After falling behind, 4-0, the Rangers rallied to defeat the Indians, 5-4. Frank Duffy singled for two of the Indians' three runs in the second inning and Andre Thornton homered in the fourth. The Rangers came back with three runs in the sixth, two scoring on a double by Claudell Washington, before counting their tying and winning tallies in the eighth.

Toby Harrah walked to start the stanza, stole second, advanced to third after Juan Beniquez flied out and scored when Bump Wills beat out an infield hit. Wills then crossed the plate with the deciding run on singles by Jim Sundberg and Mike Hargrove. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      16, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      0  3  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  6  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  2  x  -   5 11  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             4   0   2   1     0   1   .277      Hargrove 1b           4   1   2   1     1   0   .301
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .291      Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     0   2   .259
Dade lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .328        Mason pr,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Washington lf         4   1   3   2     0   1   .290
Spikes rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .298      Horton dh             3   0   1   1     0   1   .285
Thornton 1b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .209        Alomar pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Norris cf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .269        Henderson ph,dh     1   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Kendall c             2   1   0   0     1   0   .255      May rf                4   0   0   0     0   1   .259
  Bochte ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Harrah 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .273
  Blanks ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Beniquez cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Duffy ss              3   1   1   2     0   1   .196      Wills 2b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .288
  Melton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Sundberg c            3   1   2   0     0   1   .253
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   6   4     3   4             Totals               34   5  11   5     2   8

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 19,884
Left on Base: Indians 5, Rangers 9
DP: Indians 0, Rangers 1
Errors: Hargrove
Doubles: Duffy (6), Washington 2 (16)
Triples: Kuiper (5)
Home Runs: Thornton (13)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (12)
Hit by Pitch: Campaneris (2,by Kern)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley               5.1   5   3   3   0   6   0  21   3.30
Kern L(3-6)             2.2   6   2   2   2   2   0  17   2.97
Totals                  8    11   5   5   2   8   0  38

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(10-5)       8.1   6   4   4   3   4   1  34   3.92
Knowles                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.83
Devine SV(7)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.36
Totals                  9     6   4   4   3   4   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Kern (5)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Durwood Merrill


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper singled to left; Bell singled to right
[Kuiper to third]; Dade hit into a double play to right [Kuiper
out at home (right to first to shortstop to catcher), Bell to
second]; Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
struck out; Washington singled to center; Horton popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes flied out to left; Thornton grounded out
(third to first); Norris walked; Kendall walked [Norris to
second]; Duffy doubled to left [Norris scored, Kendall scored];
Kuiper tripled to center [Duffy scored]; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Harrah grounded
out (third to first); Beniquez lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade flied out to center; Carty flied out to
center; Spikes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
struck out; Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton homered; Norris flied out to center;
Kendall grounded out (second to first); Duffy flied out to left;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Campaneris struck out; Washington doubled to left;
Horton struck out; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Bell flied
out to left; Dade grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Beniquez
popped to first in foul territory; Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Carty grounded out (second to first); Spikes
reached on an error by Hargrove; Thornton struck out; Norris
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg singled to center; Hargrove singled to
center [Sundberg to second]; Campaneris flied out to right;
Washington doubled to left [Sundberg scored, Hargrove scored];
KERN REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Horton singled to right
[Washington scored]; ALOMAR RAN FOR HORTON; May forced Alomar
(pitcher to shortstop); Harrah singled to pitcher [May to
second]; Beniquez forced Harrah (second to shortstop); 3 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 3.

INDIANS 7TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kendall flied
out to right; Duffy struck out; Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills singled to pitcher; Sundberg out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to second]; Hargrove
walked; Campaneris was hit by a pitch [Wills to third, Hargrove
to second]; MASON RAN FOR CAMPANERIS; Washington struck out;
HENDERSON BATTED FOR ALOMAR; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 3.

INDIANS 8TH: HENDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MASON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Bell struck out; Dade flied out to right;
Carty popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 4, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
walked; Harrah stole second; Beniquez flied out to center
[Harrah to third]; Wills singled to second [Harrah scored];
Sundberg singled to right [Wills to third]; Hargrove singled to
center [Wills scored, Sundberg to third, Hargrove to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Mason made an out to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Indians 4, Rangers 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Spikes singled to center; Thornton forced Spikes
(third to second); Norris walked [Thornton to second]; BOCHTE
BATTED FOR KENDALL; KNOWLES REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING);
BLANKS BATTED FOR BOCHTE; Blanks flied out to center; MELTON
BATTED FOR DUFFY; DEVINE REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Melton
forced Norris (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 4, Rangers 5.