Reggie Jackson, who has been feasting on Texas pitching, smashed his eighth homer in 10 games against the Rangers this season to start the Athletics off to an 8-4 victory. Jesus Alou singled to open the first inning and Claudell Washington walked before Jackson connected for his circuit clout off Jim Bibby. A double by Gene Tenace and triple by Dick Green helped the A's add two runs in the fourth and they wrapped up their scoring with three in the sixth, including a homer by Joe Rudi.

Darold Knowles made his first start of the season for the A's and yielded only three hits and one run in five innings. Paul Lindblad relieved in the sixth and gave up a homer by Jeff Burroughs and two other hits before Rollie Fingers came to the rescue. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Wednesday, August    7, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          3  0  0    2  0  3    0  0  0  -   8 11  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  1  3    0  0  0  -   4 10  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alou dh               5   1   3   2     0   0   .300      Tovar cf              5   0   2   1     0   1   .289
  H. Washington pr,dh 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Johnson dh            5   0   1   0     0   0   .292
C. Washington lf      3   1   1   0     2   0   .276      Burroughs rf          2   1   1   1     2   0   .305
  Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .146      Grieve lf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .272
Bando 3b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .266        Spencer ph,1b       1   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Jackson rf            4   1   1   3     1   1   .313      Randle 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .311
Rudi 1b,lf            5   1   2   1     0   0   .303      Fregosi 1b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Tenace c,1b           4   1   1   0     0   2   .221        Hargrove ph,1b,lf   2   0   2   1     0   0   .342
Mangual cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .236      Harrah ss             3   0   0   1     0   0   .263
  North cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Nelson 2b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .243
Green 2b              3   2   2   1     1   1   .259      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     1   1   .271
Maxvill ss            3   0   0   1     0   0   .159      Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Knowles p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   8  11   8     4   6             Totals               33   4  10   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 25,277
Left on Base: A's 6, Rangers 7
DP: A's 3, Rangers 1
Doubles: Tenace (13), Alou (4), Grieve (10)
Triples: Green (2)
Home Runs: Jackson (21), Rudi (12), Burroughs (22)
Sacrifice Hits: Maxvill (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (5)
GIDP: Rudi (7), Johnson 2 (15), Harrah (12)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knowles W(3-2)          5     3   1   1   3   1   0  20   4.20
Lindblad                0     3   3   3   0   0   1   3   1.98
Fingers SV(13)          4     4   0   0   1   2   0  15   2.53
Totals                  9    10   4   4   4   3   1  38

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby L(15-14)          5     7   6   6   2   2   2  23   4.96
Foucault                2     3   2   2   0   3   0   9   2.57
Stanhouse               2     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   4.55
Totals                  9    11   8   8   4   6   2  41

Wild Pitches: Stanhouse (4)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alou singled to right; C. Washington walked [Alou
to second]; Bando flied out to left; Jackson homered [Alou
scored, C. Washington scored]; Rudi singled to center; Tenace
struck out; Mangual forced Rudi (shortstop unassisted); 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to third; Johnson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Tovar out at second];
Burroughs walked; Grieve grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Green struck out; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop
to first); Alou flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Randle flied out to center; Fregosi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: C. Washington singled to center; Bando flied out
to right; Jackson walked [C. Washington to second]; Rudi
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Nelson was called out on strikes; Sundberg grounded
out (shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace doubled to left; Mangual grounded out
(second to first) [Tenace to third]; Green tripled to right
[Tenace scored]; Maxvill out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Green scored]; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Johnson lined to left; Burroughs walked; Grieve
lined to shortstop; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: C. Washington grounded out (second to first);
Bando flied out to left; Jackson grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Fregosi made an out to shortstop; Harrah made an
out to second; Nelson walked; Sundberg singled to left [Nelson
to second]; Tovar singled to left [Sundberg to second, Nelson
scored]; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi homered; FOUCAULT REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING);
Tenace struck out; Mangual singled to center; Green singled to
center [Mangual to second]; Maxvill grounded out (catcher to
first) [Green to second, Mangual to third]; Alou singled to
center [Green scored, Mangual scored]; C. Washington grounded
out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Burroughs
homered; Grieve doubled to right; Randle singled to center
[Grieve to third]; HARGROVE BATTED FOR FREGOSI; FINGERS REPLACED
LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Hargrove singled to center [Randle to
third, Grieve scored]; Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Randle scored]; Nelson flied out to center; Sundberg struck
out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HARGROVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Bando
struck out; Jackson struck out; Rudi flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Tovar flied out to left; Johnson singled to
shortstop; Burroughs forced Johnson (shortstop to second);
SPENCER BATTED FOR GRIEVE; Spencer singled to right [Burroughs
to second]; Randle grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 8, Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HARGROVE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); SPENCER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); STANHOUSE REPLACED FOUCAULT
(PITCHING); Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Mangual
struck out; Green walked; Maxvill forced Green (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: NORTH REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING CF); Hargrove
singled to right; Harrah grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Hargrove out at second]; Nelson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8,
Rangers 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Alou doubled to right; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR
ALOU; Stanhouse threw a wild pitch [H. Washington to third]; C.
Washington walked; Bando reached on a fielder's choice [H.
Washington out at home (pitcher to catcher), C. Washington to
second]; Jackson forced Bando (second to shortstop); Rudi flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 8, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: H. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HANEY
REPLACED C. WASHINGTON (PLAYING C ); RUDI CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Sundberg
walked; Tovar was called out on strikes; Johnson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sundberg out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Rangers 4.