A great slugging performance by Reggie Jackson, who drove in seven runs with two homers and a single, enabled the Athletics to defeat the Rangers, 8-4. Jackson accounted for the game's first run with a single in the first inning and then hit for the circuit with two men on base in both the fifth and ninth innings. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Sunday, April     7, 1974 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          1  0  1    0  3  0    0  0  3  -   8  9  0
Rangers      1  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   4 14  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Nelson 2b             5   0   1   0     0   2   .250
Campaneris ss         4   3   3   0     1   0   .333      Harrah ss             4   1   2   2     1   1   .500
Bando 3b              1   3   1   1     2   0   .250      Johnson lf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .182
Jackson rf            5   2   3   7     0   1   .538      Burroughs rf          4   1   2   1     0   0   .167
Tenace 1b             4   0   1   0     1   2   .100      Grieve dh             4   0   3   0     0   0   .714
Rudi lf               3   0   1   0     2   1   .444      Fregosi 1b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     1   1   .000        Hargrove ph,1b      2   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  H. Washington pr,dh 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lovitto cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .182
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .200      L. Brown 3b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .167
Green 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .167        Cubbage ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bourque ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            3   0   2   0     0   0   .600
  Trillo 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Randle ph           1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Merritt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   8   9   8     8   8             Totals               36   4  14   3     2   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 12,901
Left on Base: A's 8, Rangers 7
DP: A's 4, Rangers 1
Doubles: Bando (2), Rudi (2), Tenace (1), Campaneris (1), Nelson (2), Grieve (1)
Triples: Campaneris (1), Grieve (1)
Home Runs: Jackson 2 (3), Harrah (1), Burroughs (1)
Caught Stealing: H. Washington (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bando (1)
GIDP: Johnson (1), Lovitto 2 (2), Nelson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (1,by Hargan)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    4     6   3   3   2   2   1  17   6.75
Fingers W(1-0)          5     8   1   1   0   2   1  21   1.29
Totals                  9    14   4   4   2   4   2  38

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg L(0-1)          4     7   5   5   3   3   1  22  11.25
Hargan                  4     1   2   2   4   4   0  17   4.50
Merritt                 1     1   1   1   1   1   1   4   9.00
Totals                  9     9   8   8   8   8   2  43

Passed Balls: Sundberg (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hargan (1)
Wild Pitches: Broberg (1)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Armando Rodriguez, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
flied out to right; Bando doubled to left; Jackson singled to
center [Bando scored]; Tenace struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson was called out on strikes; Harrah homered;
Johnson walked; Burroughs lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Johnson out at first]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi doubled to center; Johnson struck out; Fosse
grounded out (shortstop to first); Green walked; Broberg threw a
wild pitch [Rudi to third, Green to second]; North grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Grieve singled to right; Fregosi forced Grieve
(shortstop to second); Lovitto grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Fregosi out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris tripled to right; Bando hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Campaneris scored]; Jackson flied out
to left; Tenace doubled to center; Rudi walked; Johnson popped
to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: L. Brown flied out to center; Sundberg flied out to
right; Nelson doubled; Harrah walked; Johnson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Fosse flied out to right; Green flied out to
left; North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs lined to right; Grieve tripled to center;
Grieve was out trying to advance to home (catcher unassisted);
Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers
1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris doubled to center; Bando walked;
Jackson homered [Campaneris scored, Bando scored]; HARGAN
REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Tenace grounded out (third to
first); Rudi walked; Sundberg allowed a passed ball [Rudi to
second]; Johnson grounded out (third to first); Fosse struck
out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Lovitto singled to right; L. Brown singled to
center [Lovitto to second]; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING);
Sundberg singled to pitcher [Lovitto to third, L. Brown to
second]; Nelson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Lovitto scored, L. Brown to third, Sundberg out at
second]; Harrah singled to center [L. Brown scored]; Johnson
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
5, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Green flied out to center; North grounded out
(first to pitcher); On a bunt Campaneris singled to third; Bando
walked [Campaneris to second]; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs singled to center; Grieve doubled to
right [Burroughs to third]; HARGROVE BATTED FOR FREGOSI;
Hargrove reached on a fielder's choice [Burroughs out at home
(second to catcher)]; Debut game for Mike Hargrove;
Lovitto flied out to center; L. Brown grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HARGROVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Tenace
walked; Rudi struck out; Johnson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg singled to center; Nelson struck out;
Harrah was called out on strikes; Johnson lined to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Fosse was called out on strikes; BOURQUE BATTED
FOR GREEN; Bourque grounded out (second to first); North
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: TRILLO REPLACED BOURQUE (PLAYING 2B); Burroughs
homered; Grieve flied out to center; Hargrove singled to right;
Lovitto grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Hargrove out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Campaneris walked; Bando was hit by a pitch
[Campaneris to second]; MERRITT REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING);
Jackson homered [Campaneris scored, Bando scored]; Tenace was
called out on strikes; Rudi popped to first; Johnson walked; H.
WASHINGTON RAN FOR JOHNSON; H. Washington was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 3 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: H. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CUBBAGE
BATTED FOR L. BROWN; Cubbage grounded out (pitcher to first);
Debut game for Mike Cubbage; RANDLE BATTED FOR SUNDBERG;
Randle singled to right; Nelson forced Randle (third to second);
Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 8, Rangers 4.