Saved from defeat when Toby Harrah homered in the ninth inning, the Rangers scored twice off Mickey Lolich in the 10th and beat the Tigers, 6-4. While losing, Lolich struck out 10 to bring his career total to 2,510, good for eighth place on the major leagues' all-time list ahead of Christy Mathewson. Texas Rangers 6, Detroit Tigers 4Game Played on Saturday, August 24, 1974 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumRangers 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 6 13 1 Tigers 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 3 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nelson 2b 4 1 3 1 0 1 .253 LeFlore cf 5 0 1 1 0 2 .220 Tovar lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .289 Knox 2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .279 Burroughs rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .296 Kaline dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .254 Grieve dh 4 0 1 1 0 3 .264 Oglivie 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .272 Randle 3b 4 1 2 2 1 0 .309 Nettles rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .203 Fregosi 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Veryzer ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 .280 Johnson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Rodriguez 3b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .229 Spencer 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307 Lane lf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .211 Harrah ss 4 2 2 2 1 1 .256 Lamont c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .219 Lovitto cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .201 Lolich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sundberg c 5 0 0 0 0 2 .270 J. Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Merritt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 6 13 6 3 10 Totals 37 4 8 4 5 8 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 22,218 Left on Base: Rangers 9, Tigers 9 DP: Rangers 0, Tigers 1 Errors: Tovar, LeFlore, Knox, Rodriguez Doubles: Lovitto (8), Rodriguez (19), Veryzer 2 (2), Oglivie (6) Home Runs: Harrah (17) Stolen Bases: Tovar (11), Knox (2) Caught Stealing: Nelson (11), Randle (15) Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (7), Grieve (5), Nettles (2) GIDP: Fregosi (10) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA J. Brown 6.2 6 4 4 4 6 0 30 3.76 Merritt 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 6.43 Foucault W(6-6) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.15 Totals 10 8 4 4 5 8 0 43 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich L(15-15) 10 13 6 4 3 10 1 45 3.56 Totals 10 13 6 4 3 10 1 45 Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Russ Goetz RANGERS 1ST: Nelson struck out; Tovar singled to left; Tovar stole second; Burroughs flied out to right; Grieve singled to left [Tovar scored]; Randle flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to center; Knox grounded out (second to first); Kaline flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi popped to shortstop; Harrah popped to first; Lovitto doubled to right; Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie was called out on strikes; Nettles struck out; Veryzer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Nelson singled to left; Tovar singled to left [Nelson to third]; Burroughs walked [Tovar to second]; Grieve struck out; Randle walked [Nelson scored, Tovar to third, Burroughs to second]; Fregosi grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Randle out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez doubled to left; Lane struck out; Lamont struck out; LeFlore singled to center [Rodriguez scored]; Knox grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Harrah walked; Lovitto grounded out (third to first) [Harrah to second]; Sundberg reached on an error by LeFlore [Harrah to third, Sundberg to second]; Nelson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Harrah scored (unearned), Sundberg to third]; Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Kaline was called out on strikes; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Burroughs struck out; Grieve struck out; Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez walked; Lane walked [Rodriguez to second]; Lamont singled to center [Rodriguez scored, Lane to third]; LeFlore was called out on strikes; Knox singled to center [Lane scored, Lamont to second]; Kaline flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 3. RANGERS 6TH: Fregosi struck out; Harrah struck out; Lovitto grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 3. TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie singled to center; Nettles out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Oglivie to second]; Veryzer doubled to left [Oglivie scored, Veryzer to third (error by Tovar)]; Rodriguez reached on a fielder's choice [Veryzer out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Lane grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 4. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg struck out; Nelson singled to center; Nelson was caught stealing second but was safe at second (error by Knox; assist by Lamont); Tovar popped to catcher in foul territory; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: Lamont grounded out (first to pitcher); LeFlore flied out to center; Knox walked; Knox stole second; Kaline was walked intentionally; MERRITT REPLACED J. BROWN (PITCHING); Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 4. RANGERS 8TH: Grieve struck out; Randle singled to right; Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Fregosi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Veryzer doubled to left; Rodriguez flied out to right; Lane was walked intentionally; Lamont grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 4. RANGERS 9TH: Harrah homered; Lovitto grounded out (third to first); Sundberg popped to first in foul territory; Nelson singled to left; Tovar popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Tigers 4. TIGERS 9TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); LeFlore struck out; Knox grounded out (second to first); Kaline flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Tigers 4. RANGERS 10TH: Burroughs singled to left; Grieve out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Burroughs to second]; Randle singled to center [Burroughs scored]; Fregosi singled to left [Randle to third (error by Rodriguez)]; JOHNSON RAN FOR FREGOSI; Harrah singled to left [Randle scored (unearned), Johnson to second]; Lovitto struck out; Sundberg flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 4. TIGERS 10TH: SPENCER REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Oglivie doubled to right; Nettles struck out; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oglivie to third]; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 4. |
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