The world champion Athletics opened the defense of their A. L. pennant by defeating the Rangers, 7-2, to the disappointment of the Texas opening-game crowd of 21,907. Reggie Jackson had a banner night for the A's, hitting a homer, two doubles and a single. Oakland Athletics 7, Texas Rangers 2Game Played on Thursday, April 4, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumA's 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 7 11 1 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 7 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nelson 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .250 Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Tovar rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bando 3b 4 1 1 0 1 2 .250 Johnson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Jackson rf 5 3 4 1 0 0 .800 Burroughs dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Tenace 1b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .000 Spencer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Rudi lf 3 1 3 2 1 0 1.000 Harrah ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .750 H. Washington pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lovitto cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davalillo lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Fregosi 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Johnson dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Billings c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .667 Fosse c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .400 Randle pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Green 2b 3 0 1 2 1 0 .333 Sundberg c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bibby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hargan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 7 11 6 6 7 Totals 34 2 7 2 0 4 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 21,907 Left on Base: A's 10, Rangers 6 DP: A's 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Tenace, Nelson, Hargan Doubles: Jackson 2 (2), Rudi (1), Bando (1), Nelson (1) Home Runs: Jackson (1) Stolen Bases: Jackson (1), Nelson (1) Sacrifice Hits: Lovitto (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(1-0) 7 6 2 2 0 2 0 28 2.57 Fingers 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 7 2 2 0 4 0 35 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bibby L(0-1) 4.1 8 6 6 4 3 0 24 12.46 Foucault 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.00 Hargan 2 3 1 1 0 3 1 10 4.50 Allen 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 11 7 7 6 7 1 44 Wild Pitches: Hargan (1) Balks: Bibby (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - Armando Rodriguez ATHLETICS 1ST: Debut for umpire Armando Rodriguez; North grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris popped to shortstop; Bando flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (third to first); Tovar flied out to left; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson doubled to right; Tenace walked; Rudi doubled to center [Jackson scored, Tenace to third]; Johnson struck out; Fosse singled to left [Tenace scored, Rudi to third, Fosse to second (on throw to home)]; Green singled to right [Rudi scored, Fosse scored]; North hit into a double play (left to second) [Green out at second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs struck out; Spencer lined to second; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris struck out; Bando walked; Jackson doubled to right [Bando to third]; Tenace struck out; Rudi walked; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto flied out to center; Fregosi reached on an error by Tenace (assist by Bando); Billings singled to left [Fregosi to second]; Nelson popped to second; Tovar lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Fosse flied out to center; Green walked; North forced Green (pitcher to second); Bibby balked [North to second]; Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando doubled to left; Jackson singled to second [Bando scored (error by Nelson), Jackson to second]; Tenace flied out to right; Jackson stole third; Rudi singled to left [Jackson scored]; FOUCAULT REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Johnson was called out on strikes; Fosse flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Harrah singled to left; Lovitto out on a sacrifice bunt (first to pitcher) [Harrah to second]; Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to first); Billings lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Green flied out to center; North flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Nelson flied out to center; Tovar flied out to right; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: HARGAN REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Bando struck out; Jackson homered; Tenace flied out to right; Rudi singled; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR RUDI; Hargan threw a wild pitch [H. Washington to second]; Debut game for Herb Washington; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: DAVALILLO REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PLAYING LF); Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer struck out; Harrah singled to center; Lovitto flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Fosse singled; Green flied out to center; North reached on an error by Hargan [Fosse to second]; Campaneris struck out; Bando struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 0. RANGERS 8TH: Fregosi singled to left; Billings singled to left [Fregosi to second]; RANDLE RAN FOR BILLINGS; Nelson doubled [Fregosi scored, Randle scored]; FINGERS REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Nelson stole third; Tovar popped to shortstop; Johnson was called out on strikes; Burroughs struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: SUNDBERG REPLACED RANDLE (PLAYING C ); ALLEN REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Jackson flied out to left; Debut game for Jim Sundberg; Tenace walked; Davalillo walked [Tenace to second]; Johnson flied out to center; Fosse flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 2. RANGERS 9TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Harrah singled to left; Lovitto grounded out (second to first) [Harrah to second]; Fregosi flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Rangers 2. |
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