Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
April 7, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1977 at Memorial Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 2, Baltimore Orioles 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0
Wills 2b 4 0 1 1
Washington lf 5 0 2 0
May rf 4 0 2 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0
Grieve dh 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 1
Beniquez cf 2 1 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 5 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
  Harlow pr,cf 0 0 0 0
May 1b 4 1 1 0
Murray dh 4 0 1 0
Kelly lf,rf 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 1
Belanger ss 3 0 2 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
Texas 000 010 000 1291
Baltimore 000 000 100 0160
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (1-0) 10.0 6 1 1 3 8
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
3
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (0-1) 10.0 9 2 2 3 4
Totals
10.0
9
2
2
3
4

  E–Campaneris (1).  2B–Texas Beniquez (1,off Palmer); Washington (1,off Palmer).  SH–Hargrove (1,off Palmer).  SF–Sundberg (1,off Palmer); Dempsey (1,off Blyleven).  CS–Campaneris (1,2nd base by Palmer/Dempsey); Washington (1,2nd base by Palmer/Dempsey); Belanger (1,2nd base by Blyleven/Sundberg); DeCinces (1,2nd base by Blyleven/Sundberg).  WP–Palmer (1).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:34.  A–31,307.
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