Fergie Jenkins, who won 24 games with the Cubs in 1971, equaled that total by pitching the Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Royals. Jenkins gave up a run in the first inning on a single by Al Cowens, a stolen base and single by George Brett. The Rangers came back with a tally in their half on singles by Cesar Tovar and Mike Hargrove around a sacrifice by Lenny Randle.

Jeff Burroughs walked in the sixth and took third on a single by Hargrove. After Jim Spencer struck out, Toby Harrah smashed a grounder that Brett knocked down, but the third baseman's throw home was too late to catch Burroughs. Hargrove took third and scored on a squeeze bunt by Roy Howell. Harrah then counted what proved to be the winning run when Amos Otis dropped a fly by Joe Lovitto. Jenkins gave up a two-run homer by John Mayberry in the ninth before wrapping up his victory. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 22, 1974 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  7  1
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   4  5  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Pinson lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .271      Tovar lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .286
Cowens rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .247      Randle 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Brett 3b              4   1   3   1     0   0   .276      Burroughs rf          0   1   0   0     4   0   .300
McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Hargrove 1b           3   1   2   1     1   0   .328
Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   2     0   1   .245      Spencer dh            2   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .287        Robson ph,dh        2   0   0   0     0   1   .375
White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Harrah ss             3   1   0   1     1   2   .266
  Solaita ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Howell 3b             2   0   0   1     0   0   .250
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .226        L. Brown 3b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .197
Martinez c            3   0   0   0     0   2   .211      Lovitto cf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .220
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            2   0   0   0     1   1   .254
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   7   3     0   5             Totals               25   4   5   3     8   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  7,191
Left on Base: Royals 4, Rangers 8
DP: Royals 3, Rangers 0
Errors: Otis, Howell
Doubles: Otis (30)
Home Runs: Mayberry (22)
Stolen Bases: Cowens (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Randle (15), Sundberg (16), Howell (1)
GIDP: Hargrove (11), Robson (1), Sundberg (16)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(0-3)          5     3   3   3   5   3   0  22   4.58
Mingori                 1.1   1   1   0   2   2   0   9   3.06
McDaniel                1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.42
Totals                  8     5   4   3   8   5   0  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(24-12)        9     7   3   3   0   5   1  34   2.94
Totals                  9     7   3   3   0   5   1  34

Passed Balls: Martinez (6)
Wild Pitches: Mingori (3)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Russ Goetz


ROYALS 1ST: Pinson struck out; Cowens singled to pitcher; Cowens
stole second; Brett singled to center [Cowens scored]; McRae
flied out to center; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to right; Randle out on a sacrifice
bunt (second to first) [Tovar to second]; Martinez allowed a
passed ball [Tovar to third]; Burroughs walked; Hargrove singled
to right [Tovar scored, Burroughs to second]; Spencer struck
out; Harrah struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers
1.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (second to first); White grounded
out (shortstop to first); Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Howell flied out to center; Lovitto flied out to
center; Sundberg walked; Tovar forced Sundberg (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Martinez struck out; Pinson grounded out (second to
first); Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Randle popped to shortstop; Burroughs walked;
Hargrove grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Burroughs out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Rangers 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett singled to center; McRae popped to second;
Mayberry singled to center [Brett to second]; Otis struck out
while Brett was picked off second but was safe on an error by
Howell; assist by Sundberg (catcher to third) [Mayberry to
second, Brett to third]; White grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah was
called out on strikes; Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek popped to first; Martinez was called out on
strikes; Pinson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Lovitto walked; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Lovitto to second]; Tovar grounded out
(pitcher to first); Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to center; Brett flied out to left;
McRae popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers
1.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs walked; Hargrove singled to center
[Burroughs to third]; MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING);
ROBSON BATTED FOR SPENCER; Robson struck out; Harrah reached on
a fielder's choice [Burroughs scored, Hargrove to second];
Mingori threw a wild pitch [Hargrove to third, Harrah to
second]; Howell out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Hargrove scored, Harrah to third]; Lovitto reached on an error
by Otis [Harrah scored (unearned) (no RBI), Lovitto to second];
Sundberg struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Rangers 4.

ROYALS 7TH: ROBSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); L. BROWN
REPLACED HOWELL (PLAYING 3B); Mayberry grounded out (first to
pitcher); Otis doubled to left; White flied out to center; Patek
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Tovar singled to center; Randle forced Tovar
(pitcher to shortstop); Burroughs walked [Randle to second];
Hargrove walked [Randle to third, Burroughs to second]; MCDANIEL
REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Robson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Martinez grounded out (first to pitcher); Pinson
flied out to right; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah walked; On a bunt L. Brown singled to
pitcher [Harrah to second]; Lovitto flied out to center;
Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [L. Brown out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
1, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Brett singled to shortstop; McRae lined to
shortstop; Mayberry homered [Brett scored]; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); SOLAITA BATTED FOR WHITE; Solaita flied
out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Rangers 4.