Shut out through eight innings by Woodie Fryman, the Rangers rallied to tie the score with four runs in the bottom of the ninth, but fell to the Tigers in 10 innings when Al Kaline rapped a two-run homer good for a 6-4 victory. Kaline's fourth four-bagger of the season, which came after a single by Mickey Stanley and a forceout, made a winner of reliever John Hiller, who had given up a game-tying homer to Lenny Randle in the ninth after replacing Fryman.

Walks to Jeff Burroughs and Tom Grieve and a three-run blast by Jim Fregosi off Fryman brought on Hiller. The Tigers tallied three in the second against loser Fergie Jenkins on singles by Jim Northrup, Bill Freehan and Ed Brinkman, a double by Ben Oglivie and sacrifice fly by Aurelio Rodriguez. Freehan's third homer of the season in the fourth made it 4-0. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Monday, June      17, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  3  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    2  -   6  8  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  4    0  -   4  8  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            5   0   1   0     0   2   .230      Tovar cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .270
Sutherland 2b         5   1   0   0     0   3   .272      Nelson 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .274
Kaline dh             5   1   1   2     0   1   .284      Johnson dh            5   0   2   0     0   0   .307
Northrup rf           5   1   1   0     0   2   .225      Burroughs rf          3   1   0   0     2   0   .302
Freehan 1b            4   2   2   1     0   1   .286      Grieve lf             4   1   0   0     1   2   .273
Oglivie lf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .294      Fregosi 1b            4   1   2   3     0   1   .313
  Sharon lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Rodriguez 3b          2   0   0   1     0   0   .242      Randle 3b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .312
Moses c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .183      Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Brinkman ss           4   0   2   1     0   0   .209      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fryman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6   8   6     1  10             Totals               36   4   8   4     3   6

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 11,471
Left on Base: Tigers 4, Rangers 7
DP: Tigers 0, Rangers 0
Errors: Randle
Doubles: Oglivie (2)
Home Runs: Freehan (3), Kaline (4), Fregosi (6), Randle (1)
Stolen Bases: Oglivie (4)
Caught Stealing: Nelson (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (2)
Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (1,by Jenkins), Tovar (4,by Fryman)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman                  8     6   3   3   3   3   1  33   4.62
Hiller W(7-4)           2     2   1   1   0   3   1   8   2.26
Totals                 10     8   4   4   3   6   2  41

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(7-8)         10     8   6   6   1  10   2  40   3.83
Totals                 10     8   6   6   1  10   2  40

Hit by Pitch: Fryman (3), Jenkins (4)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


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

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
singled to left; Johnson singled to left [Nelson to third];
Nelson was caught stealing home (catcher to second to catcher)
[Johnson to second]; Burroughs walked; Grieve forced Johnson
(third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup singled to center; Freehan singled to
center [Northrup to third]; Oglivie doubled to left [Northrup
scored, Freehan to third]; Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Freehan scored]; Moses flied out to left; Brinkman
singled to center [Oglivie scored]; Stanley struck out; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi singled to right; Harrah flied out to left;
Randle forced Fregosi (shortstop to second); Sundberg forced
Randle (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Sutherland struck out; Kaline struck out; Northrup
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Tovar was hit by a pitch; Nelson out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Tovar to second]; Johnson grounded out
(third to first); Burroughs grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan homered; Oglivie flied out to right;
Rodriguez flied out to left; Moses made an out to shortstop; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Grieve grounded out (second to first); Fregosi
struck out; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Rangers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: On a bunt Brinkman singled to third [Brinkman to
third (error by Randle)]; Stanley struck out; Sutherland struck
out; Kaline grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg
flied out to right; Tovar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup struck out; Freehan flied out to center;
Oglivie walked; Oglivie stole second; Rodriguez was hit by a
pitch; Moses struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson made an out to second; Johnson flied out to
center; Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman flied out to left; Stanley grounded out
(pitcher to first); Sutherland flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Grieve struck out; Fregosi flied out to right;
Harrah singled to shortstop; Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Kaline flied out to left; Northrup flied out to
right; Freehan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Tovar
singled to third; Nelson forced Tovar (shortstop to second);
Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Rangers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Rodriguez
flied out to center; Moses flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: SHARON REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING LF); Burroughs
walked; Grieve walked [Burroughs to second]; Fregosi homered
[Burroughs scored, Grieve scored]; HILLER REPLACED FRYMAN
(PITCHING); Harrah flied out to left; Randle homered; Sundberg
struck out; Tovar struck out; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Rangers 4.

TIGERS 10TH: Brinkman flied out to center; Stanley singled to
center; Sutherland forced Stanley (third to second); Kaline
homered [Sutherland scored]; Northrup struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 10TH: Nelson made an out to shortstop; Johnson singled
to left; Burroughs flied out to left; Grieve struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6, Rangers 4.