After 38-year-old Gaylrod Perry pitched the Rangers to a 4-0 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, the Athletics won the second game, 4-1, behind 25-year-old rookie Rick Langford. Perry doled out six hits in posting the 47th shutout of his career. The Rangers got only five hits off Mike Norris, including a homer by Juan Beniquez. Langford scattered seven hits and might have matched Perry's shutout except that an error by Rob Picciolo led to a Ranger unearned run in the second inning. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Oakland Athletics 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, June      29, 1977 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      1  1  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  5  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrah 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .285      Crawford rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Washington lf         3   0   0   0     1   1   .309      Perez 2b              2   0   2   0     2   0   .267
Henderson rf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .259        Alexander pr,2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Horton dh             3   1   0   0     1   1   .286      Page lf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .290
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .291      E. Williams dh        4   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Beniquez cf           3   2   1   1     1   0   .268      Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
J. Ellis c            4   0   0   0     0   2   .213      Sanguillen c          2   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .267        Newman c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Wills 2b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .281        Tabb ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jorgensen 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .220
                                                          Armas cf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .243
                                                          Picciolo ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .182
                                                          Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   4   5   3     4   6             Totals               32   0   6   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:30
Left on Base: Rangers 3, A's 7
DP: Rangers 1, A's 1
Errors: Newman
Doubles: Harrah (17)
Home Runs: Beniquez (6)
Stolen Bases: Beniquez (12)
GIDP: Beniquez (10)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(7-6)            9     6   0   0   2   4   0  34   3.66
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   4   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(2-4)           6.2   5   4   4   4   4   1  27   3.63
Coleman                 2.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.74
Totals                  9     5   4   4   4   6   1  34

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Bill Deegan


RANGERS 1ST: Harrah doubled to left; Washington walked;
Henderson singled to left [Harrah scored, Washington to second,
Henderson out at second (left to third to first)]; Horton was
called out on strikes; Hargrove lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Crawford grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez
singled to center; Page singled to center [Perez to second]; E.
Williams forced Page (shortstop to second) [Perez to third];
Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Beniquez homered; J. Ellis struck out; Campaneris
grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills flied out to center; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Sanguillen grounded out (second to first);
Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Armas made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington was called out on strikes; Henderson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo flied out to right; Crawford grounded
out (shortstop to first); Perez walked; Page singled to center
[Perez to third]; E. Williams made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Horton walked; Hargrove singled to first [Horton to
third]; Beniquez grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Horton scored, Hargrove out at second]; J.
Ellis grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross made an out to shortstop; Sanguillen flied
out to center; Jorgensen singled to center; Armas was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 5TH: NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Campaneris
grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Wills grounded out
(pitcher to first); Harrah walked; Washington forced Harrah
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo was called out on strikes; Crawford
flied out to center; Perez singled to left; Page flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Horton
lined to second; Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: E. Williams grounded out (first to pitcher);
Gross flied to right in foul territory; Newman made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Beniquez walked; Beniquez stole second; J. Ellis
grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris struck out; Wills
singled to left [Beniquez scored, Wills to second (error by
Newman)]; COLEMAN REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Harrah lined to
third; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Jorgensen made an out to shortstop; Armas struck
out; Picciolo singled to third; Crawford grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Washington flied out to center; Henderson struck
out; Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Perez walked; ALEXANDER RAN FOR PEREZ; Page
struck out; E. Williams lined into a double play (second to
first) [Alexander out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
4, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 9TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Hargrove
grounded out (second to first); Beniquez grounded out (pitcher
to first); J. Ellis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross made an out to shortstop; TABB BATTED FOR
NEWMAN; Tabb flied out to center; Jorgensen popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 0.