Two home runs by Doug DeCinces powered the Orioles past the Rangers, 7-6. The Bird third baseman hit a solo swat in the fourth inning and a bases-loaded clout in the fifth frame to give the Orioles a 7-4 lead. Ken Singleton drove in the other Oriole tallies with a two-run homer in the first inning. Tippy Martinez pitched 3 2/3 innings of hitless relief to preserve the win. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 7, Texas Rangers 6

Game Played on Tuesday, July 25, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Orioles 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 - 7 10 0 Rangers 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 6 10 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harlow cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .257 Dauer 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .281 Beniquez cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .285 Murray 1b 5 1 0 0 0 3 .269 Sundberg c 3 1 1 1 2 1 .308 Singleton rf 4 2 1 2 1 1 .293 Oliver lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .304 Lopez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Bonds rf 2 1 1 0 3 0 .268 DeCinces 3b 5 2 2 5 0 0 .263 Gray dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Kelly lf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .288 Bevacqua 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .201 Anderson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wills 2b 3 1 1 1 0 2 .222 May dh 4 0 4 0 0 0 .246 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .211 Dempsey c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .261 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garcia ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 7 10 7 6 9 Totals 35 6 10 5 6 8 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 12,686 Left on Base: Orioles 8, Rangers 9 DP: Orioles 1, Rangers 0 Doubles: Dauer (14), May (13) Home Runs: Singleton (11), DeCinces 2 (15), Beniquez (6) Caught Stealing: Kelly (6), Bonds (12) GIDP: Oliver (4) Hit by Pitch: Wills (3,by Kerrigan) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kerrigan W(2-0) 5.1 10 6 6 4 5 1 30 5.46 T. Martinez SV(4) 3.2 0 0 0 2 3 0 12 5.13 Totals 9 10 6 6 6 8 1 42 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander L(6-7) 4.1 7 7 7 3 3 3 23 4.64 Barker 2.2 2 0 0 3 5 0 12 3.86 Cleveland 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.11 Totals 9 10 7 7 6 9 3 42 Hit by Pitch: Kerrigan (2) Balks: T. Martinez (1) Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Lou DiMuro ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow struck out; Dauer doubled; Murray struck out; Singleton homered [Dauer scored]; DeCinces grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to center; Beniquez popped to shortstop; Sundberg walked [Hargrove to second]; Oliver grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Kelly grounded out (second to first); May doubled to right; Dempsey walked; Garcia flied to right in foul territory; Harlow grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bonds walked; Gray grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bonds to second]; Bevacqua popped to second; Wills singled to center [Bonds scored]; Campaneris singled to left [Wills to third]; Hargrove singled to right [Wills scored, Campaneris to third]; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 2. ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer lined to shortstop; Murray struck out; Singleton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg walked; Oliver popped to first in foul territory; Bonds singled to shortstop [Sundberg to second]; Gray struck out; Bevacqua singled to left [Sundberg scored, Bonds to second]; Wills was hit by a pitch [Bonds to third, Bevacqua to second]; Campaneris flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 2, Rangers 3. ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces homered; Kelly popped to pitcher; May singled to center; Dempsey flied out to center; Garcia flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 3. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Beniquez homered; Sundberg flied out to right; Oliver singled to pitcher; Bonds popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Rangers 4. ORIOLES 5TH: Harlow walked; Dauer singled to right [Harlow to third]; Murray reached on a fielder's choice [Harlow out at home (first to catcher to third), Dauer to second]; Singleton walked [Dauer to third, Murray to second]; DeCinces homered [Dauer scored, Murray scored, Singleton scored]; BARKER REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Kelly walked; May singled to right [Kelly to second]; Dempsey struck out; Garcia was called out on strikes; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 4. RANGERS 5TH: Gray struck out; Bevacqua struck out; Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 4. ORIOLES 6TH: Harlow grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer walked; Murray struck out; Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 4. RANGERS 6TH: Campaneris struck out; Hargrove walked; Beniquez singled to left [Hargrove to second]; Sundberg singled to right [Hargrove scored, Beniquez to third]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED KERRIGAN (PITCHING); Oliver struck out; Bonds walked [Sundberg to second]; T. Martinez balked [Beniquez scored, Sundberg to third, Bonds to second]; Gray flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 6. ORIOLES 7TH: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly walked; Kelly was caught stealing second (catcher to second); May singled to center; Dempsey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 6. RANGERS 7TH: Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills struck out; Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 6. ORIOLES 8TH: CLEVELAND REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Garcia singled to right; Harlow popped to first in foul territory; Dauer flied out to right; Murray lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 6. RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 6. ORIOLES 9TH: Singleton lined to shortstop; DeCinces flied out to left; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 6. RANGERS 9TH: LOPEZ REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); ANDERSON REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING LF); Oliver flied out to right; Bonds walked; Bonds was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Gray grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 7, Rangers 6.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".