Backed by Mike Hargrove, who tripled with the bases loaded, Fergie Jenkins turned in his 21st complete game of the season and pitched the Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Tigers before 37,737, second largest crowd in Arlington Stadium history. Gene Lamont homered with a man on base in the third inning before Rangers came back with five runs off Lerrin LaGrow in their half.

Jim Sundberg and Alex Johnson singled and Cesar Tovar walked to load the bases. Jeff Burroughs lifted a fly to right center field, where Ron LeFlore ran into Jim Nettles, who dropped the ball. LeFlore was charged with the error. Sundberg scored. Hargrove then hit his triple and scored himself on a sacrifice fly by Jim Spencer. The Tigers were able to tighten the game with two unearned runs in the seventh on a pair of errors by Dave Nelson. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Saturday, August    10, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   4  8  2
Rangers      0  0  5    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  7  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .200      Johnson lf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .292
Sutherland 2b         5   0   1   0     0   1   .272        Lovitto cf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Kaline dh             3   0   1   0     1   1   .263      Tovar cf,lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .288
Oglivie lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .290      Burroughs rf          3   1   0   1     0   1   .307
Freehan 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Hargrove 1b           4   1   1   3     0   0   .340
Nettles rf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .213      Spencer dh            3   0   1   1     0   0   .306
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   1     0   1   .231      Randle 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .311
Veryzer ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .200      Harrah ss             3   0   1   0     0   1   .262
Lamont c              3   1   1   2     0   1   .196      Nelson 2b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .240
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Sundberg c            1   1   1   0     1   0   .279
LaGrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   8   3     2   9             Totals               27   5   7   5     2   3

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 37,737
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Rangers 4
DP: Tigers 1, Rangers 1
Errors: LeFlore, Lamont, Nelson 2
Doubles: Kaline (17), Rodriguez (17)
Triples: Hargrove (6)
Home Runs: Lamont (1)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (6), Sundberg (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Burroughs (7), Spencer (3)
GIDP: Sutherland (12), Johnson (16)
Hit by Pitch: LeFlore (2,by Jenkins)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaGrow L(7-13)          8     7   5   3   2   3   0  33   4.34
Totals                  8     7   5   3   2   3   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(16-10)        9     8   4   2   2   9   1  38   3.36
Totals                  9     8   4   2   2   9   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Jenkins (5)
Balks: Jenkins (2)

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (first to pitcher); Sutherland
struck out; Kaline doubled to left; Oglivie grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Johnson made an out to shortstop; Tovar singled to
center; Tovar stole second [Tovar to third (error by Lamont)];
Burroughs struck out; Hargrove flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan struck out; Nettles struck out; Rodriguez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Spencer grounded out (second to pitcher); Randle
grounded out (first to pitcher); Harrah flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer walked; Lamont homered [Veryzer scored];
LeFlore struck out; Sutherland singled to left; Kaline was
called out on strikes; Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first);
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Nelson grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
singled to shortstop; Johnson singled to left [Sundberg to
second]; Tovar walked [Sundberg to third, Johnson to second];
Burroughs reached on an error by LeFlore on a sacrifice fly
[Tovar to second, Johnson to third, Sundberg scored]; Hargrove
tripled to right [Burroughs scored (unearned), Tovar scored,
Johnson scored]; Spencer hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hargrove
scored (unearned)]; Randle grounded out (second to first); 5 R
(3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan popped to first in foul territory; Nettles
struck out; Rodriguez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah singled to left; Nelson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Harrah to second]; Sundberg walked;
Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Rangers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: LOVITTO REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Veryzer made an out to second; Lamont
struck out; LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 5TH: Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs
lined to shortstop; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Sutherland flied out to left; Kaline walked; Oglivie
struck out; Freehan popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Randle
grounded out (second to first); Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Nettles reached on an error by Nelson; Rodriguez
doubled to center [Nettles scored (unearned)]; Veryzer flied out
to right [Rodriguez scored (error by Nelson) (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Lamont grounded out (pitcher unassisted); LeFlore singled
to shortstop; Jenkins balked [LeFlore to second]; Sutherland
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 7TH: Nelson singled to shortstop; Sundberg out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Nelson to second]; Lovitto was
called out on strikes; Tovar made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Kaline popped to third in foul territory; Oglivie
singled to second; Freehan flied out to left; Nettles singled to
right [Oglivie to third]; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer singled to
right; Randle lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Rangers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Veryzer singled to left; G. BROWN BATTED FOR LAMONT;
G. Brown grounded out (second to pitcher) [Veryzer to second];
LeFlore was hit by a pitch; Sutherland grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [LeFlore out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.