Although first base was open with one out in the 11th inning, manager Alvin Dark of the Athletics ordered Rollie Fingers to pitch to Jeff Burroughs, who wrecked the move with a single, scoring Dave Nelson, to give the Rangers a 5-4 victory. Nelson opened the inning with a single and took second on a sacrifice by Cesar Tovar before Burroughs came to the plate.

Burroughs previously drove in a run with a triple and scored himself when the Rangers took a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning. Sal Bando belted a three-run homer to put the A's ahead in the eighth, but Burroughs singled to drive in Nelson with the Rangers' tying tally in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Friday, September 6, 1974 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  1    0  1  -   5 16  2
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  3  0    0  0  -   4 10  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             3   3   1   0     3   0   .249      North cf              5   1   2   0     1   1   .265
Tovar lf              5   1   3   1     0   1   .284      Campaneris ss         6   1   3   0     0   1   .297
Burroughs rf          6   1   4   3     0   1   .300      Jackson rf            5   0   0   1     0   2   .303
Fregosi 1b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Bando 3b              5   1   1   3     0   1   .251
  Hargrove ph,1b      5   0   2   1     0   0   .336      Rudi lf               4   0   2   0     1   0   .292
Randle 3b             6   0   1   0     0   0   .302      Tenace 1b,c           5   0   0   0     0   3   .214
Harrah ss             5   0   3   0     0   0   .263      C. Washington dh      4   0   1   0     1   0   .291
Cardenas dh           4   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Fosse c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .211
Lovitto cf            5   0   1   0     0   2   .202        Holt ph,1b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .248
Sundberg c            5   0   0   0     0   2   .262        Garner pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .063
Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Green 2b              1   0   0   0     1   0   .224
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        H. Washington pr    0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kubiak 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                          Hamilton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45   5  16   5     3   8             Totals               42   4  10   4     4  10

Time of Game: 3:36   Attendance:  9,781
Left on Base: Rangers 12, A's 10
DP: Rangers 0, A's 1
Errors: Hargrove, Randle, Odom
Doubles: C. Washington (8), Rudi (35)
Triples: Burroughs (2)
Home Runs: Bando (19)
Stolen Bases: North (48), Garner (1)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Cardenas (1), Tovar (6), Kubiak (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby                   6     4   1   1   1   6   0  23   4.69
Foucault W(8-7)         5     6   3   0   3   4   1  24   2.03
Totals                 11    10   4   1   4  10   1  47

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hamilton                2     5   0   0   0   1   0  11   3.22
Odom                    4.2   2   1   1   2   3   0  17   3.45
Fingers L(8-4)          3.2   9   4   4   1   4   0  20   2.66
Lindblad                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.93
Totals                 11    16   5   5   3   8   0  50

Wild Pitches: Fingers (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - George Maloney


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson flied out to right; Tovar singled to left;
Burroughs singled to center [Tovar to second]; Fregosi struck
out; Randle forced Tovar (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to third; North stole second;
Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Jackson was called out
on strikes; Bando reached on a fielder's choice [North out at
third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenas
singled to left; Lovitto singled to right [Cardenas to second];
Sundberg flied out to center; Nelson forced Lovitto (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
struck out; C. Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Tovar singled to right; ODOM REPLACED HAMILTON
(PITCHING); Burroughs flied out to right; HARGROVE BATTED FOR
FREGOSI; Hargrove forced Tovar (first to shortstop); Randle
singled to shortstop [Hargrove to second]; Harrah flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: HARGROVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Fosse
popped to second; Green popped to shortstop; North grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Lovitto
was called out on strikes; Sundberg flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris struck out; Jackson popped to catcher
in foul territory; Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Nelson walked; Tovar lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Nelson out at first]; Burroughs was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Tenace was
called out on strikes; C. Washington doubled to center; Fosse
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Randle
lined to first; Harrah singled to left; Cardenas grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Green walked; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR GREEN; North
flied to left in foul territory; Campaneris singled to left [H.
Washington to third]; Jackson forced Campaneris (second to
shortstop) [H. Washington scored]; Bando flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 7TH: KUBIAK REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PLAYING 2B); Lovitto
grounded out (second to first); Sundberg struck out; Nelson
walked; Nelson was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Odom [Nelson to third]; FINGERS REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Tovar
singled to right [Nelson scored]; Burroughs tripled to right
[Tovar scored]; Hargrove singled to center [Burroughs scored];
Randle popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi doubled to center; FOUCAULT REPLACED BIBBY
(PITCHING); Tenace struck out; C. Washington lined to first
[Rudi to third (error by Hargrove)]; HOLT BATTED FOR FOSSE; Holt
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics
1.

RANGERS 8TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Harrah singled to right; Harrah was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cardenas struck
out; Lovitto struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Randle
dropped a foul fly hit by North for an error; North walked;
Campaneris singled to left [North to second]; Jackson struck
out; Bando homered (unearned) [North scored (unearned),
Campaneris scored (unearned)]; Rudi singled to center; Tenace
forced Rudi (shortstop to second); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Athletics 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Nelson walked; Fingers
threw a wild pitch [Nelson to second]; Tovar struck out;
Burroughs singled to center [Nelson scored]; Hargrove singled to
center [Burroughs to second]; Randle grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: C. Washington walked; Holt struck out; Kubiak out
on a sacrifice bunt (third to pitcher to second) [C. Washington
to second]; North singled to shortstop [C. Washington to third];
On a bunt Campaneris singled to pitcher [C. Washington stayed at
third, North to second]; attempted squeeze but Claudell
Washington held 3B; Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 4.

RANGERS 10TH: Harrah singled to left; Cardenas out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Harrah to second]; Lovitto
flied out to left; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi
walked; Tenace forced Rudi (third to second); C. Washington
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
4, Athletics 4.

RANGERS 11TH: Nelson singled to center; Tovar out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Nelson to second]; Burroughs singled to
left [Nelson scored, Burroughs to second (on throw to home)];
LINDBLAD REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Hargrove grounded out
(second to first) [Burroughs to third]; Randle flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Holt singled to center; GARNER RAN FOR HOLT;
Garner stole second; Kubiak popped to first; North struck out;
Campaneris popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 5, Athletics 4.