The Rangers had to travel 14 innings to do it, but they defeated the Tigers, 4-3, for their 58th victory of the season, one more than their total for the entire 1973 campaign. Al Kaline accounted for the Tigers' first run with a homer in the first inning for the 1,560th RBI of his career, moving him ahead of Tris Speaker into 15th place on the major leagues' all-time list.

The Rangers struck for three runs in the fifth on singles by Jim Sundberg and Cesar Tovar, double by Jeff Burroughs and single by Jim Spencer. After Gates Brown delivered a pinch-single for the Tigers, driving in the tying runs in the ninth, the game proceeded until the 14th when Sundberg singled and Tovar sacrificed. Lenny Randle was retired for the second out. With first base open, the Tigers passed Burroughs intentionally, bringing up Mike Hargrove, who singled to drive in the winning run. The Tigers used three pitchers, who issued 17 walks, 11 by John Hiller in last 5 2/3 innings. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Friday, August    9, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  -   3 10  2
Rangers      0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   4 13  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   0   0   0     0   3   .196      Tovar lf,cf           4   1   1   0     3   0   .288
Sutherland 2b         6   0   2   0     0   0   .273      Randle 3b             8   0   2   0     0   1   .315
Kaline dh             6   1   1   1     0   2   .263      Burroughs rf          4   1   2   2     4   1   .309
Oglivie lf,1b         5   0   1   0     1   0   .291      Hargrove 1b           6   0   3   2     1   0   .341
Nettles rf            5   1   1   0     1   0   .209      Spencer dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .306
Freehan 1b,c          5   1   1   0     1   0   .292        Grieve ph,dh        1   0   0   0     1   1   .271
Rodriguez 3b          5   0   1   0     1   0   .231      Lovitto cf            1   0   0   0     3   0   .201
Brinkman ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .222        Johnson ph,lf       0   0   0   0     2   0   .291
  G. Brown ph         1   0   1   2     0   0   .211      Harrah ss             6   0   1   0     1   1   .261
  Veryzer ss          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Nelson 2b             6   0   0   0     1   1   .239
Moses c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Sundberg c            5   2   3   0     1   0   .276
  Lamont c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .188      J. Brown p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knox ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .281        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lane lf             0   0   0   0     1   0   .226
Holdsworth p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               47   3  10   3     5   7             Totals               45   4  13   4    17   5

Time of Game: 3:29   Attendance: 10,620
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Rangers 22
DP: Tigers 2, Rangers 3
Errors: Sutherland, Holdsworth
Doubles: Burroughs (26)
Home Runs: Kaline (9)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (8), Tovar (6)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (2), Randle (13), Lovitto (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (11), Hargrove (2), Grieve (4), Johnson (1), Tovar (4)
GIDP: Rodriguez (11), Kaline (10), Oglivie (4), Randle (6), Nelson (11)
Hit by Pitch: LeFlore (1,by Foucault)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holdsworth              4.2   9   3   3   1   1   0  22   5.79
Walker                  3.1   2   0   0   5   2   0  16   4.60
Hiller L(13-8)          5.2   2   1   1  11   2   0  29   2.37
Totals                 13.2  13   4   4  17   5   0  67

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Brown                8.1   9   3   3   3   4   1  35   3.77
Foucault W(5-6)         5.2   1   0   0   2   3   0  18   2.42
Totals                 14    10   3   3   5   7   1  53

Hit by Pitch: Foucault (4)

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Sutherland flied
out to left; Kaline homered; Oglivie walked; Nettles grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
singled to left; Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Burroughs singled to center; Hargrove singled to center
[Burroughs to second]; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan walked; Rodriguez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Freehan out at second]; Brinkman
singled to shortstop; Moses grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: LAMONT REPLACED MOSES (PLAYING C ); Lovitto flied
out to left; Harrah singled to third; Harrah stole second;
Nelson grounded out (third to first); Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Sutherland
singled to center; Kaline grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Sutherland out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Tovar lined to second; Randle singled to left;
Randle was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Holdsworth [Randle to second]; Burroughs grounded out (second to
first) [Randle to third]; Hargrove flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles
grounded out (first to pitcher); Freehan flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Spencer popped to first in foul territory; Lovitto
walked; Lovitto was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Brinkman
singled to center; Lamont grounded out (first unassisted)
[Brinkman to second]; LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Nelson was called out on strikes; Sundberg singled
to center; Tovar singled to left [Sundberg to second]; Randle
popped to catcher in foul territory; Burroughs doubled to center
[Tovar scored, Sundberg scored]; Hargrove singled to left
[Burroughs scored]; WALKER REPLACED HOLDSWORTH (PITCHING);
Spencer singled to right [Hargrove to second]; Lovitto walked
[Hargrove to third, Spencer to second]; Harrah popped to first
in foul territory; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Sutherland flied out to left; Kaline was called out
on strikes; Oglivie singled to left; Nettles walked [Oglivie to
second]; Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson walked; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Nelson to second]; Tovar grounded out
(second to first) [Nelson to third]; Randle struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman
grounded out (third to first); Lamont flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Burroughs walked; Hargrove grounded out (first
unassisted) [Burroughs to second]; Spencer flied out to right;
Lovitto walked; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
1, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sutherland flied out to center; Kaline grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Nelson popped to first in foul territory; Sundberg
singled to center; Tovar walked [Sundberg to second]; Randle
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers
3.

TIGERS 9TH: Oglivie flied out to left; Nettles singled to right;
Freehan singled to center [Nettles to second]; Rodriguez singled
to third [Freehan to second, Nettles to third]; G. BROWN BATTED
FOR BRINKMAN; G. Brown singled to right [Rodriguez to third,
Freehan scored, Nettles scored]; FOUCAULT REPLACED J. BROWN
(PITCHING); KNOX BATTED FOR LAMONT; Knox struck out; LeFlore
forced G. Brown (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: LANE REPLACED KNOX (PLAYING LF); OGLIVIE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); FREEHAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C );
VERYZER REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING SS); HILLER REPLACED WALKER
(PITCHING); Burroughs walked; Hargrove out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Burroughs to second]; GRIEVE BATTED FOR
SPENCER; Grieve struck out; JOHNSON BATTED FOR LOVITTO; Johnson
was walked intentionally; Harrah grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 10TH: GRIEVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); JOHNSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF);
Sutherland singled to left; Kaline made an out to shortstop;
Oglivie grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Sutherland out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 10TH: Nelson flied out to right; Sundberg walked; Tovar
walked [Sundberg to second]; Randle flied out to center;
Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 3, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 11TH: Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory;
Freehan grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez walked; Veryzer
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 11TH: Hargrove walked; Grieve out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Hargrove to second]; Johnson was walked
intentionally; Harrah forced Hargrove (shortstop to third)
[Johnson to second]; Nelson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 12TH: Lane walked; LeFlore was hit by a pitch [Lane to
second]; Lane was picked off second (catcher to second); LeFlore
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Sutherland
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 12TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Tovar walked; Tovar
stole second [Tovar to third (error by Sutherland)]; Randle
popped to first in foul territory; Burroughs was walked
intentionally; Hargrove flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Tigers 3, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 13TH: Kaline struck out; Oglivie flied out to center;
Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 13TH: Grieve walked; Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Grieve to second]; Harrah was walked
intentionally; Nelson grounded into a double play (third to
first) [Grieve out at third]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Rangers 3.

TIGERS 14TH: Freehan flied out to center; Rodriguez flied out to
left; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 14TH: Sundberg singled to left; Tovar out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Sundberg to second]; Randle made an out
to first; Burroughs was walked intentionally; Hargrove singled
to center [Burroughs to second, Sundberg scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 4.