Fergie Jenkins gained his 21st victory with his sixth shutout of the season, pitching the Rangers past the Twins, 1-0. The veteran righthander was able to win by a 1-0 score for the fourth time when Jim Spencer hit a two-out single off Dave Goltz in the sixth inning to score Jeff Burroughs from second base. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 1, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Wednesday, September 4, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   1  6  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .295      Nelson 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .251
Carew 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .368      Tovar lf,cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .281
Hisle cf              3   0   1   0     0   2   .293      Burroughs rf          2   1   1   0     1   1   .297
Oliva dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .290      Hargrove 1b,lf        3   0   0   0     1   0   .338
Darwin rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .282      Spencer dh            4   0   1   1     0   0   .296
Bourque 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Randle 3b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .304
Soderholm 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .281      Harrah ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Terrell ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Lovitto cf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Killebrew ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Fregosi 1b          2   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Borgmann c            4   0   0   0     0   2   .259      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   0   7   0     1   7             Totals               27   1   6   1     4   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  5,969
Left on Base: Twins 9, Rangers 7
DP: Twins 2, Rangers 1
Errors: Harrah
Doubles: Carew (26)
Caught Stealing: Randle (16)
GIDP: Bourque (2), Sundberg (11)
Hit by Pitch: Hisle (8,by Jenkins), Burroughs (5,by Goltz)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(7-8)            7.1   6   1   1   4   5   0  30   3.72
Burgmeier               0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.46
Totals                  8     6   1   1   4   5   0  32

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(21-11)        9     7   0   0   1   7   0  36   3.03
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   7   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Goltz (7), Jenkins (6)

Umpires: HP - Armando Rodriguez, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - Bill Haller


TWINS 1ST: Braun flied out to center; Carew doubled to center;
Hisle struck out; Oliva popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson was called out on strikes; Tovar singled to
shortstop; Burroughs walked [Tovar to second]; Hargrove flied
into a double play (left to second) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin popped to second; Bourque flied out to right;
Soderholm reached on an error by Harrah; Terrell grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Spencer flied out to right; Randle walked; Randle
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Harrah grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers
0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann struck out; Braun popped to third in foul
territory; Carew singled to center; Hisle was hit by a pitch
[Carew to second]; Oliva grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto was called out on strikes; Sundberg singled
to center; Nelson was called out on strikes; Tovar grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 4TH: FREGOSI REPLACED LOVITTO (PLAYING 1B); HARGROVE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); Darwin singled to left; Bourque grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Darwin out at second]; On a bunt Soderholm
singled to third; Terrell popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs struck out; Hargrove grounded out (second
to first); Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Borgmann flied out to left; Braun walked; Carew flied
out to left; Hisle singled to shortstop [Braun to second]; Oliva
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Randle struck out; Harrah singled to center;
Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to first) [Harrah to second];
Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 6TH: Darwin struck out; Bourque flied out to center;
Soderholm flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson lined to shortstop; Tovar popped to second;
Burroughs singled to right; Hargrove walked [Burroughs to
second]; Spencer singled to right [Hargrove to second, Burroughs
scored]; Randle lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
Rangers 1.

TWINS 7TH: Terrell grounded out (first unassisted); Borgmann
struck out; Braun singled to right; Carew grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah flied out to left; Fregosi singled to first;
Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Fregosi out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Rangers 1.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle struck out; Oliva struck out; Darwin struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Nelson grounded out (second to first); Tovar
walked; Burroughs was hit by a pitch [Tovar to second];
BURGMEIER REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Hargrove flied out to left;
Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Rangers 1.

TWINS 9TH: Bourque grounded out (second to first); Soderholm
singled to left; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR TERRELL; Killebrew popped
to first; Borgmann flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Rangers 1.