An early attack that included homers by Alex Johnson and Jim Fregosi carried the Rangers to a 6-4 victory over the Royals. After Jim Wohlford batted in two runs for the Royals in the first inning, the Rangers tied the score in their half with Johnson's homer and doubles by Jeff Burroughs and Jim Spencer. Fregosi's round-tripper in the second put the Rangers in front and they followed with three more runs in the third.

Mike Hargrove singled and was forced by Spencer, but Lenny Randle singled to kayo Nelson Briles. Al Fitzmorris, in relief, uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Spencer to score. Toby Harrah drove in Randle with a single. After Fregosi also singled, Jim Sundberg laid down a sacrifice squeeze bunt to plate Harrah. Vada Pinson homered with a man on base for the Royals in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Sunday, July      28, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4 12  0
Rangers      2  1  3    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 11  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .223      Tovar cf,lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .289
  Mayberry ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .265      Johnson dh            4   1   2   1     0   0   .288
  Splittorff pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Burroughs rf          4   1   1   0     0   2   .291
Rojas 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .289      Hargrove lf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .333
  White 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Lovitto cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .191
  Bevacqua ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .164      Spencer 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .308
Otis cf               2   1   2   0     2   0   .275      Randle 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .321
Solaita 1b            4   0   0   0     0   3   .282      Harrah ss             3   1   2   1     1   0   .265
McRae dh              1   0   1   0     1   0   .309      Fregosi 3b            3   1   2   1     0   0   .287
  Scheinblum ph,dh    2   0   0   0     0   1   .176        L. Brown 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Wohlford lf           4   1   4   2     0   0   .304      Sundberg c            3   0   0   1     0   1   .271
Pinson rf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .239      J. Brown p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brett 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .242        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Healy c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .262
Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4  12   4     4   5             Totals               33   6  11   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 11,746
Left on Base: Royals 7, Rangers 6
DP: Royals 1, Rangers 4
Errors: Harrah
Doubles: Burroughs (25), Spencer (6)
Triples: Tovar (2)
Home Runs: Pinson (5), Johnson (4), Fregosi (11)
Stolen Bases: Johnson (16)
Caught Stealing: Patek (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (10)
GIDP: Rojas (17), Pinson (2), Solaita (2), L. Brown (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles L(2-4)           2.1   7   5   5   1   2   2  15   4.65
Fitzmorris              3.2   3   1   1   1   2   0  15   3.54
McDaniel                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.64
Totals                  8    11   6   6   2   5   2  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Brown W(8-8)         8    11   4   4   3   5   1  34   3.68
Foucault                1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.30
Totals                  9    12   4   4   4   5   1  38

Wild Pitches: Fitzmorris (7)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean


ROYALS 1ST: Patek reached on an error by Harrah; Patek was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Rojas singled to
center; Otis singled to left [Rojas to second]; Solaita struck
out; McRae walked [Rojas to third, Otis to second]; Wohlford
singled to center [Rojas scored, Otis scored, McRae out at third
(center to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar struck out; Johnson homered; Burroughs
doubled; Hargrove walked; Spencer doubled to right [Burroughs
scored, Hargrove to third]; Randle flied out to left; Harrah
flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Pinson flied out to left; Brett lined to shortstop;
Healy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi homered; Sundberg flied out to center;
Tovar grounded out (third to first); Johnson singled to center;
Johnson stole second; Burroughs was called out on strikes; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to center; Rojas grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; Otis
walked; Solaita struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove singled to left; Spencer forced Hargrove
(second to shortstop); Randle singled to right [Spencer to
third]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Fitzmorris threw
a wild pitch [Spencer scored, Randle to third]; Harrah singled
to right [Randle scored]; Fregosi singled to right [Harrah to
third]; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Harrah scored, Fregosi to second]; Tovar grounded out (third to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 6.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae singled to right; Wohlford singled to left
[McRae to second]; Pinson grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [McRae to third, Wohlford out at second];
Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Rangers 6.

RANGERS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs lined to center; Hargrove popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 6.

ROYALS 5TH: Healy was called out on strikes; Patek flied out to
left; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 2, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 5TH: Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); Randle
grounded out (second to first); Harrah walked; Fregosi grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 6.

ROYALS 6TH: L. BROWN REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 3B); Otis walked;
Solaita grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Otis out at second]; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR MCRAE;
Scheinblum struck out; Hal McRae reinjured shoulder on first
swing; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 6TH: SCHEINBLUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sundberg
struck out; Tovar tripled to left; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 6.

ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford singled to center; Pinson flied out to
center; Brett forced Wohlford (second to shortstop); Healy
singled to right [Brett to second]; Patek grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 7TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Hargrove
struck out; Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
2, Rangers 6.

ROYALS 8TH: LOVITTO REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING CF); TOVAR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Rojas grounded out (shortstop to
first); Otis singled to right; Solaita struck out; Scheinblum
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Rangers 6.

RANGERS 8TH: WHITE REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); Harrah singled
to shortstop; L. Brown grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Harrah out at second]; Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 6.

ROYALS 9TH: Wohlford singled to center; Pinson homered [Wohlford
scored]; FOUCAULT REPLACED J. BROWN (PITCHING); Brett walked;
Healy popped to shortstop; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR PATEK; Mayberry
singled to center [Brett to second]; SPLITTORFF RAN FOR
MAYBERRY; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR WHITE; Bevacqua lined into a
double play (shortstop to second) [Brett out at second]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 6.