Juan Beniquez stole home in the sixth inning and followed with a homer in the seventh to enable the Rangers to beat the Athletics, 4-3. The speedy outfielder's theft gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead, but Tony Armas homered for the A's to tie the score in the top half of the seventh before Beniquez returned to the plate and won the game with his round-tripper. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Wednesday, July      6, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          1  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  7  1
Rangers      1  0  0    0  1  1    1  0  x  -   4  6  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alexander ss          0   0   0   0     1   0   .308      Campaneris ss         3   0   0   1     0   0   .265
  Picciolo ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .171      Washington lf         4   1   1   0     0   2   .300
  Hosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Beniquez cf           4   2   2   1     0   0   .289
Perez 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .266      May rf                2   0   0   0     1   1   .257
  Scott pr,2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Harrah 3b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .268
Page lf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .288      Kirkpatrick dh        2   0   0   0     1   1   .136
Gross 3b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .246        Horton ph,dh        1   0   1   0     0   0   .290
Sanguillen c          3   0   0   0     1   0   .274        Alomar pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
E. Williams 1b        4   1   1   0     0   1   .240      Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .289
Crawford dh           3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Wills 2b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .281
Murray rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .176      Fahey c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .163
  McKinney ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .182        J. Ellis ph,c       1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
  Tyrone pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Armas cf              3   1   1   2     0   1   .244        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   3   7   3     5   3             Totals               27   4   6   2     4   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  7,729
Left on Base: A's 7, Rangers 7
DP: A's 0, Rangers 1
Errors: Sanguillen, Campaneris
Doubles: Gross (13), Page (14), Washington (14), Harrah (18)
Home Runs: Armas (9), Beniquez (7)
Stolen Bases: Page (18), May (1), Wills (13), Beniquez 2 (16)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Crawford (2), Harrah (4), Hargrove (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Armas (3), Campaneris (5)
GIDP: E. Williams (16)
Hit by Pitch: May (1,by Medich)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich                  5.2   4   3   2   4   4   0  26   4.47
Lacey L(3-4)            2.1   2   1   1   0   2   1   9   2.23
Totals                  8     6   4   3   4   6   1  35

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(8-5)        7     7   3   3   3   2   1  30   3.99
Knowles                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.89
Devine SV(5)            1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.48
Totals                  9     7   3   3   5   3   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Medich (2)
Wild Pitches: Medich (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alexander walked; Alexander was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Perez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Page walked; Page stole second; Gross doubled to right
[Page scored]; Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS);
Campaneris grounded out (first unassisted); Washington doubled
to center; Beniquez made an out to first; Medich threw a wild
pitch [Washington to third]; May walked; May stole second
[Washington scored (error by Sanguillen) (unearned), May to
third]; Harrah struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: E. Williams singled to left; Crawford out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [E. Williams to second];
Murray singled to first [E. Williams to third]; Armas hit a
sacrifice fly to left [E. Williams scored]; Picciolo made an out
to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first);
Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Perez grounded out (third to first); Page
grounded out (second to first); Gross walked; Sanguillen
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Fahey grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris
flied out to right; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 2, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: E. Williams was called out on strikes; Crawford
flied out to left; Murray reached on an error by Campaneris;
Murray was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez flied out to center; May grounded out
(first unassisted); Harrah doubled to left; Kirkpatrick walked;
Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
2, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas flied out to center; Picciolo grounded out
(shortstop to first); Perez singled to center; Page flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills singled to left; Wills stole second; Fahey
flied out to center [Wills to third]; Campaneris hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Wills scored]; Washington flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross flied out to left; Sanguillen popped to
first in foul territory; E. Williams grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez singled to left; Beniquez stole second;
May was hit by a pitch; Harrah out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Beniquez to third, May to second]; Kirkpatrick
struck out; Hargrove was walked intentionally; Beniquez stole
home; Wills walked [May to third, Hargrove to second]; LACEY
REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); J. ELLIS BATTED FOR FAHEY; J. Ellis
forced Hargrove (third unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 2, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Crawford
grounded out (first to second to pitcher); Murray flied out to
center; Armas homered; Picciolo was called out on strikes; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Campaneris grounded out (catcher to first);
Washington struck out; Beniquez homered; May struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Perez singled to left; SCOTT RAN FOR PEREZ; Page
doubled to left [Scott to third]; KNOWLES REPLACED ALEXANDER
(PITCHING); Gross grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen was
walked intentionally; DEVINE REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); E.
Williams grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Sanguillen out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Harrah flied out
to center; HORTON BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; Horton singled to
left; ALOMAR RAN FOR HORTON; Hargrove out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Alomar to second]; Wills flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Crawford
grounded out (shortstop to first); MCKINNEY BATTED FOR MURRAY;
McKinney walked; TYRONE RAN FOR MCKINNEY; Armas struck out;
HOSLEY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Hosley grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 4.