Although allowing only three hits, Gaylord Perry was the victim of poor support and had to struggle to pitch the Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Athletics. Four of the A's runs were unearned. Mike Hargrove homered with two men on base for the Rangers in the second inning, but in the A's half Tony Armas hit the first grand slam of his major league career.

Bump Wills tied the score with a single in the third. After the A's regained the lead with a run-scoring single by Mike Jorgensen in the fifth, the Rangers rallied in the eighth for two runs on a pass to Ken Henderson, an infield out and singles by Dave May and Claudell Washington. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Friday, September 23, 1977 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      0  3  1    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   6  7  3
A's          0  4  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  3  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           5   1   2   3     0   1   .308      Scott 2b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .261
Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   2   .250      Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .193
  May ph              1   0   1   1     0   0   .241      Page lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .310
  Beasley pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .207        Murray lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .168
  Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .187      Jorgensen 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .231
Washington lf         3   0   1   1     2   1   .286      E. Williams dh        4   1   0   0     0   1   .242
Harrah 3b             3   1   0   0     2   1   .271      Sanguillen c          3   0   0   0     1   1   .269
Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   2   .291        Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .223
  Miller pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gross 3b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .236
  Bevacqua ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .329      Tyrone rf             3   1   0   0     0   0   .249
Wills 2b              3   1   2   1     2   0   .288        Mallory ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .225
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     1   1   .293      Armas cf              4   1   1   4     0   1   .243
Henderson rf          3   1   0   0     1   0   .258      Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Beniquez cf           2   1   0   0     2   1   .270        Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   7   6    10   9             Totals               30   5   3   5     5   6

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  1,798
Left on Base: Rangers 10, A's 4
DP: Rangers 2, A's 0
Errors: Harrah, Wills 2, Sanguillen
Doubles: Hargrove (27)
Home Runs: Hargrove (18), Armas (13)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (26), Wills (26), Beniquez (25), Beasley (1), Picciolo (1)
Caught Stealing: Washington (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Picciolo (13)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(14-12)          9     3   5   1   5   6   1  36   3.46
Totals                  9     3   5   1   5   6   1  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough                  6.2   5   4   4   9   6   1  33   4.71
Bair L(4-5)             1.1   2   2   2   1   3   0   7   3.79
Lacey                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.19
Totals                  9     7   6   6  10   9   1  43

Balks: Keough (1)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Fred Spenn


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove doubled to center; Campaneris struck out;
Washington walked; Harrah flied out to left; Horton lined to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott struck out; Picciolo flied out to center;
Page flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Wills walked; Keough balked [Wills to second];
Sundberg made an out to first; Henderson flied out to center
[Wills to third]; Beniquez walked; Hargrove homered [Wills
scored, Beniquez scored]; Campaneris struck out; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jorgensen reached on an error by Wills; E.
Williams forced Jorgensen (third to second); Sanguillen flied
out to right; Gross walked [E. Williams to second]; Tyrone
reached on an error by Harrah [E. Williams to third, Gross to
second]; Armas homered (unearned) [E. Williams scored
(unearned), Gross scored (unearned), Tyrone scored (unearned)];
Scott grounded out (second to first); 4 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 4.

RANGERS 3RD: Washington walked; Washington was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Harrah walked; Harrah stole second;
Horton struck out; Wills singled to right [Harrah scored, Wills
to second (on throw to home)]; Sundberg walked; Henderson
grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo reached on an error by Wills; Picciolo
stole second; Page struck out; Jorgensen lined into a double
play (third to second) [Picciolo out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez made an out to first; Hargrove struck out;
Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: E. Williams struck out; Sanguillen walked; Gross
made an out to shortstop; Tyrone grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Washington struck out; Harrah flied out to center;
Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas struck out; Scott walked; Picciolo grounded
out (catcher to first) [Scott to second]; Page walked; Jorgensen
singled to center [Scott scored, Page to second]; E. Williams
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
4, Athletics 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills singled to left; Wills stole second [Wills to
third (error by Sanguillen)]; Sundberg lined to left; Henderson
flied out to left; Beniquez walked; Beniquez stole second;
Hargrove grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 4, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Sanguillen flied out to right; Gross walked;
Tyrone forced Gross (third to second); Armas forced Tyrone
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Athletics 5.

RANGERS 7TH: Campaneris flied out to center; Washington flied
out to center; Harrah walked; Horton singled [Harrah to third];
MILLER RAN FOR HORTON; Wills walked [Miller to second]; BAIR
REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Sundberg was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Scott singled
to right; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Scott to second]; Page lined into a double play (shortstop
unassisted) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 4, Athletics 5.

RANGERS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Henderson
walked; Beniquez struck out; Hargrove grounded out (first
unassisted) [Henderson to second]; MAY BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS;
May singled to center [Henderson scored]; BEASLEY RAN FOR MAY;
Beasley stole second; Washington singled to left [Beasley
scored]; Harrah was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 6, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MASON REPLACED BEASLEY (PLAYING SS); Jorgensen
grounded out (second to first); E. Williams flied out to left;
Sanguillen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Athletics 5.

RANGERS 9TH: NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); LACEY
REPLACED BAIR (PITCHING); BEVACQUA BATTED FOR MILLER; Bevacqua
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills grounded out (third to
first); Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross flied out to center; MALLORY BATTED FOR
TYRONE; Mallory struck out; Armas grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 5.