Fergie Jenkins, who won 20 games six times with the Cubs, entered the charmed circle again in his first season in the A. L. by pitching the Rangers to a 2-0 victory over the Indians. The veteran righthander also struck out nine to bring his career total to an even 2,000.

The Rangers scored their initial run off Jim Perry in the first inning when Jim Spencer hit a sacrifice fly after Lenny Randle and Jeff Burroughs singled and Mike Hargrove walked to load the bases. Their other run in the third was unearned. Charlie Spikes dropped a fly by Dave Nelson, who then took second on a sacrifice by Randle and scored on a single by Burroughs. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 2, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Saturday, August    31, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
Rangers      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2 10  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein 3b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .245      Nelson 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .256
Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     0   2   .236      Randle 3b             3   1   2   0     0   0   .309
  Hendrick ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Burroughs rf          4   0   2   1     0   2   .296
Gamble dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Hargrove lf,1b        3   0   1   0     1   1   .343
Spikes rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .282      Spencer 1b            2   0   0   1     0   0   .295
Ellis 1b,c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .292        Grieve ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Lee lf                3   0   1   0     0   1   .240      Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Torres cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .184      Johnson dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Duncan c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .193      Lovitto cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .200
  McCraw ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Alvarado 2b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .190      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .130
J. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   2   0     0   9             Totals               31   2  10   2     1   3

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 14,841
Left on Base: Indians 2, Rangers 8
DP: Indians 2, Rangers 0
Errors: Spikes
Stolen Bases: Randle 2 (24)
Sacrifice Hits: Randle (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Spencer (4)
GIDP: Spencer (4), Nelson (13)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Perry L(14-10)       6.2  10   2   1   1   2   0  30   2.81
Hilgendorf              1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.05
Totals                  8    10   2   1   1   3   0  34

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(20-11)        9     2   0   0   0   9   0  29   3.13
Totals                  9     2   0   0   0   9   0  29

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Napp


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein flied out to right; Duffy was called out
on strikes; Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Randle
singled to shortstop; Burroughs singled to center [Randle to
third]; Hargrove walked [Burroughs to second]; Spencer hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Randle scored]; Harrah popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes grounded out (second to first); Ellis
singled to left; Lee singled to right [Ellis to third]; Torres
popped to shortstop; Duncan flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Johnson flied out to right; Lovitto grounded out
(first unassisted); Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Alvarado struck out; Lowenstein flied out to right;
Duffy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Nelson reached on an error by Spikes [Nelson to
first]; Randle out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Nelson to second]; Burroughs singled to right [Nelson scored
(unearned)]; Hargrove singled to left [Burroughs to second];
Spencer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Hargrove out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
struck out; Ellis popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah singled to center; Johnson singled to center
[Harrah to second]; On a bunt Lovitto singled to third [Johnson
to second, Harrah to third]; Sundberg forced Harrah (shortstop
to catcher) [Johnson to third, Lovitto to second]; Nelson
grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first)
[Johnson out at home]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers
2.

INDIANS 5TH: Lee lined to second; Torres popped to third; Duncan
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Randle singled to left; Burroughs struck out;
Randle stole second; Hargrove grounded out (second to first)
[Randle to third]; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Alvarado flied out to center; Lowenstein grounded
out (second to first); Duffy grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah flied out to right; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lovitto popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Gamble flied out to center; Spikes grounded out
(first to pitcher); Ellis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg singled to left; Nelson singled to left
[Sundberg to second]; Randle forced Nelson (second unassisted)
[Sundberg to third]; Randle stole second; Burroughs struck out;
HILGENDORF REPLACED J. PERRY (PITCHING); Hargrove was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Lee struck out; Torres struck out; MCCRAW BATTED
FOR DUNCAN; McCraw grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ELLIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); GRIEVE BATTED FOR SPENCER; Grieve
grounded out (third to first); Harrah popped to shortstop;
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 9TH: GRIEVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HARGROVE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); SMITH BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Smith
popped to catcher in foul territory; Lowenstein was called out
on strikes; HENDRICK BATTED FOR DUFFY; Hendrick struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.