Yankees 7, Rangers 5 Box Score, Jul 17, 1976

July 17, 1976 · 8:05 PM EDT

New York YankeesNYY · 97-62NYY97-627

Final

Texas RangersTEX · 76-86TEX76-86

W: Dock EllisL: Steve BarrS: Dick Tidrow

Top performers

GNGraig Nettles3B3-5H-ABHR · 2B · 3 RBI · 2 RTop hitterMHMike Hargrove1B1-4H-ABHR · 3 RBI · 1 R
DEDock EllisP6.2IP1 ER · 4 K · WWinning pitcher
Losing pitcherSBSteve BarrP1.2IP3 ER · 1 K · L
DTDick TidrowP2.1IP3 ER · 1 K · SSave

Game flow

TEX100%50%100%NYY

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Biggest lead NYY by 6

Key plays

T1 +6% NYYThurman Munson singles on a line drive to left fielder Gene Clines. Mickey Rivers scores.NYY 1 · TEX 0
T1 +14% NYYGraig Nettles doubles (14) on a to left fielder Gene Clines. Thurman Munson scores. Chris Chambliss to 3rd.NYY 2 · TEX 0
T1 +6% TEXFran Healy out, pitcher Steve Barr to first baseman Mike Hargrove.NYY 2 · TEX 0
T2 +9% NYYThurman Munson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Dave Moates. Mickey Rivers scores. Roy White to 3rd.NYY 3 · TEX 0
T5 +5% NYYGraig Nettles hits a home run (13). Chris Chambliss scores.NYY 6 · TEX 0

Team stats

NYY

TEX

11Hits9
7Runs5
1Home runs1
5Walks5
4Strikeouts5
0Errors2

1Stolen bases0
.306Batting average.243
.390On-base %.333
.417Slugging.378
4.00ERA7.00
17Left on base19

1976 American League Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1NYYankees	97	62	.610	—
2KCRoyals	90	72	.556	8.5
3BAOrioles	88	74	.543	10.5
4OAAthletics	87	74	.540	11.0
5MITwins	85	77	.525	13.5
6BORed Sox	83	79	.512	15.5
7CLGuardians	81	78	.509	16.0
8LAAngels	76	86	.469	22.5
9TERangers	76	86	.469	22.5
10DETigers	74	87	.460	24.0
11MIBrewers	66	95	.410	32.0
12CWWhite Sox	64	97	.398	34.0

Game info

Venue: Arlington Stadium

Yankees

Batting


GJGrant JacksonP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MRMickey RiversCF	4	2	2	1	0	1	0
RWRoy WhiteLF	3	0	0	0	0	2	1
TMThurman MunsonRF	5	1	2	2	0	0	0
CCChris Chambliss1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0
GNGraig Nettles3B	5	2	3	3	1	0	0
FHFran HealyC	4	0	0	0	0	1	2
JBJuan BernhardtDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
SASandy Alomar Sr.2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
FSFred StanleySS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
CMCarlos MayPH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
JMJim MasonSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	7	11	7	1	5	4

2B: Nettles

HR: Nettles

RBI: Rivers, Munson 2, Nettles 3, Alomar Sr.

SB: Nettles

LOB: 17

Pitching


DTDick TidrowS	2.1	4	3	0	1	1	14
DEDock EllisW	6.2	5	1	5	4	0	53
GJGrant Jackson	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	9	4	5	5	1	67

Rangers

Batting


DMDave MoatesCF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0
GCGene ClinesLF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
MHMike Hargrove1B	4	1	1	3	1	1	0
JBJeff BurroughsRF	4	1	1	0	0	1	1
RHRoy Howell3B	5	0	1	1	0	0	2
THToby HarrahSS	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
TGTom GrieveDH	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
LRLenny Randle2B	3	1	2	0	0	1	0
JSJim SundbergC	4	0	2	1	0	0	0
Totals	37	5	9	5	1	5	5

3B: Howell

HR: Hargrove

RBI: Hargrove 3, Howell, Sundberg

LOB: 19

Pitching


JTJeff Terpko	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	5
MBMike Bacsik	5.2	7	4	2	3	1	37
SBSteve BarrL	1.2	4	3	3	1	0	23
Totals	9.0	11	7	5	4	1	65

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 American League Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Rangers

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 2–0 TEX · NYY leads 2–0

Yankees beat Rangers 7-5 as Nettles goes 3-for-5

Players mentioned

New York Yankees at Texas Rangers

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 American League Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Rangers

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 2–0 TEX · NYY leads 2–0

Yankees beat Rangers 7-5 as Nettles goes 3-for-5

Players mentioned