Held to five hits by Jackie Brown, the Angels not only lost to the Rangers, 5-0, but Nolan Ryan, who suffered his first defeat, was forced to leave the game in the seventh inning with arm trouble. The Rangers nicked Ryan for a run in the fourth when Lenny Randle beat out an infield hit, stole second and scored on a single by Mike Hargrove.

Ryan gave up three more runs with two out in the sixth. Hargrove singled and after Jim Spencer and Toby Harrah walked to load the bases, Roy Howell cleared the sacks with a double. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 5, California Angels 0

Game Played on Thursday, April 24, 1975 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 - 5 7 1 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar dh 5 0 2 1 0 1 .270 Nettles cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Davis cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .191 Rivers lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .328 Randle 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .279 Harper dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Burroughs rf 3 0 0 0 2 3 .305 Bochte 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .255 Hargrove lf,1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .289 Chalk 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .477 Spencer 1b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .147 Lahoud rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .263 Lovitto lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 Egan c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .375 Harrah ss 1 1 0 0 3 0 .264 Meoli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Howell 3b 4 0 1 3 0 1 .208 Rodriguez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .133 Remy 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .280 Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramirez ss 3 0 2 0 0 1 .250 Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 7 5 7 11 Totals 32 0 5 0 4 7 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 10,002 Left on Base: Rangers 9, Angels 9 DP: Rangers 0, Angels 0 Errors: Randle, Ramirez Doubles: Tovar (3), Howell (2) Triples: Ramirez (1) Stolen Bases: Burroughs (3), Randle (4), Davis (4), Harper (4) Caught Stealing: Randle (2), Nettles (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brown W(1-1) 9 5 0 0 4 7 0 36 3.54 Totals 9 5 0 0 4 7 0 36 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ryan L(4-1) 6 7 4 4 4 8 0 28 2.85 Scott 1.1 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 1.93 Kirkwood 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 7 5 4 7 11 0 41 Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Kunkel RANGERS 1ST: Tovar popped to first in foul territory; Davis was called out on strikes; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers flied out to center; Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs walked; Burroughs stole second; Hargrove struck out; Spencer grounded out (second to first) [Burroughs to third]; Harrah grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Bochte walked; Chalk singled to third [Bochte to second]; Lahoud made an out to second; Egan was called out on strikes; Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. RANGERS 3RD: Howell struck out; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar doubled to right; Davis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Ramirez singled to right; Nettles grounded out (third to first) [Ramirez to second]; Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ramirez to third]; Harper flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Angels 0. RANGERS 4TH: Randle singled to shortstop; Burroughs struck out; Randle stole second; Hargrove singled to center [Randle scored]; Spencer grounded out (second to first) [Hargrove to second]; Harrah walked; Howell popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Bochte struck out; Chalk grounded out (second to first); Lahoud walked; Egan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Angels 0. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg was called out on strikes; Tovar struck out; Davis flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Remy grounded out (first unassisted); Ramirez tripled to center; Nettles reached on a fielder's choice [Ramirez out at home (second to catcher to third)]; Nettles was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Angels 0. RANGERS 6TH: Randle singled to center; Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Burroughs was called out on strikes; Hargrove singled to center; Spencer walked [Hargrove to second]; Harrah walked [Hargrove to third, Spencer to second]; Howell doubled to right [Hargrove scored, Spencer scored, Harrah scored]; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Angels 0. ANGELS 6TH: Rivers singled; Harper forced Rivers (third to second); Bochte reached on an error by Randle [Harper to second]; Chalk was called out on strikes; Harper stole third; Lahoud was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Angels 0. RANGERS 7TH: Tovar singled to center; SCOTT REPLACED RYAN (PITCHING); Davis forced Tovar (second unassisted); Davis stole second; Randle made an out to first; Burroughs was walked intentionally; Hargrove made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Angels 0. ANGELS 7TH: LOVITTO REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING LF); HARGROVE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); MEOLI BATTED FOR EGAN; Meoli flied out to center; Remy walked; Ramirez struck out; Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Angels 0. RANGERS 8TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MEOLI (PLAYING C ); Lovitto walked; Harrah walked [Lovitto to second]; Howell flied out to right; Sundberg reached on an error by Ramirez [Lovitto to third, Harrah to second]; KIRKWOOD REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Tovar forced Sundberg (shortstop to second) [Lovitto scored (unearned), Harrah to third]; Davis struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Angels 0. ANGELS 8TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); Bochte walked; Chalk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Angels 0. RANGERS 9TH: Randle struck out; Burroughs struck out; Hargrove flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Angels 0. ANGELS 9TH: Lahoud flied out to center; Rodriguez grounded out (catcher to first); Remy singled to left; SUDAKIS BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Sudakis popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Angels 0.

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