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Athletics
@ Rangers
Arlington Stadium
October 2, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics, played on October 2, 1977 at Arlington Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | October 2, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | October 2, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Matt Keough |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Poloni |
| Ballpark | Arlington Stadium |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 5,779 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Ron Luciano 2B: George Maloney 3B: Bill Kunkel |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Marty Perez | Second Baseman |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Jim Tyrone | Right Fielder |
| Mike Jorgensen | Left Fielder |
| Manny Sanguillen | DH |
| Jerry Tabb | First Baseman |
| Rich McKinney | Third Baseman |
| Larry Murray | Center Fielder |
| Jeff Newman | Catcher |
| Bobby Winkles | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Keith Smith | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Miller | Center Fielder |
| Lew Beasley | Right Fielder |
| Kurt Bevacqua | Third Baseman |
| Pat Putnam | First Baseman |
| Bill Fahey | Catcher |
| Ken Henderson | DH |
| Jim Mason | Shortstop |
| Sandy Alomar | Second Baseman |
| Billy Hunter | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Rangers
Arlington Stadium
October 2, 1977
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Poloni
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Poloni
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyrone vs. Poloni
Tyrone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Keough
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Keough
Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Tyrone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beasley vs. Keough
Beasley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bevacqua vs. Keough
Keough fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Keough. Beasley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bevacqua vs. Keough
Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Poloni
Jorgensen hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Poloni
Sanguillen hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabb vs. Poloni
Tabb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKinney vs. Poloni
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Keough
Putnam strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fahey vs. Keough
Fahey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Picciolo. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Keough
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Poloni
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Poloni
Newman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Poloni
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Beasley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Keough
Mason takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Keough
Alomar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mason moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Keough
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mason scores. Alomar moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. Keough
Miller bunts towards the mound. Keough fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alomar scores. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Beasley vs. Keough
Beasley hits a popup towards short. Picciolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bevacqua vs. Keough
Bevacqua hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Jorgensen chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Newman fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Newman. Smith scores. Miller goes all the way around to score. Bevacqua moves all the way to home. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Keough
Putnam hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fahey vs. Keough
Fahey hits a fly ball into left field. Jorgensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Poloni
Picciolo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tyrone vs. Poloni
Tyrone strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jorgensen vs. Poloni
Jorgensen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanguillen vs. Poloni
Sanguillen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Beasley. Sanguillen reaches second base with a double. Picciolo goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tabb vs. Poloni
Tabb strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Keough
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Keough
Mason takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Keough
Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Keough
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKinney vs. Poloni
McKinney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Poloni
Murray hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Smith fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Smith. McKinney goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Poloni
Newman hits a fly ball into right field. Beasley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Poloni
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Picciolo vs. Poloni
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Murray scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tyrone vs. Poloni
Tyrone hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Keough
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beasley vs. Keough
Beasley hits a line drive into right field. Tyrone picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Tyrone. Miller moves to third. Beasley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bevacqua vs. Langford
Rick Langford now pitching.
Bevacqua is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Putnam vs. Langford
Putnam is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fahey vs. Langford
Fahey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller scores. Beasley scores. Putnam moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grieve vs. Langford
Tom Grieve pinch hits for Ken Henderson.
Grieve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Putnam scores. Fahey moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mason vs. Langford
Mason strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Langford
Bump Wills pinch hits for Sandy Alomar.
Wills strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Moret
Bump Wills now playing second base. Roger Moret now pitching.
Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jorgensen for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Moret
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabb vs. Moret
Tabb hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Langford
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Langford
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beasley vs. Langford
Beasley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bevacqua vs. Langford
Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKinney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKinney vs. Moret
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Moret
Murray takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Moret
Newman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miller. Newman reaches second base with a double. Murray moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Perez vs. Moret
Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murray scores. Newman moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Picciolo vs. Moret
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Langford
Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fahey vs. Langford
Fahey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Putnam moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grieve vs. Langford
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKinney juggles the ball. That's an error on McKinney. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mason vs. Langford
Mason hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Perez catches it and throws to second with Picciolo covering, to double up Putnam. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyrone vs. Moret
Tyrone hits a popup, foul, towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Moret
Jorgensen hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Moret
Sanguillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hosley vs. Moret
Tim Hosley pinch hits for Jerry Tabb.
Hosley takes first base on ball four. Sanguillen moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKinney vs. Moret
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Langford
Tim Hosley now playing first base.
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosley scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Langford
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKinney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Langford
Miller strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Moret
Tony Armas pinch hits for Larry Murray.
Armas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Moret
Newman hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Moret
Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Moret
Picciolo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miller. Picciolo reaches second base with a double. Perez goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Rangers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tyrone vs. Moret
Matt Alexander pinch runs for Rob Picciolo.
Tyrone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moret fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 10/2/1977 -- Oakland at Texas (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
Perez M, 2b 5 1 2 1 Smith K, lf 5 1 1 1
Picciolo R, ss 5 1 3 2 Miller E, cf 4 2 2 1
Alexander M, pr 0 0 0 0 Beasley L, rf 3 1 1 0
Tyrone J, rf 5 0 0 0 Bevacqua K, 3b 4 1 1 2
Jorgensen M, lf 4 2 2 2 Putnam P, 1b 3 1 1 0
Sanguillen M, dh 4 0 2 1 Fahey B, c 4 0 1 2
Tabb J, 1b 3 0 1 0 Henderson K, dh 2 0 0 0
Hosley T, ph-1b 0 0 0 0 Grieve T, ph 2 0 1 1
McKinney R, 3b 3 1 0 0 Mason J, ss 2 1 0 0
Murray L, cf 2 2 1 0 Alomar S, 2b 2 1 1 0
Armas T, ph 1 0 0 0 Wills B, ph-2b 2 0 0 0
Newman J, c 4 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 7 12 6 33 8 9 7
Oakland 010 120 111 -- 7
Texas 005 030 00x -- 8
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Keough M (L)* 4.0 6 7 6 3 2
Langford R 4.0 3 1 1 2 4
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Poloni J (W) 5.0 6 4 4 1 3
Moret R (S) 4.0 6 3 3 2 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
E -- Keough M, Picciolo R, Newman J, Smith K, Tyrone J, McKinney R
DP -- Oakland 2, Texas 3
LOB -- Oakland 5, Texas 6
2B -- Bevacqua K, Sanguillen M, Murray L, Newman J, Picciolo R
HR -- Jorgensen M 2
T -- 2:26
A -- 5779
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