New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers
August 20, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1977 at Arlington Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 6, Texas Rangers 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 0 0
White lf 3 1 1 0
Munson c 5 0 1 0
Jackson rf 3 1 2 1
  Blair rf 1 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 1
May dh 1 0 0 0
  Piniella ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 4 1 2 1
Dent ss 4 1 2 3
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 1
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
  Mason ss 0 0 0 0
Washington lf 3 0 0 0
  Grieve lf 0 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
May rf 3 0 0 0
  Ellis ph 1 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 1 2 0
Beniquez cf 3 0 1 1
Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
New York 040 110 0006121
Texas 100 000 010251
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  W (8-4) 7.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Lyle  SV (19) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (10-10) 4.0 7 6 2 2 3
  Knowles   5.0 5 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
2
4
3

  E–Dent (16), Wills (9).  DP–New York 3, Texas 2.  2B–New York Dent (15,off Perry); Randolph (22,off Knowles), Texas Wills (21,off Tidrow).  HR–New York Dent (7,2nd inning off Perry 2 on, 2 out); Nettles (28,4th inning off Perry 0 on, 1 out), Texas Hargrove (10,1st inning off Tidrow 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Jackson (3,2nd base by Knowles/Sundberg).  WP–Perry (2), Knowles (4).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:35.  A–34,004.
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