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Sunday April 28, 1974
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Texas Rangers 8, New York Yankees 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, April 28, 1974 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Rangers      0  1  2    4  0  0    0  0  1  -   8 14  0
Yankees      1  1  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   5  8  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             2   1   1   0     2   0   .299      White lf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .266
Harrah ss             3   1   0   1     1   0   .240      Piniella dh           4   0   1   0     0   2   .346
Johnson lf            5   2   3   1     0   2   .298      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   1     0   0   .316
Burroughs 1b          5   1   2   1     0   1   .280      Murcer cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .297
  Spencer 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .371      Nettles 3b            4   1   1   2     0   1   .304
Grieve dh             4   1   3   1     0   0   .323      Blomberg rf           4   2   2   1     0   0   .326
Tovar rf              5   1   3   1     0   0   .333      Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .217
L. Brown 3b           4   0   0   0     1   2   .211      Mason ss              3   0   1   1     0   1   .234
Randle cf             4   1   1   1     1   1   .321        Sims ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
Sundberg c            3   0   1   1     1   0   .257      Clarke 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .150
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McDowell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sawyer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   8  14   7     6   6             Totals               34   5   8   5     1   8

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 27,540
Left on Base: Rangers 10, Yankees 4
DP: Rangers 0, Yankees 1
Doubles: Blomberg (4)
Home Runs: Blomberg (3), Nettles (11)
Stolen Bases: Nelson 2 (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Grieve (2), Sundberg (1), Harrah (3), Nelson (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Chambliss (1)
GIDP: Grieve (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(5-1)          9     8   5   5   1   8   2  36   1.84
Totals                  9     8   5   5   1   8   2  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell L(1-2)         2     5   3   3   2   3   0  13   6.30
Sawyer                  1.2   2   3   3   1   1   0   8  16.20
Wright                  0.1   3   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.18
Upshaw                  3     1   0   0   1   1   0   9   2.45
Lyle                    2     3   1   1   1   1   0  10   3.09
Totals                  9    14   8   8   6   6   0  45

Wild Pitches: Sawyer (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson walked; Harrah popped to second; Johnson
struck out; Nelson stole second; Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 1ST: White singled to right; Piniella singled to left
[White to third]; Chambliss hit a sacrifice fly to left [White
scored]; Murcer forced Piniella (third to second); Nettles
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Yankees 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Grieve singled to second; Tovar singled to left
[Grieve to second]; L. Brown struck out; Randle struck out;
Sundberg singled to left [Grieve scored, Tovar to third]; Nelson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Blomberg homered; Munson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mason flied out to center; Clarke grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah walked; Johnson singled to right [Harrah to
second]; Burroughs singled to right [Harrah scored, Johnson to
second]; SAWYER REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Grieve out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Johnson to third, Burroughs
to second]; Debut game for Rick Sawyer; Tovar popped to
third; Sawyer threw a wild pitch [Johnson scored, Burroughs to
third]; L. Brown was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Piniella
struck out; Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 3, Yankees 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle walked; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Randle to second]; Nelson singled to
shortstop [Randle to third]; Harrah out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Randle scored, Nelson to second]; Johnson
singled to center [Nelson scored]; WRIGHT REPLACED SAWYER
(PITCHING); Burroughs singled to left [Johnson to second];
Grieve singled to center [Johnson scored, Burroughs to second];
Tovar singled to left [Burroughs scored, Grieve to second]; L.
Brown walked [Grieve to third, Tovar to second]; Randle grounded
out (first to pitcher); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer struck out; Nettles struck out; Blomberg
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Yankees 2.

RANGERS 5TH: UPSHAW REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Sundberg
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson walked; Nelson stole
second; Nelson was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop);
Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Munson struck out; Mason struck out; Clarke popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Yankees 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Johnson singled to shortstop; Burroughs struck out;
Grieve grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first)
[Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: White struck out; Piniella flied out to right;
Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Yankees 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Tovar lined to first; L. Brown lined to left;
Randle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 7, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer walked; Nettles homered [Murcer scored];
Blomberg doubled to right; Munson grounded out (third to first);
Mason singled to right [Blomberg scored]; Clarke singled to left
[Mason to second]; White was called out on strikes; Piniella
struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7, Yankees 5.

RANGERS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED UPSHAW (PITCHING); Sundberg walked;
Nelson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Sundberg to
second]; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Johnson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Murcer singled to
left; Nettles forced Murcer (second to shortstop); Blomberg
forced Nettles (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 7, Yankees 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Grieve
singled to left; Tovar singled to right [Grieve to second]; L.
Brown forced Grieve (third unassisted) [Tovar to second]; Randle
singled to left [Tovar scored, L. Brown to second]; Sundberg
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 8,
Yankees 5.

YANKEES 9TH: SPENCER REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING 1B); Munson
grounded out (shortstop to first); SIMS BATTED FOR MASON; Sims
grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Yankees 5.



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