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Rangers
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 5, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers, played on August 5, 1977 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 5, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 5, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Nelson Briles |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Sykes |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 27,094 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Greg Kosc 1B: Russ Goetz 2B: George Maloney 3B: Ken Kaiser |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Hargrove | First Baseman |
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Willie Horton | DH |
| Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
| Keith Smith | Left Fielder |
| Tom Grieve | Right Fielder |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Claudell Washington | Center Fielder |
| Billy Hunter | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron LeFlore | Center Fielder |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Rusty Staub | DH |
| Steve Kemp | Left Fielder |
| Jason Thompson | First Baseman |
| Ben Oglivie | Right Fielder |
| John Wockenfuss | Catcher |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Chuck Scrivener | Shortstop |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 5, 1977
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Sykes
Hargrove strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Sykes
Campaneris hits a line drive towards short. Scrivener reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Sykes
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sykes, and towards Scrivener, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Briles
LeFlore hits a fly ball into center field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Briles
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Briles
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Sykes
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Sykes covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Sykes
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Sykes
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scrivener scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Briles
Kemp hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Briles
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Briles
Oglivie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wockenfuss vs. Briles
Wockenfuss hits a fly ball into center field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Sykes
Grieve is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Sykes
Sundberg strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Sykes
Washington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hargrove vs. Sykes
The ball gets by Wockenfuss for a passed ball. Sundberg moves to third. Washington moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hargrove vs. Sykes
Hargrove strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Campaneris vs. Sykes
Campaneris hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Briles
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scrivener vs. Briles
Scrivener hits a line drive towards third. Harrah reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Briles
LeFlore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Briles
There goes LeFlore. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Wills applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Sykes
Wills bunts towards the mound. Sykes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Sykes
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scrivener scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Sykes
Harrah takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Sykes
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes misplays the ball. That's an error on Fuentes. Harrah moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grieve vs. Sykes
Grieve hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harrah scores. Smith moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sundberg vs. Sykes
Sundberg is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Briles
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Briles
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. Briles
Kemp hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Staub moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Briles
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Sykes
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scrivener scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Sykes
Hargrove takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campaneris vs. Sykes
Campaneris hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Sykes
There goes Hargrove. The throw from Wockenfuss and he is out, Fuentes applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Briles
Oglivie strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wockenfuss vs. Briles
Wockenfuss hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hargrove settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Briles
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Sykes
Wills takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Sykes
Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harrah vs. Sykes
Harrah hits a line drive to left field. Kemp throws towards the plate. Wockenfuss fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wockenfuss. Wills scores. Horton goes all the way around to score. Harrah moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Sykes
Smith bunts towards the mound. Sykes fields it and throws to first for the out. Harrah moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grieve vs. Sykes
Grieve hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harrah scores. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Sykes
Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Grieve trying to get to second. Kemp throws the ball in to Scrivener who relays the ball to Fuentes who tags Grieve for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Sykes
Washington hits a line drive towards short. Scrivener reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scrivener vs. Briles
Scrivener hits a fly ball into center field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Briles
LeFlore hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. LeFlore reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Briles
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. LeFlore moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Staub vs. Briles
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Grilli
Steve Grilli now pitching.
Hargrove takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campaneris vs. Grilli
Campaneris strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Grilli
Wills hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Grilli
There goes Hargrove. The throw from Wockenfuss and he is out, Fuentes applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Briles
Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Briles covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Briles
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Briles
Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Grilli
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Grilli
Sandy Alomar pinch runs for Willie Horton.
There goes Alomar. The throw from Wockenfuss and he is safe. Alomar steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harrah vs. Grilli
Harrah takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Grilli
There goes Alomar. The throw from Wockenfuss and he is safe. Alomar steals third. Harrah moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Grilli
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grieve vs. Grilli
Grieve is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sundberg vs. Grilli
Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alomar scores. Harrah scores. There goes Grieve trying to get to second. Kemp throws the ball in to Rodriguez who relays the ball to Fuentes who tags Grieve for the out. Sundberg moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Washington vs. Taylor
Bruce Taylor now pitching.
Washington hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wockenfuss vs. Briles
Wockenfuss hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Briles
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corcoran vs. Briles
Tim Corcoran pinch hits for Chuck Scrivener.
Corcoran hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LeFlore vs. Briles
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Taylor
Tom Veryzer now playing shortstop.
Hargrove hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Taylor
Jim Mason pinch hits for Bert Campaneris.
Mason hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Taylor
Wills hits a line drive towards first. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Briles
Jim Mason now playing shortstop.
Fuentes hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Briles
Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. Briles
Kemp hits a popup towards first. Hargrove settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Briles
Thompson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/5/1977, game 2 -- Texas at Detroit (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Hargrove M, 1b 3 0 0 0 LeFlore R, cf 4 0 2 0
Campaneris B, ss 4 0 0 0 Fuentes T, 2b 4 0 0 0
Mason J, ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Staub R, dh 4 0 2 0
Wills B, 2b 4 1 0 0 Kemp S, lf 4 0 0 0
Horton W, dh 3 1 1 0 Thompson J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Alomar S, pr 0 1 0 0 Oglivie B, rf 3 0 1 0
Harrah T, 3b 2 3 1 0 Wockenfuss J, c 3 0 0 0
Smith K, lf 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 3 0 0 0
Grieve T, rf 3 0 2 2 Scrivener C, ss 2 0 0 0
Sundberg J, c 4 0 2 2 Corcoran T, ph 1 0 1 0
Washington C, cf 4 0 1 0 Veryzer T, ss 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 6 7 4 32 0 6 0
Texas 000 103 020 -- 6
Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Briles N (W) 9.0 6 0 0 0 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes B (L) 6.0 6 4 3 3 5
Grilli S 1.2 1 2 2 4 2
Taylor B 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Fuentes T, Wockenfuss J
LOB -- Texas 6, Detroit 5
2B -- LeFlore R
SB -- Alomar S 2
CS -- LeFlore R, Hargrove M 2
SH -- Smith K
PB -- Wockenfuss J 2
T -- 2:32
A -- 27094
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