Toby Harrah hit a single, double and his sixth homer in eight days to pace the Rangers to a 5-3 victory over the Angels. The Rangers got off to a two-run start in the first inning on a single by Cesar Tovar, double by Dave Nelson and single by Jeff Burroughs. The Angels picked up a run in the second with singles by Frank Robinson, Joe Lahoud and Tommy McCraw.

The Rangers did not pull away until the seventh when they scored twice on Harrah's double, a single by Tovar and error by Dave Chalk. Harrah added his homer in the eighth to minimize the importance of the two errors that the shortstop committed in the ninth to enable the Angels to score a pair of tainted tallies. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, California Angels 3
Game Played on Friday, June      28, 1974 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Rangers      2  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  0  -   5 10  1
Angels       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3 10  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf,lf           4   1   2   1     1   0   .290      Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Nelson 2b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .268      Chalk ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Johnson dh            5   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Doherty 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .325
Burroughs rf          4   0   1   1     1   1   .300      Robinson dh           4   2   3   0     0   1   .257
Grieve lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Lahoud rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .268
  Lovitto cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .202      McCraw lf             4   0   2   2     0   0   .297
Randle 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Oliver 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .237
Fregosi 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .282        Sands ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .196
  Hargrove 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .358      Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Harrah ss             4   2   3   1     0   0   .270      Egan c                2   0   0   0     0   1   .045
Sundberg c            2   1   2   0     1   0   .274        Valentine ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Hargan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rodriguez c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .252
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tanana p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Raziano p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  10   4     3   2             Totals               34   3  10   2     0   4

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  7,285
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Angels 4
DP: Rangers 3, Angels 0
Errors: Harrah, Chalk, Oliver
Doubles: Nelson (6), Grieve (8), Harrah (11), Doherty (8)
Home Runs: Harrah (9)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (4), Nelson (12)
Caught Stealing: Sundberg (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (7)
GIDP: Lahoud (4), Oliver (15)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan W(6-4)           8.1  10   3   2   0   3   0  32   3.68
Foucault SV(7)          0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   1.91
Totals                  9    10   3   2   0   4   0  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler L(1-2)          6     7   4   3   2   2   0  27   1.61
Tanana                  2     3   1   1   1   0   1  10   3.84
Raziano                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   7.24
Totals                  9    10   5   4   3   2   1  40

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


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Tovar stole second; Nelson
doubled to left [Tovar scored]; Johnson grounded out (second to
first) [Nelson to third]; Burroughs singled to center [Nelson
scored]; Grieve flied out to center; Randle reached on an error
by Oliver [Burroughs to third, Randle to second]; Fregosi flied
out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers struck out; Chalk lined to shortstop; Doherty
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah singled to right; Sundberg out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harrah to second]; Tovar
walked; Nelson forced Tovar (shortstop to second) [Harrah to
third]; Nelson stole second; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Robinson singled to center; Lahoud singled to left
[Robinson to second]; McCraw singled to right [Robinson scored,
Lahoud to second]; Oliver lined into a double play (second to
shortstop) [Lahoud out at second]; Doyle forced McCraw (second
to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Burroughs struck out; Grieve grounded out (third to
first); Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Egan struck out; Rivers grounded out (second to
first); Chalk lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
2, Angels 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Fregosi struck out; Harrah grounded out (shortstop
to first); Sundberg singled to left; Sundberg was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Doherty flied out to left; Robinson singled to left;
Lahoud grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
pitcher) [Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Angels 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Nelson
grounded out (third to first); Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: McCraw grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
singled to center; Doyle popped to shortstop; Egan grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve
doubled to left; Randle popped to catcher; Fregosi grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); Chalk
grounded out (catcher to first); Doherty doubled to center;
Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah doubled to center; Sundberg walked; TANANA
REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Tovar singled to left [Harrah
scored, Sundberg to second]; Nelson forced Tovar (second to
shortstop) [Sundberg scored (error by Chalk) (unearned), Nelson
to second]; Johnson lined to second; Burroughs was walked
intentionally; Grieve flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Lahoud grounded out (first unassisted); McCraw
singled to left; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [McCraw out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Angels 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Randle popped to second; Fregosi flied out to
center; Harrah homered; Sundberg singled to center; Tovar forced
Sundberg (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
5, Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: HARGROVE REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 1B); Doyle flied
out to right; VALENTINE BATTED FOR EGAN; Valentine flied out to
right; Rivers flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
5, Angels 1.

RANGERS 9TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING C ); RAZIANO
REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Nelson flied out to left; Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Burroughs grounded out (catcher
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Angels 1.

ANGELS 9TH: LOVITTO REPLACED GRIEVE (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Chalk grounded out (third to first);
Doherty singled to shortstop; Robinson singled to center
[Doherty to second]; Lahoud singled to right [Doherty to third,
Robinson to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); McCraw
forced Lahoud (second to shortstop) [Doherty scored, Robinson
scored (error by Harrah) (unearned), McCraw to second]; SANDS
BATTED FOR OLIVER; Sands struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 5, Angels 3.