Pinch-hitter Tom Grieve came through with a three-run double in the eighth inning to give the Rangers a 7-4 victory over the Angels. Jeff Burroughs and Jim Spencer singled and Lenny Randle walked to fill the bases before Grieve came to the plate and delivered his double to put the Rangers ahead, 6-4. Toby Harrah followed with another double to add an extra run. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 7, California Angels 4
Game Played on Thursday, June      20, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Angels       1  0  1    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   4  9  1
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  1    1  4  x  -   7 11  3


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   2   1   0     1   0   .278      Tovar cf,lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .276
Chalk ss              5   1   4   0     0   0   .290      Nelson 2b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .270
Stanton rf            4   0   1   2     0   1   .346      Johnson lf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .308
Robinson dh           0   0   0   0     0   0   .265        Lovitto cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Llenas ph,dh        3   0   0   1     0   1   .240      Burroughs rf          3   1   2   1     1   0   .301
Oliver 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .242      Hargrove dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .336
  Alomar pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .234      Spencer 1b            3   1   2   1     1   0   .327
  Schaal 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Randle 3b             3   1   2   0     1   0   .311
Doherty 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .349      Sims c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Valentine lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Grieve ph           1   1   1   3     0   0   .278
  Lahoud lf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .248        Sundberg c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Rodriguez c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Harrah ss             3   1   1   1     1   1   .260
  McCraw ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .278      Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Egan c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .083        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Doyle 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .260
Lange p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Raziano p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cumberland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   9   4     4   3             Totals               32   7  11   7     5   1

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 10,031
Left on Base: Angels 10, Rangers 7
DP: Angels 3, Rangers 0
Errors: Chalk, Randle, Harrah 2
Doubles: Stanton (10), McCraw (5), Tovar (5), Grieve (7), Harrah (10)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (10)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Doherty (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Llenas (4), Stanton (4)
GIDP: Nelson 2 (8), Sims (2)
Hit by Pitch: Robinson (4,by Clyde), Tovar (5,by Lange)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lange                   6.1   7   3   3   3   1   0  28   3.25
Raziano L(1-2)          1     2   3   3   1   0   0   6   6.75
Cumberland              0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   4   4.50
Totals                  8    11   7   7   5   1   0  38

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde                   6.1   7   3   3   1   2   0  29   3.69
Foucault W(3-2)         2.2   2   1   1   3   1   0  12   1.66
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   3   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Lange (1), Clyde (4)
Wild Pitches: Clyde (3)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Bill Deegan


ANGELS 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Chalk singled to center
[Rivers to third]; Clyde threw a wild pitch [Chalk to second];
Stanton grounded out (second to first) [Rivers scored]; Robinson
was hit by a pitch; Oliver struck out; Doherty grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar was hit by a pitch; Nelson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tovar out at
second]; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 1, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Valentine grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
flied out to center; Doyle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs made an out to second; Hargrove grounded
out (first unassisted); Spencer grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Rivers flied out to right; Chalk singled to left;
Stanton doubled to right [Chalk to third]; LLENAS BATTED FOR
ROBINSON; Llenas hit a sacrifice fly to right [Chalk scored,
Stanton to third]; Oliver grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Randle singled
to left; Sims grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Randle out at second]; Harrah reached on an error by
Chalk [Harrah to first]; Harrah was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Doherty reached on an error by Randle [Doherty to
first]; Valentine grounded out (second to first) [Doherty to
second]; Rodriguez singled to shortstop [Doherty out at third
(shortstop to third)]; Angels Manager Bobby Winkles ejected
by 3B umpire Bill Deegan; On a bunt Doyle singled to third
[Rodriguez to second]; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Tovar flied out to center; Nelson singled to
center; Nelson stole second; Johnson flied out to right;
Burroughs singled to center [Nelson scored]; Hargrove flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Chalk flied out to right; Stanton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Llenas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Spencer walked; Randle singled to center [Spencer
to second]; Sims flied out to right; Harrah struck out; Tovar
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Doherty
grounded out (second to first); Valentine reached on an error by
Harrah [Valentine to second (error by Harrah)]; Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson made an out to second; Johnson singled to
center; Burroughs walked [Johnson to second]; Hargrove made an
out to shortstop; Spencer singled to right [Johnson scored,
Burroughs to third]; Randle grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Rangers 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Doyle flied out to center; Rivers walked; Chalk
singled to center [Rivers to third]; FOUCAULT REPLACED CLYDE
(PITCHING); Stanton hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rivers scored];
Llenas made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: LAHOUD REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING LF); Sims
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Harrah walked;
Tovar doubled to left [Harrah to third]; RAZIANO REPLACED LANGE
(PITCHING); Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Harrah
scored, Tovar to third]; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Rangers 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Oliver walked; ALOMAR RAN FOR OLIVER; Doherty out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alomar to second]; Lahoud
was walked intentionally; MCCRAW BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; McCraw
doubled to left [Alomar scored, Lahoud out at home (left to
shortstop to catcher), McCraw to third (on throw to home)];
Doyle walked; Rivers flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 4, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: SCHAAL REPLACED ALOMAR (PLAYING 3B); EGAN REPLACED
MCCRAW (PLAYING C ); Burroughs singled to center; Hargrove flied
out to center; Spencer singled to center [Burroughs to third,
Spencer to second (on throw to 3b)]; Randle was walked
intentionally; GRIEVE BATTED FOR SIMS; CUMBERLAND REPLACED
RAZIANO (PITCHING); Grieve doubled to center [Burroughs scored,
Spencer scored, Randle scored]; Harrah doubled to center [Grieve
scored]; Tovar walked; Nelson grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Tovar out at second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Angels 4, Rangers 7.

ANGELS 9TH: SUNDBERG REPLACED GRIEVE (PLAYING C ); LOVITTO
REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); Chalk singled to center; Stanton struck out; Llenas made an
out to second; Schaal flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Angels 4, Rangers 7.