The Rangers scored four times in the ninth to make a 6-2 winner of Jackie Brown, who claimed his seventh victory in 12 decisions although he gave up a dozen hits to the Twins. Leading 2-1 on the strength of solo homers by Jim Sundberg in the third, his first in the majors, and Toby Harrah in the seventh, Texas kayoed loser Joe Decker in the final frame.

Base hits by Lenny Randle and Harrah, Sundberg's sacrifice and former Twin Cesar Tovar's single chased home two runs. Dave Nelson followed with a single, stole second, and Tovar scored from third when he beat the throw to the plate on Alex Johnson's grounder. When the throw eluded catcher Glenn Borgmann, Nelson also scored. Harmon Killebrew hit a pinch-homer in the ninth, the 553rd four-bagger of his career, for the final Minnesota tally. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Monday, July      1, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  4  -   6  9  0
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2 12  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf,lf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .301      Brye cf               5   0   2   0     0   1   .287
Nelson 2b             5   1   1   0     0   2   .264      Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .388
Johnson lf            4   0   0   1     1   1   .288      Oliva dh              5   0   2   0     0   0   .317
  Lovitto cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Darwin rf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .266
Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     2   1   .297      Braun lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .313
Hargrove 1b           4   0   0   0     1   2   .352      Holt 1b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .261
Spencer dh            4   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Soderholm 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .280
Randle 3b             4   1   3   0     0   0   .320      Borgmann c            4   0   1   1     0   1   .232
Harrah ss             3   2   2   1     1   0   .272      Gomez ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Sundberg c            2   1   1   1     1   0   .278        Killebrew ph        1   1   1   1     0   0   .216
J. Brown p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   9   5     6   6             Totals               38   2  12   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance:  9,068
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Twins 11
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Carew
Doubles: Brye 2 (12)
Home Runs: Sundberg (1), Harrah (10), Killebrew (7)
Stolen Bases: Johnson (14), Randle (16), Burroughs (1), Nelson (13)
Caught Stealing: Tovar (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Tovar (2), Sundberg (8)
GIDP: Sundberg (4), Braun (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Brown W(7-5)         8.1  12   2   2   2   5   1  38   2.62
Foucault                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.94
Totals                  9    12   2   2   2   5   1  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker L(8-7)           8.1   8   5   5   6   5   2  37   3.15
Campbell                0.2   1   1   0   0   1   0   4   2.70
Totals                  9     9   6   5   6   6   2  41

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Armando Rodriguez, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - Bill Kunkel


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Tovar was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Nelson struck out; Johnson flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye struck out; Carew singled to right; Oliva
singled to left [Carew to second]; Darwin struck out; Braun
walked [Carew to third, Oliva to second]; Holt forced Braun
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs walked; Hargrove flied out to center;
Spencer forced Burroughs (second to shortstop); Randle singled
to center [Spencer to second]; Harrah flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Soderholm singled to center; Borgmann made an out to
second; Gomez grounded out (first unassisted) [Soderholm to
second]; Brye grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg homered; Tovar flied out to right; Nelson
flied out to left; Johnson walked; Johnson stole second;
Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Carew was called out on strikes; Oliva grounded out
(first unassisted); Darwin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove walked; Spencer flied out to right; Randle
singled to right [Hargrove to third]; Randle stole second;
Harrah walked; Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Braun grounded out (first unassisted); Holt singled
to left; Soderholm singled to center [Holt to second]; Borgmann
singled to center [Soderholm to third, Holt scored]; Gomez
reached on a fielder's choice [Soderholm out at home (pitcher to
third to catcher to shortstop to center to catcher), Gomez to
second, Borgmann to third]; Brye grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Tovar flied out to left; Nelson was called out on
strikes; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliva singled
to right; Darwin singled to left [Oliva to second]; Braun
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Darwin out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins
1.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs walked; Burroughs stole second; Hargrove
struck out; Spencer made an out to second; Randle grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Holt grounded out (second to first); Soderholm
grounded out (third to first); Borgmann grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah homered; Sundberg walked; Tovar out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Sundberg to second]; Nelson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Gomez was called out on strikes; Brye doubled to
right; Carew grounded out (first unassisted) [Brye to third];
Oliva grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
was called out on strikes; Spencer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Darwin popped to first in foul territory; Braun
singled to left; Holt made an out to second; Soderholm flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Randle singled to center; Harrah singled to catcher
[Randle to second]; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Harrah to second, Randle to third]; Tovar singled to
center [Harrah scored, Randle scored]; CAMPBELL REPLACED DECKER
(PITCHING); Nelson singled to center [Tovar to third]; Nelson
stole second; Johnson reached on an error by Carew [Johnson to
second, Nelson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Tovar scored];
Burroughs was called out on strikes; Hargrove flied out to left;
4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: LOVITTO REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Borgmann struck out; KILLEBREW BATTED
FOR GOMEZ; Killebrew homered; Brye doubled to right; Carew
walked; FOUCAULT REPLACED J. BROWN (PITCHING); Oliva made an out
to second; Darwin flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 6, Twins 2.