Continuing his sensational performance with the Rangers after coming over from the Cubs this season, Fergie Jenkins posted his 22nd victory, beating the Athletics, 5-1. The veteran righthander's triumph was his fourth in a row over the A's. The defending world champions did not score until the ninth when they broke Jenkins' streak of 29 shutout innings with their run on singles by Reggie Jackson and Joe Rudi and a sacrifice fly by Ray Fosse.

The Rangers put the game away early, counting twice in the first on a walk, double by Jim Fregosi and single by Lenny Randle. Cesar Tovar doubled, stole second and scored on an error in the fifth. Jim Sundberg homered in the seventh. Joe Lovitto hit his third single of the game in the ninth and counted the final run on an error, a hit batsman and infield out. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 8, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      2  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  1  -   5 11  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .245      North cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .264
Tovar lf,rf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .283      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .295
Burroughs rf          2   1   0   0     1   1   .298      Bando dh              4   0   0   0     0   4   .247
  L. Brown 3b         2   0   1   1     0   0   .187      Jackson rf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .300
Fregosi 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .265      Rudi lf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .295
  Hargrove 1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .339      Tenace 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .216
Randle 3b,lf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .303      Fosse c               3   0   1   1     0   1   .209
Harrah ss             4   0   2   0     0   1   .264      Green 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Cardenas dh           3   0   0   0     0   1   .261        Holt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Spencer ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .290        Trillo 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .095
Lovitto cf            4   0   3   0     0   1   .216      Garner 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .059
Sundberg c            3   2   1   1     0   0   .266        C. Washington ph    1   0   1   0     0   0   .290
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kubiak 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
                                                          Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Parsons p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  11   4     1   8             Totals               33   1   7   1     1  10

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance:  8,984
Left on Base: Rangers 8, A's 7
DP: Rangers 0, A's 1
Errors: Fosse, Kubiak
Doubles: Fregosi (5), Tovar (19), Campaneris (16)
Triples: Tovar (4)
Home Runs: Sundberg (3)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (13), Harrah (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Fosse (2)
GIDP: Sundberg (12)
Hit by Pitch: Nelson (4,by Knowles)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(22-11)        9     7   1   1   1  10   0  35   2.96
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1  10   0  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(17-14)       7    10   4   3   1   5   1  31   3.21
Parsons                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   0.00
Knowles                 1     1   1   0   0   1   0   6   4.43
Totals                  9    11   5   3   1   8   1  40

Passed Balls: Fosse (2)
Hit by Pitch: Knowles (2)
Wild Pitches: Jenkins (4)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson struck out; Tovar grounded out (third to
first); Burroughs walked; Fregosi doubled [Burroughs scored];
Randle singled to center [Fregosi scored, Randle to second (on
throw to home)]; Harrah flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris
struck out; Bando was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Cardenas grounded out (second to first); Lovitto
singled to left; Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Lovitto out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson struck out; Rudi was called out on
strikes; Tenace singled to left; Fosse struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Nelson struck out; Tovar tripled to right;
Burroughs grounded out (pitcher to first); Fregosi grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green flied out to left; Garner grounded out
(second to first); North grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle flied out to right; Harrah singled to
center; Cardenas popped to shortstop; Lovitto singled to center
[Harrah to second]; Fosse allowed a passed ball [Harrah to
third, Lovitto to second]; Sundberg flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris flied out to left; Bando struck out;
Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Athletics 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
doubled to left; Tovar stole third [Tovar scored (error by
Fosse) (unearned)]; Burroughs struck out; Fregosi flied out to
right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: L. BROWN REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING 3B); RANDLE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Rudi singled to left; Tenace struck out; Fosse popped to
catcher in foul territory; Green forced Rudi (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Randle flied out to center; Harrah singled to left;
Cardenas struck out; Harrah stole second; Lovitto struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: C. WASHINGTON BATTED FOR GARNER; C. Washington
singled to center; North walked [C. Washington to second];
Campaneris flied out to center [C. Washington to third]; Bando
struck out; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 3, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 7TH: KUBIAK REPLACED C. WASHINGTON (PLAYING 3B);
Sundberg homered; Nelson grounded out (third to first); Tovar
grounded out (second to first); L. Brown singled to left;
Fregosi forced L. Brown (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HARGROVE REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 1B); Rudi
popped to third in foul territory; Tenace flied out to left;
Fosse singled to right; HOLT BATTED FOR GREEN; Holt flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 8TH: TRILLO REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING 2B); PARSONS REPLACED
HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Randle was called out on strikes; Harrah
was called out on strikes; SPENCER BATTED FOR CARDENAS; Spencer
lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kubiak lined
to center; North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
doubled to right; Bando struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 9TH: KNOWLES REPLACED PARSONS (PITCHING); Lovitto
singled to left; Sundberg reached on an error by Kubiak on a
sacrifice bunt [Lovitto to second, Sundberg to first (on
throw)]; Nelson was hit by a pitch [Lovitto to third, Sundberg
to second]; Tovar forced Lovitto (third to catcher) [Sundberg to
third, Nelson to second]; L. Brown forced Tovar (shortstop to
second) [Sundberg scored (unearned), Nelson to third, L. Brown
to first]; Hargrove was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Jackson singled to center; Rudi singled to third
[Jackson to second]; Jenkins threw a wild pitch [Jackson to
third, Rudi to second]; Tenace popped to catcher in foul
territory; Fosse hit a sacrifice fly to left [Jackson scored];
Trillo flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Athletics 1.