Nolan Ryan's string of six straight complete-game victories over the Tigers, including five last season, came to an end when the Angels' ace righthander was defeated, 5-3. The Tigers nicked Ryan for two runs in the third inning and then broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the fourth on a double by Mickey Stanley, singles by Gary Sutherland and Al Kaline and double by Willie Horton. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, California Angels 3
Game Played on Sunday, June      9, 1974 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Angels       0  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3 10  1
Tigers       0  0  2    3  0  0    0  0  x  -   5 11  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   2   1     0   1   .282      Stanley cf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .242
Doyle 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Sutherland 2b         5   2   3   0     0   0   .280
  Alomar ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .231      Kaline dh             5   2   2   1     0   2   .271
Stanton rf            4   0   3   2     1   0   .381      Horton lf             3   0   2   2     1   1   .287
Sands dh              3   0   1   0     1   1   .194        Sharon pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Robinson ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   1   .264      Northrup rf           3   0   2   1     1   0   .213
Lahoud lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Freehan 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .283
  Llenas ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Moses c               3   0   1   0     1   1   .222
McCraw 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .223
  Oliver ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .255      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .207
Schaal 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .233      LaGrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rodriguez c           3   0   1   0     1   0   .259        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Chalk ss              3   1   1   0     0   0   .274
Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3  10   3     3   6             Totals               34   5  11   4     5   6

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 42,491
Left on Base: Angels 10, Tigers 10
DP: Angels 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Stanton, Moses
Doubles: Rivers (7), Stanton (9), Sutherland (8), Kaline (5), Stanley (8), Horton (8)
Stolen Bases: Stanton (4)
GIDP: Stanton (3)
Hit by Pitch: Chalk (5,by LaGrow)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(7-6)             8    11   5   4   5   6   0  39   3.84
Totals                  8    11   5   4   5   6   0  39

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaGrow W(5-4)           6     9   3   3   2   2   0  30   3.19
Hiller SV(10)           3     1   0   0   1   4   0  10   1.28
Totals                  9    10   3   3   3   6   0  40

Hit by Pitch: LaGrow (2)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Rivers was called out on strikes; Doyle grounded out
(first unassisted); Stanton singled to second; Stanton stole
second; Sands walked; Lahoud was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Sutherland
doubled to center; Kaline was called out on strikes; Horton
walked; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: McCraw flied out to center; Schaal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan flied out to center; Moses popped to first
in foul territory; Rodriguez walked; Brinkman walked [Rodriguez
to second]; Stanley forced Brinkman (shortstop to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Chalk singled to center; Rivers doubled to left
[Chalk to third]; Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); Stanton
singled to left [Chalk scored, Rivers scored]; Sands singled to
right [Stanton to second]; Moses dropped a foul fly hit by
Lahoud for an error; Lahoud flied out to center; McCraw flied
out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Sutherland singled to first; Kaline doubled to right
[Sutherland to third]; Horton was called out on strikes;
Northrup singled to right [Sutherland scored, Kaline scored
(error by Stanton) (unearned), Northrup to second (on throw to
home)]; Freehan popped to shortstop; Moses walked; Rodriguez
grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 2, Tigers 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Schaal flied out to center; Rodriguez flied out to
right; Chalk was hit by a pitch; Rivers singled to center [Chalk
to second]; Doyle grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Brinkman flied out to left; Stanley doubled to
center; Sutherland singled to right [Stanley to third]; Kaline
singled to center [Stanley scored, Sutherland to third]; Horton
doubled to center [Sutherland scored, Kaline scored]; Northrup
walked; Freehan was called out on strikes; Moses struck out; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 5.

ANGELS 5TH: Stanton walked; Sands flied out to center; Lahoud
forced Stanton (first to shortstop); McCraw flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; Brinkman flied out to
center; Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 2, Tigers 5.

ANGELS 6TH: Schaal singled to center; Rodriguez singled to right
[Schaal to second]; Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Schaal to third, Rodriguez to second]; Rivers grounded out
(second to first) [Schaal scored]; Doyle flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Sutherland flied out to left; Kaline was called out
on strikes; Horton singled to center; SHARON RAN FOR HORTON;
Northrup singled to right [Sharon to third]; Freehan struck out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, Tigers 5.

ANGELS 7TH: SHARON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Stanton doubled
to right; HILLER REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Sands was called
out on strikes; LLENAS BATTED FOR LAHOUD; Llenas was called out
on strikes; OLIVER BATTED FOR MCCRAW; Oliver struck out (catcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); OLIVER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Moses singled to left [Moses out at second
(left to shortstop)]; Rodriguez flied out to right; Brinkman
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Tigers 5.

ANGELS 8TH: Schaal popped to third in foul territory; Rodriguez
walked; Chalk popped to third; Rivers grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sutherland flied out to center; Kaline popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Tigers 5.

ANGELS 9TH: ALOMAR BATTED FOR DOYLE; Alomar singled to pitcher;
Stanton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Alomar out at second]; ROBINSON BATTED FOR SANDS;
Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Tigers 5.