Ranger Manager Billy Martin, in his first Detroit appearance since the Tigers fired him last August, was given a rousing ovation by a crowd of 22,696, but later booed as the Texans banged out 17 hits, their season's high, and whipped the Bengals, 6-3. The Rangers took a first-inning 3-0 lead as Mike Hargrove doubled home one run and Jim Spencer singled in two more. Duke Sims' two-run homer in the fourth and Toby Harrah's run-producing single in the seventh gave the visitors a 6-0 lead and sent Joe Coleman to his sixth straight defeat.

Jackie Brown, in winning his fifth game in seven starts, yielded two runs in the seventh on Norm Cash's run-scoring pinch-triple and Gary Sutherland's single. With one out in the eighth, when Martin relieved Brown, Billy was booed. The Tigers added a harmless run off reliever Steve Foucault in the ninth on an error by Lenny Randle. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Monday, June      10, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Rangers      3  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   6 17  2
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1  -   3  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf,lf           5   0   2   0     0   1   .255      Stanley cf            4   0   1   0     1   0   .242
Randle 2b             5   0   1   0     0   3   .307      Sutherland 2b,ss      4   0   1   1     1   1   .279
Johnson lf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .297      Kaline dh             5   0   1   0     0   0   .269
  Lovitto cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Horton lf             2   0   1   0     1   0   .289
Burroughs rf          4   1   2   0     1   0   .313        Oglivie lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Hargrove dh           5   2   3   1     0   0   .364      Northrup rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .214
Spencer 1b            5   0   2   2     0   1   .306      Freehan 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Harrah ss             4   1   2   1     0   0   .265      Moses c               1   0   0   0     1   1   .219
Sims c                4   1   2   2     0   1   .172        G. Brown ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Fregosi 3b            1   0   0   0     1   0   .302        Knox pr,2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .407
  L. Brown 3b         2   0   1   0     0   1   .164      Rodriguez 3b          3   2   1   0     1   0   .224
J. Brown p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brinkman ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .204
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        N. Cash ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .216
                                                            Lamont c            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                          Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   6  17   6     2   7             Totals               33   3   9   2     6   3

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 22,696
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Tigers 9
DP: Rangers 4, Tigers 1
Errors: Randle, Fregosi
Doubles: Johnson (6), Hargrove (6), Tovar (4)
Triples: Johnson (2), N. Cash (1)
Home Runs: Sims (1)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (4)
Caught Stealing: Tovar (2)
GIDP: Hargrove (3), Sutherland (7), Northrup (3), Knox (1), Stanley (13)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Brown W(5-2)         7.1   8   2   2   5   3   0  33   2.11
Foucault                1.2   1   1   0   1   0   0   6   1.61
Totals                  9     9   3   2   6   3   0  39

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(6-7)          6    12   5   5   2   6   1  29   4.96
Walker                  3     5   1   1   0   1   0  13   2.76
Totals                  9    17   6   6   2   7   1  42

Wild Pitches: J. Brown (3), Walker (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
struck out; Johnson doubled to right; Burroughs walked; Hargrove
doubled to right [Johnson scored, Burroughs to third]; Spencer
singled to left [Burroughs scored, Hargrove scored, Spencer out
at second (left to third to second)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley singled to left; Sutherland was called out
on strikes; Kaline singled to right [Stanley to second]; J.
Brown threw a wild pitch [Stanley to third, Kaline to second];
Horton grounded out (third to first); Northrup was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (second to first); Sims struck
out; Fregosi walked; Tovar popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Moses
walked; Rodriguez lined to shortstop; Brinkman forced Moses
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers
0.

RANGERS 3RD: Randle singled to right; Randle was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Johnson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Burroughs singled to left; Hargrove singled to center
[Burroughs to second]; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Sutherland
walked; Kaline lined to third [Sutherland to second (error by
Fregosi)]; Horton walked; Northrup forced Horton (second
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah singled to right; Harrah stole second; Sims
homered [Harrah scored]; Fregosi flied out to right; Tovar
singled to left; Tovar was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Randle struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: L. BROWN REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 3B); Freehan
grounded out (third to first); Moses was called out on strikes;
Rodriguez walked; Brinkman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Johnson tripled to center; Burroughs reached on a
fielder's choice [Johnson out at home (shortstop to catcher)];
Hargrove flied out to left; Spencer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley walked; Sutherland grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Stanley out at second];
Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Sims singled
to center; L. Brown struck out; Tovar doubled to left [Sims to
third]; Randle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Horton singled to center; Northrup grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Horton out at
second]; Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: WALKER REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Johnson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hargrove singled to center; Spencer
singled to right [Hargrove to third]; Harrah singled to right
[Hargrove scored, Spencer to third]; Sims popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: G. BROWN BATTED FOR MOSES; G. Brown singled to
right; KNOX RAN FOR G. BROWN; Rodriguez forced Knox (first to
shortstop); N. CASH BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; N. Cash tripled to left
[Rodriguez scored]; Stanley popped to first in foul territory;
Sutherland singled to center [N. Cash scored]; Kaline flied out
to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: KNOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SUTHERLAND
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); LAMONT REPLACED N. CASH (PLAYING
C ); OGLIVIE REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING LF); L. Brown singled to
left; Walker threw a wild pitch [L. Brown to second]; Tovar
struck out; Randle grounded out (first to pitcher) [L. Brown to
third]; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: LOVITTO REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Oglivie singled to right; Northrup
singled to right [Oglivie to third]; Freehan popped to first;
FOUCAULT REPLACED J. BROWN (PITCHING); Knox grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Northrup out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Burroughs singled to center; Hargrove grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Burroughs out at
second]; Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez singled to left; Lamont walked [Rodriguez
to second]; Stanley grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Rodriguez to third, Lamont out at second]; Sutherland
reached on an error by Randle [Rodriguez scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Kaline grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Tigers 3.