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .297 Washington lf 6 2 2 3 0 1 .333 Orta 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .323 Henderson rf 5 1 1 1 1 0 .293 Brohamer 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 Hargrove 1b 4 3 3 1 2 0 .317 Zisk rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .324 Harrah 3b 4 1 1 0 2 1 .339 Spencer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Howell dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stillman dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Horton ph,dh 3 1 1 3 0 0 .233 Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .304 Sundberg c 5 2 1 1 1 1 .213 Lemon cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .254 Beniquez cf 4 2 1 1 1 2 .173 Downing c 2 1 0 0 2 1 .333 Boggs p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 14 13 13 10 7 Totals 35 4 10 4 5 4 Time of Game: 3:24 Attendance: 31,635 Left on Base: Rangers 12, White Sox 9 DP: Rangers 2, White Sox 1 Errors: Garr, Orta, Lemon 2 Doubles: Brohamer (1) Home Runs: Washington (1), Henderson (2), Horton (2) GIDP: Beniquez (3) Hit by Pitch: Alomar (1,by Wood) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Boggs 3.2 6 2 2 2 2 0 17 5.21 Briles W(2-0) 5.1 4 2 2 3 2 0 23 5.11 Totals 9 10 4 4 5 4 0 40 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knapp L(3-1) 3.2 3 5 3 4 6 1 19 4.29 B. Johnson 2.1 4 3 3 3 1 0 14 8.16 Hamilton 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 6.75 Wood 2 5 5 4 1 0 2 14 18.00 Totals 9 13 14 10 10 7 3 53 Hit by Pitch: Wood (1) Wild Pitches: Briles (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser RANGERS 1ST: Alomar struck out; Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to shortstop; Bannister hit into a double play (first to second) [Garr out at second]; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, White Sox 0. RANGERS 2ND: Henderson walked; Hargrove walked [Henderson to second]; Harrah was called out on strikes; Howell popped to third in foul territory; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Zisk singled to right; Spencer struck out; Stillman lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Zisk out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, White Sox 0. RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez was called out on strikes; Alomar was called out on strikes; Campaneris reached on an error by Lemon [Campaneris to first]; Washington homered (unearned) [Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Henderson grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm flied out to right; Lemon singled to shortstop; Downing struck out; Garr singled to center [Lemon to third]; Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove walked; Harrah grounded out (third to first) [Hargrove to second]; Howell flied out to center; Sundberg walked; Beniquez singled to left [Hargrove scored, Sundberg to second]; Alomar singled to center [Sundberg scored, Beniquez scored, Alomar to second (on throw to home)]; B. JOHNSON REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Campaneris walked; Washington singled to third [Alomar to third, Campaneris to second]; Henderson made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta singled to center; Zisk walked [Orta to second]; Spencer flied out to left; Stillman flied out to left; Soderholm walked [Orta to third, Zisk to second]; Lemon singled to center [Orta scored, Zisk scored, Soderholm to second]; BRILES REPLACED BOGGS (PITCHING); Downing walked [Soderholm to third, Lemon to second]; Garr popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 2. RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove flied out to right; Harrah singled to shortstop; Howell popped to third in foul territory; Sundberg grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: On a bunt Bannister singled to third; Orta flied out to center; Zisk was called out on strikes; Spencer lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 2. RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez struck out; Alomar walked; Campaneris singled to left [Alomar to third]; Washington grounded out (second to first) [Alomar scored, Campaneris to second]; Henderson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Stillman popped to third in foul territory; Soderholm singled to center; Lemon flied out to right; Downing flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, White Sox 2. RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove singled to right; Harrah walked [Hargrove to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED B. JOHNSON (PITCHING); HORTON BATTED FOR HOWELL; Horton forced Harrah (second to shortstop) [Hargrove to third]; Sundberg forced Horton (shortstop to second) [Hargrove scored]; Beniquez walked [Sundberg to second]; Alomar singled to center [Sundberg scored, Beniquez scored (error by Lemon) (unearned), Alomar to third]; Campaneris walked; Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: HORTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Garr grounded out (second to first); Bannister lined to third; Orta walked; Briles threw a wild pitch [Orta to second]; Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 2. RANGERS 8TH: WOOD REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Henderson hit an inside the park homer to center; Hargrove singled to pitcher; Harrah walked [Hargrove to second]; Horton homered [Hargrove scored, Harrah scored]; Sundberg singled to right; Beniquez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at second]; Alomar was hit by a pitch; Campaneris grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 13, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Spencer made an out to shortstop; Stillman flied out to center; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 13, White Sox 2. RANGERS 9TH: Washington reached on an error by Garr [Washington to second]; Henderson reached on an error by Orta [Washington to third, Henderson to first]; Jorge Orta hurt on play; BROHAMER REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING 2B); Hargrove singled to center [Washington scored (unearned), Henderson to second]; Harrah flied out to center; Horton flied out to left; Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 14, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon grounded out (second to first); Downing walked; Garr grounded out (first unassisted) [Downing to second]; Bannister singled to center [Downing scored]; Brohamer doubled to right [Bannister scored]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 14, White Sox 4.

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