A homer by Mickey Stanley with two men on base in the eighth inning proved the decisive blow for the Tigers in an 8-6 victory over the Rangers. Willie Horton also homered for the Tigers, accounting for their initial run in the second. Gary Sutherland drove in two runs with a single in the fifth and Horton added a sacrifice fly. Al Kaline then put the Tigers ahead, 5-3, with a run-producing double in the seventh.

Jeff Burroughs homered for the Rangers in the eighth. In the Tigers' half, Aurelio Rodriguez doubled, Ed Brinkman walked and Stanley rapped his round-tripper to make losers out of the Rangers even though they rallied for two runs in the ninth before Jim Ray retired the last batter to save the game. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, Texas Rangers 6
Game Played on Tuesday, June      11, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  2  -   6 11  2
Tigers       0  1  0    0  3  0    1  3  x  -   8 11  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              5   1   1   0     0   2   .253      Stanley cf            3   2   1   3     1   0   .243
Randle 2b             5   0   1   1     0   2   .303      Sutherland 2b         4   1   2   2     0   0   .284
Johnson dh            5   1   3   1     0   0   .303      Kaline dh             5   0   3   1     0   1   .277
Burroughs rf          4   2   2   2     1   0   .316      Horton lf             2   1   1   2     1   0   .291
Grieve lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .299        Sharon pr,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .224
Fregosi 1b            4   0   0   1     0   2   .290      Freehan 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .281
Harrah ss             3   1   2   0     1   0   .271      Lane rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cardenas 3b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .327      Moses c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .206
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     1   3   .259      Rodriguez 3b          3   2   2   0     1   1   .231
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brinkman ss           2   2   0   0     1   0   .202
  Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fryman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  11   6     3  11             Totals               32   8  11   8     4   5

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 13,604
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Tigers 8
DP: Rangers 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Burroughs, Clyde
Doubles: Burroughs (15), Freehan (6), Sutherland (9), Kaline (6), Rodriguez (8)
Triples: Grieve (4)
Home Runs: Burroughs (13), Horton (15), Stanley (3)
Stolen Bases: Cardenas (1)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Brinkman (4), Stanley (4), Sutherland (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Horton (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(3-2)            4.1   6   4   2   0   2   1  20   3.75
Hargan                  2     2   1   1   3   1   0  11   4.06
Stanhouse               1.2   3   3   3   1   2   1   9   3.86
Totals                  8    11   8   6   4   5   2  40

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman W(3-3)           6     6   3   3   3   7   0  26   4.80
Hiller                  2.2   5   3   3   0   4   1  13   1.68
Ray SV(1)               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.50
Totals                  9    11   6   6   3  11   1  40

Wild Pitches: Hargan (6)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar flied out to left; Randle was called out on
strikes; Johnson singled to shortstop; Burroughs doubled to left
[Johnson scored]; Grieve popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sutherland flied out to right; Kaline popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi struck out; Harrah walked; Cardenas singled
to right [Harrah to third]; Cardenas stole second; Sundberg
walked; Tovar struck out; Randle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton homered; Freehan doubled to left; Lane popped
to shortstop; Moses flied out to center [Freehan to third];
Rodriguez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Johnson singled to center; Burroughs forced Johnson
(shortstop to second); Grieve popped to second; Fregosi forced
Burroughs (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman lined to third; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sutherland doubled to left; Kaline struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah singled to center; Harrah was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first to second);
Cardenas grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton grounded out (third to first); Freehan
singled to left; Lane forced Freehan (shortstop to second);
Moses popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers
1.

RANGERS 5TH: Tovar was called out on strikes; Randle flied out
to right; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez singled to center; Brinkman reached on an
error by Clyde on a sacrifice bunt [Rodriguez to second];
Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Rodriguez to
third, Brinkman to second]; Sutherland singled to right
[Rodriguez scored, Brinkman scored (unearned), Sutherland to
second (error by Burroughs)]; HARGAN REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING);
Kaline singled to second [Sutherland to third]; Horton hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Sutherland scored (unearned)]; Freehan
grounded out (third to first); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Tigers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs walked; Grieve tripled to right
[Burroughs scored]; Fregosi grounded out (third to first)
[Grieve scored]; Harrah popped to first; Cardenas struck out; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Lane grounded out (shortstop to first); Moses struck
out; Rodriguez walked; Brinkman grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: HILLER REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Sundberg was
called out on strikes; Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first);
Randle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley walked; Sutherland out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Stanley to second]; Kaline doubled to right
[Stanley scored]; Horton was walked intentionally; SHARON RAN
FOR HORTON; Hargan threw a wild pitch [Kaline to third, Sharon
to second]; STANHOUSE REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Freehan popped
to shortstop; Lane grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: SHARON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs homered; Grieve
flied out to center; Fregosi struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 4, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Moses struck out; Rodriguez doubled to left;
Brinkman walked; Stanley homered [Rodriguez scored, Brinkman
scored]; Sutherland flied out to right; Kaline singled to
center; Sharon was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, Tigers 8.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah singled to left; Cardenas was called out on
strikes; Sundberg was called out on strikes; Tovar singled to
left [Harrah to second]; Randle singled to left [Harrah scored,
Tovar to second]; Johnson singled to left [Tovar scored, Randle
to third]; RAY REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Burroughs flied out
to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Tigers 8.