In a meeting between the two leading candidates for the Cy Young Award, Fergie Jenkins came out ahead of Catfish Hunter when the Rangers defeated the Athletics, 3-1. Jenkins gave up the A's run in the third inning on singles by Bill North and Bert Campaneris and sacrifice fly by Reggie Jackson.

The Rangers broke Hunter's string of 22 scoreless innings with two runs in their half of the third. Joe Lovitto singled, Cesar Tovar was hit by a pitch and Lenny Randle drove them home with a triple. Tovar doubled in the fifth, moved up on a bunt by Randle and counted the other run on a sacrifice fly by Jeff Burroughs. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Friday, September 13, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2
Rangers      0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   3  5  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   2   0     0   2   .265      Tovar lf              3   2   1   0     0   0   .281
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .299      Randle 2b             3   0   1   2     0   0   .305
Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Burroughs rf          3   0   0   1     0   2   .301
Jackson rf            2   0   1   1     1   0   .293      Hargrove 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .332
Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   4   .291      Spencer dh            4   0   2   0     0   0   .288
Tenace 1b,c           4   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Harrah ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Alou dh               4   0   2   0     0   0   .283      Howell 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .300
Fosse c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .195        L. Brown 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .187
  Holt ph,1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Lovitto cf            2   1   1   0     1   0   .224
Green 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .220      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .260
  C. Washington ph    1   0   0   0     0   0   .287      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   7   1     1  10             Totals               27   3   5   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 21,411
Left on Base: A's 8, Rangers 5
DP: A's 0, Rangers 0
Errors: Fosse, Green
Doubles: North (19), Alou (7), Tovar (20)
Triples: Randle (4)
Stolen Bases: Jackson (21)
Sacrifice Hits: Randle (12), Harrah (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Jackson (7), Burroughs (10)
Hit by Pitch: Tovar (9,by Hunter)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(23-11)         8     5   3   3   1   3   0  32   2.58
Totals                  8     5   3   3   1   3   0  32

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(23-11)        9     7   1   1   1  10   0  36   2.90
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1  10   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Hunter (4)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim Odom


ATHLETICS 1ST: North doubled to left; Campaneris made an out to
catcher; Bando struck out; Jackson walked; Rudi struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Randle flied out to
left; Fosse dropped a foul fly hit by Burroughs for an error;
Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
lined to shortstop; Fosse lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer
flied out to center; Harrah grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green struck out; North singled to left;
Campaneris singled to left [North to third]; Bando reached on a
fielder's choice [Campaneris to second]; Jackson hit a sacrifice
fly to left [North scored]; Rudi struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Howell struck out; Lovitto singled to left;
Sundberg popped to catcher in foul territory; Tovar was hit by a
pitch [Lovitto to second]; Randle tripled to right [Tovar
scored, Lovitto scored]; Burroughs struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace flied out to center; Alou singled to
center; Fosse grounded out (third to first) [Alou to second];
Green singled to second [Alou to third]; North struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove popped to third in foul territory; Spencer
singled to left; Harrah reached on an error by Green (assist by
Campaneris) [Spencer to second]; Howell flied out to left;
Lovitto walked [Spencer to third, Harrah to second]; Sundberg
made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris made an out to second; Bando popped to
third in foul territory; Jackson singled to right; Jackson stole
second; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Tovar doubled to left; Randle out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Tovar to third]; Burroughs hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Tovar scored]; Hargrove flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace was called out on strikes; Alou doubled to
center; HOLT BATTED FOR FOSSE; Holt popped to third in foul
territory; Green grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Spencer singled to right; Harrah out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Spencer to second]; Howell
flied out to right; Lovitto flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: L. BROWN REPLACED HOWELL (PLAYING 3B); North was
called out on strikes; Campaneris struck out; Bando flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg made an out to second; Tovar flied out to
center; Randle grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Rudi
struck out; Tenace flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
flied out to center; Spencer popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Alou made an out to shortstop; Holt grounded out
(first unassisted); C. WASHINGTON BATTED FOR GREEN; C.
Washington grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 3.