Steve Foucault pitched 4 2/3 innings of no-hit relief and gained the victory when the Rangers defeated the Athletics, 7-6. Jeff Burroughs batted in three runs with a single and homer to pace the Rangers to a 5-0 lead before the A's erupted for six runs in the third. A double by Sal Bando and singles by Gene Tenace and Dick Green each accounted for two RBIs, but five of the A's six runs were unearned as the result of an error by Lenny Randle.

The Rangers tied the score in the sixth on a single by Cesar Tovar, two walks and a sacrifice fly by Randle. Then in the eighth, Alex Johnson was safe on an error by Ted Kubiak, Burroughs walked and, after an infield out, a pass to Randle loaded the bases. Tom Grieve then hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the Rangers' winning run. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 7, Oakland Athletics 6
Game Played on Wednesday, July      31, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      1  3  1    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   7 10  1
A's          0  0  6    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   6  7  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              6   3   2   0     0   0   .287      North cf              3   1   1   0     2   0   .255
Johnson lf            4   2   1   1     1   0   .293      C. Washington dh      5   1   0   0     0   2   .275
Burroughs rf          2   1   2   3     2   0   .294      Bando 3b              3   1   1   2     2   0   .273
Hargrove 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .332      Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .310
Randle 2b             3   1   1   1     1   1   .321      Tenace 1b             4   1   1   2     0   1   .225
Spencer dh            3   0   2   0     0   0   .307      Mangual lf            4   1   2   0     0   1   .245
  Grieve ph,dh        1   0   0   1     0   0   .274      Green 2b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .275
Harrah ss             5   0   1   1     0   0   .265      Kubiak ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Fregosi 3b            5   0   0   0     0   2   .276        Bourque ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  L. Brown 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .183        Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     2   1   .276      Haney c               3   1   1   0     0   2   .154
Hargan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rudi ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .304
  Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   7  10   7     7   4             Totals               34   6   7   6     4   8

Time of Game: 3:11   Attendance:  8,886
Left on Base: Rangers 12, A's 6
DP: Rangers 1, A's 1
Errors: Randle, Kubiak
Doubles: Johnson (13), Spencer (7), Bando (17)
Home Runs: Burroughs (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Randle (3), Grieve (2)
GIDP: Tovar (3), Green (4)
Hit by Pitch: Hargrove (3,by Hunter), Burroughs (4,by Odom), Jackson (3,by Hargan)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan                  2.2   6   6   1   0   1   0  15   3.94
Thomas                  1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   7   8.64
Foucault W(4-4)         4.2   0   0   0   3   5   0  17   2.17
Totals                  9     7   6   1   4   8   0  39

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter                  2     6   5   5   2   1   1  15   2.93
Odom                    3.1   3   1   1   2   2   0  15   3.93
Lindblad L(4-3)         2     1   1   0   2   0   0  10   1.59
Fingers                 1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   6   2.71
Totals                  9    10   7   6   7   4   1  46

Hit by Pitch: Hargan (5), Hunter (3), Odom (2)
Wild Pitches: Thomas (1)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Johnson walked [Tovar to
second]; Burroughs singled to left [Johnson to second, Tovar
scored]; Hargrove was hit by a pitch [Johnson to third,
Burroughs to second]; Randle was called out on strikes; Spencer
popped to first in foul territory; Harrah popped to second; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); C.
Washington popped to shortstop in foul territory; Bando grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi flied out to left; Sundberg walked; Tovar
forced Sundberg (second to shortstop); Johnson doubled to left
[Tovar scored]; Burroughs homered [Johnson scored]; Hargrove
flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson was hit by a pitch; Tenace popped to
first; Mangual singled to shortstop [Jackson to second]; Green
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Mangual out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Athletics 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Randle singled to catcher; Spencer singled to
center [Randle to third]; ODOM REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING);
Harrah singled to center [Spencer to second, Randle scored];
Fregosi struck out; Sundberg walked [Spencer to third, Harrah to
second]; Tovar grounded into a double play (third to catcher to
first) [Spencer out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Haney
singled to right; North singled to left [Haney to second]; C.
Washington reached on an error by Randle [North to second, Haney
to third]; Bando doubled to left [North scored (unearned), Haney
scored, C. Washington to third]; Jackson struck out; Tenace
singled to center [Bando scored (unearned), C. Washington scored
(unearned)]; Mangual singled to center [Tenace to third]; THOMAS
REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Green singled to center [Tenace
scored (unearned), Mangual scored (unearned), Green to second
(on throw to home)]; Thomas threw a wild pitch [Green to third];
Kubiak grounded out (second to first); 6 R (1 ER), 6 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 5, Athletics 6.

RANGERS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs
was hit by a pitch; Hargrove forced Burroughs (second to
shortstop); Randle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Haney struck out; North grounded out (first to
pitcher); C. Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Athletics 6.

RANGERS 5TH: Spencer doubled to left; Harrah grounded out
(pitcher to first); Fregosi reached on a fielder's choice
[Spencer out at third (shortstop to third)]; Sundberg struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando walked; Jackson grounded out (second to
first) [Bando to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING);
Tenace struck out; Mangual grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Athletics 6.

RANGERS 6TH: Tovar singled to left; Johnson flied out to right;
Burroughs walked [Tovar to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED ODOM
(PITCHING); Hargrove walked [Tovar to third, Burroughs to
second]; Randle hit a sacrifice fly to left [Tovar scored];
GRIEVE BATTED FOR SPENCER; Grieve flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: GRIEVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Green
grounded out (third to first); Kubiak flied out to right; Haney
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Athletics 6.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah flied out to center; Fregosi popped to
second; Sundberg singled to left; Tovar forced Sundberg
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North walked; C. Washington struck out; Bando
walked [North to second]; Jackson flied out to left; Tenace
forced Bando (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 6, Athletics 6.

RANGERS 8TH: Johnson reached on an error by Kubiak; Burroughs
walked [Johnson to second]; Hargrove grounded out (second to
first) [Johnson to third, Burroughs to second]; FINGERS REPLACED
LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Randle was walked intentionally; Grieve hit
a sacrifice fly to right [Randle to second, Burroughs to third,
Johnson scored (unearned)]; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Mangual struck out; Green grounded out (third to
first); BOURQUE BATTED FOR KUBIAK; Bourque grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 6.

RANGERS 9TH: MAXVILL REPLACED BOURQUE (PLAYING SS); Fregosi
struck out; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Tovar popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: L. BROWN REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 3B); RUDI
BATTED FOR HANEY; Rudi struck out; North walked; C. Washington
forced North (third to second); Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 6.