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.

After Harrah's homer sent the game into overtime, Jeff Burroughs singled for the Rangers in the 10th and Tom Grieve sacrificed. Lenny Randle singled to drive in Burroughs with the tie-breaking run. Jim Fregosi beat out an infield hit on which Aurelio Rodriguez made a wild throw, Randle going to third on the error. Harrah then laid down a safe squeeze bunt to plate an insurance marker. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Saturday, August    24, 1974 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Rangers      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.