Leading off in the 12th inning, Jim Sundberg smashed a homer to give the Rangers a 6-5 victory over the Tigers. Bump Wills drove in three runs with a double and single and Willie Horton hornered with a man on base to account for a 5-1 lead before the Tigers rallied to tie the score. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Saturday, July      30, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  1    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   5 11  3
Rangers      0  0  2    0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   6 14  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            6   0   3   1     0   1   .299      Hargrove 1b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .306
Fuentes 2b            5   0   0   1     0   2   .295      Campaneris ss         6   2   1   0     0   0   .249
Staub dh              5   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Wills 2b              5   1   2   3     1   2   .297
Kemp lf               4   2   2   1     1   1   .263      Horton dh             3   1   2   2     1   0   .291
Thompson 1b           5   0   2   0     0   1   .277        Alomar pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Oglivie rf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .238        Kirkpatrick ph,dh   1   0   1   0     0   0   .169
Wockenfuss c          5   1   1   0     0   2   .275        J. Ellis ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   2     0   1   .222      Harrah 3b             4   0   1   0     2   1   .274
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Beniquez cf           6   0   2   0     0   1   .287
  Corcoran ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Grieve rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .190
  Stanley ss          2   1   1   0     0   1   .263        May rf              0   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Sykes p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bevacqua ph,rf      2   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Wilcox p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            4   1   3   1     2   1   .265
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Washington lf         5   0   1   0     0   1   .292
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Briles p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44   5  11   5     1  11             Totals               46   6  14   6     6   7

Time of Game: 3:30   Attendance: 22,369
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Rangers 14
DP: Tigers 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Wockenfuss, Stanley, Sykes
Doubles: Wockenfuss (6), Hargrove (16)
Triples: LeFlore (6)
Home Runs: Kemp (12), Horton (11), Sundberg (2)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (22), Campaneris (15), Harrah (13), Beniquez (21), Sundberg (1), Kirkpatrick (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Hargrove (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (1), Fuentes (3)
GIDP: Thompson (6), Beniquez (13)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sykes                   4.1   8   4   4   0   0   0  21   3.96
Wilcox                  3     3   1   1   3   5   1  15   3.43
Foucault                1.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.50
Hiller L(5-11)          2.1   2   1   1   2   1   1  11   3.90
Totals                 11    14   6   6   6   7   2  53

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis                6.2   8   4   4   1   7   1  29   4.28
Knowles                 2     2   1   1   0   2   0   8   3.31
Briles                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.99
Lindblad W(3-3)         3     1   0   0   0   2   0   9   4.20
Totals                 12    11   5   5   1  11   1  47

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes struck out; Staub struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: On a bunt Hargrove made an out to first; Campaneris
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp walked; Thompson singled [Kemp to second];
Oglivie singled to right [Kemp to third, Thompson to second];
Wockenfuss struck out; Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Kemp scored]; Veryzer flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Horton made an out to second; Harrah flied out to
center; Beniquez singled to left; Grieve forced Beniquez (second
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore singled to right; Fuentes struck out;
LeFlore stole second; Staub grounded out (second to first)
[LeFlore to third]; Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to center; Washington forced
Sundberg (second to shortstop); Hargrove doubled to right
[Washington to third]; Campaneris reached on a fielder's choice
[Washington out at home (pitcher to catcher to third to
catcher), Hargrove to third, Campaneris to second]; Wills
singled to right [Hargrove scored, Campaneris scored]; Horton
singled to left [Wills to second]; Harrah lined to left; 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to center; Oglivie grounded out
(second to first) [Thompson to second]; Wockenfuss flied out to
right; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve
flied out to center; Sundberg singled to left; Washington
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
1, Rangers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Veryzer flied out to right; LeFlore grounded out
(third to first); Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove made an out to second; Campaneris singled
to right; Campaneris stole second; Campaneris was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Sykes [Campaneris to third];
Wills singled to right [Campaneris scored]; WILCOX REPLACED
SYKES (PITCHING); Horton homered [Wills scored]; Harrah singled
to left; Harrah stole second [Harrah to third (error by
Wockenfuss)]; Beniquez struck out; Grieve struck out; 3 R, 4 H,
2 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Staub flied out to left; Kemp homered; Thompson
grounded out (first unassisted); Oglivie flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg walked; Washington grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Sundberg to second]; Hargrove grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Sundberg to third]; Campaneris flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Wockenfuss doubled to right; Rodriguez singled to
right [Wockenfuss scored]; CORCORAN BATTED FOR VERYZER; Corcoran
struck out; LeFlore singled to right [Rodriguez to third];
Fuentes out on a sacrifice fly to right in foul territory
[Rodriguez scored, LeFlore to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED D. ELLIS
(PITCHING); Staub grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); Wills was
called out on strikes; Horton walked; ALOMAR RAN FOR HORTON;
Harrah struck out; Beniquez singled to center [Alomar to third];
Beniquez stole second; Grieve flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MAY REPLACED
GRIEVE (PLAYING RF); Kemp was called out on strikes; Thompson
was called out on strikes; Oglivie flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg walked; Washington struck out; FOUCAULT
REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Hargrove flied out to right;
Sundberg stole second; Campaneris grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Stanley singled to
shortstop; LeFlore tripled to center [Stanley scored]; BRILES
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Fuentes popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Wills was called out on strikes; KIRKPATRICK BATTED
FOR ALOMAR; Kirkpatrick singled to second; Kirkpatrick stole
second; Harrah was walked intentionally; Beniquez flied out to
right; HILLER REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); BEVACQUA BATTED FOR
MAY; Bevacqua reached on an error by Stanley [Kirkpatrick to
third, Harrah to second]; Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 5, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 10TH: KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BEVACQUA
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LINDBLAD REPLACED BRILES
(PITCHING); Staub grounded out (first unassisted); Kemp singled
to right; Thompson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 10TH: Washington singled; Hargrove out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Washington to second]; Campaneris flied
out to right; Wills was walked intentionally; J. ELLIS BATTED
FOR KIRKPATRICK; J. Ellis forced Wills (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 11TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Oglivie flied
out to center; Wockenfuss struck out; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 11TH: Harrah walked; Beniquez grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Harrah out at second]; Bevacqua grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Rangers 5.

TIGERS 12TH: Stanley struck out; LeFlore grounded out (shortstop
to first); Fuentes flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 12TH: Sundberg homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Rangers 6.