Texas Rangers vs California Angels
September 21, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 9, California Angels 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 2 2 0
Campaneris ss 6 1 1 0
Washington cf,lf 4 1 0 0
Harrah 3b 2 1 2 2
Horton dh 4 1 2 3
Wills 2b 5 1 2 0
Henderson rf 3 0 1 0
  Beniquez pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 1 1
May lf 3 1 1 1
  Grieve ph,lf,rf 1 0 0 1
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 8
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Bosley lf 4 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 4 0 0 0
May dh 3 0 0 0
Bonds rf 4 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0
Chalk 2b 3 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0
Jackson 3b 3 1 1 1
Humphrey c 2 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Hampton c 0 0 0 0
Caneira p 0 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Texas 200 013 1209121
California 010 000 000142
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (10-12) 9.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
1
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Caneira  L (1-2) 5.1 6 5 3 4 2
  Barlow   0.2 4 2 2 3 0
  Moore   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Miller   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
7
9
4

  E–Campaneris (24), Bonds (4), Jackson (6).  DP–Texas 1, California 2.  2B–Texas Campaneris (18,off Barlow).  HR–Texas Sundberg (6,6th inning off Caneira 0 on, 1 out); May (6,6th inning off Caneira 0 on, 1 out); Harrah (27,8th inning off Moore 0 on, 0 out); Horton (15,8th inning off Moore 0 on, 0 out), California Jackson (8,2nd inning off D Ellis 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Horton (8,off Caneira); Grieve (1,off Moore).  HBP–Henderson (3,by Moore).  IBB–Henderson (4,by Caneira); Washington (9,by Barlow).  WP–Caneira (1).  BK–Caneira (1).  HBP–Moore (2,Henderson).  IBB–Caneira (1,Henderson); Barlow (6,Washington).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:33.  A–8,426.
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