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.