Sparked by Alex Johnson, who hit his first homer of the season, the Rangers scored three runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Twins, 4-3. Cesar Tovar doubled, went to third on an infield out and stole home to account for the Ranger run in the first inning, but Steve Brye doubled and Luis Gomez singled for the tying tally in the second and Tony Oliva put the Twins ahead with a homer in the sixth.

Toby Harrah opened the eighth for the Rangers with a single and scored ahead of Johnson on his homer. Jeff Burroughs followed with a single and, after a walk, Lenny Randle singled to drive in what proved to be the winning run. The Twins fell short in their half of the eighth with a run on a single by Jim Holt and triple by Bobby Darwin. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Saturday, May       25, 1974 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4 11  1
Twins        0  1  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf,lf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .214      Terrell 2b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Harrah ss             4   1   1   0     1   0   .253      Braun lf              3   0   0   0     2   1   .279
Johnson dh            3   1   1   2     1   0   .308      Holt 1b               3   1   2   0     1   0   .208
Burroughs rf          3   1   2   0     1   1   .320      Oliva dh              4   1   1   1     0   0   .295
Grieve lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Darwin rf             4   0   1   1     0   2   .264
  Spencer ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .338      Brye cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .261
  Hargrove ph,1b      0   0   0   0     1   0   .347      Gomez ss              3   0   1   1     0   0   .245
Randle 2b             4   0   3   1     0   0   .333        Hisle ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Cardenas 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .353        Thompson ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Sims ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .163      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .236
  Fregosi ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Borgmann c            2   0   1   0     1   0   .184
  L. Brown 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .151        Killebrew ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .241
Lovitto 1b,cf         4   0   2   0     0   0   .188        Hundley pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     1   1   .244      Albury p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
J. Brown p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4  11   3     6   3             Totals               34   3   9   3     4   5

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  5,499
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Twins 8
DP: Rangers 2, Twins 3
Errors: Harrah
Doubles: Tovar (1), Burroughs (13), Brye (5), Borgmann (2), Terrell (4)
Triples: Darwin (3)
Home Runs: Johnson (1), Oliva (2)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (2), Johnson (6), Lovitto (2)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (3)
GIDP: Lovitto (5), Soderholm (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Brown W(2-1)         7.1   8   3   3   4   4   1  32   2.86
Foucault SV(2)          1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.80
Totals                  9     9   3   3   4   5   1  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Albury L(2-2)           7    10   4   4   5   3   1  31   4.17
Campbell                0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.73
Burgmeier               2     0   0   0   0   0   0   5   6.14
Totals                  9    11   4   4   6   3   1  38

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar doubled to left; Harrah grounded out (second
to first) [Tovar to third]; Johnson walked; Tovar stole home and
Johnson stole second; Burroughs struck out; Grieve made an out
to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Terrell grounded out (second to first); Braun
grounded out (second to first); Holt walked; Oliva grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Randle singled to left [Randle out at second (left
to second)]; Cardenas flied out to left; Lovitto singled to
left; Lovitto stole second; Sundberg walked; Tovar forced
Sundberg (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Brye doubled to
left; Gomez singled to center [Brye scored]; Soderholm grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gomez out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah walked; Harrah was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Johnson flied out
to right; Burroughs walked; Grieve flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann walked; Terrell forced Borgmann (second to
shortstop); Braun walked [Terrell to second]; Holt singled
[Terrell to third, Braun to second]; Oliva lined into a double
play (second to shortstop) [Braun out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle singled to left; Cardenas lined into a
double play (pitcher to first) [Randle out at first]; Lovitto
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin struck out; Brye popped to catcher in foul
territory; Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg struck out; Tovar walked; Harrah lined
into a double play (second to first) [Tovar out at first]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Borgmann doubled to
left; Terrell flied out to center; Braun walked; Holt forced
Braun (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Twins 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs doubled to left; Grieve struck out; Randle grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins
1.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva homered; Darwin struck out; Brye flied out to
right; Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Lovitto
singled to second; Sundberg singled to pitcher [Lovitto out at
third (second to shortstop)]; Tovar forced Sundberg (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: Soderholm struck out; Borgmann flied out to right;
Terrell doubled to left; Braun struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Twins 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah singled to left; Johnson homered [Harrah
scored]; Burroughs singled to right; SPENCER BATTED FOR GRIEVE;
CAMPBELL REPLACED ALBURY (PITCHING); HARGROVE BATTED FOR
SPENCER; Hargrove walked [Burroughs to second]; Randle singled
to center [Burroughs scored, Hargrove to second]; SIMS BATTED
FOR CARDENAS; BURGMEIER REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); FREGOSI
BATTED FOR SIMS; Fregosi flied out to right; Lovitto grounded
into a double play (third to first) [Hargrove out at third]; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: HARGROVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); L. BROWN
REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 3B); LOVITTO CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Holt singled
to shortstop [Holt to second (error by Harrah)]; Oliva flied out
to left; Darwin tripled to center [Holt scored]; FOUCAULT
REPLACED J. BROWN (PITCHING); Brye grounded out (shortstop to
first); HISLE BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Hisle grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 3.

RANGERS 9TH: THOMPSON REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING SS); Sundberg
grounded out (third to first); Tovar flied out to center; Harrah
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
4, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: Soderholm made an out to second; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR
BORGMANN; Killebrew singled to left; HUNDLEY RAN FOR KILLEBREW;
Terrell struck out; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 3.