An infield hit by Lenny Randle with two out in the ninth inning enabled the Rangers to defeat the White Sox, 2-1, for their fifth straight victory. The Rangers scored their first run in the fourth on singles by Leo Cardenas, Jeff Burroughs and Jim Fregosi. The White Sox tied the game with an unearned run in the fifth. After Fregosi dropped a foul pop by Brian Downing for an error, Downing returned to the plate and doubled. After moving up on an infield out, Downing came home on a sacrifice fly by Buddy Bradford.

The Rangers' winning run also was unearned. With one out, Jim Sundberg was hit by a pitch. Cesar Tovar grounded to shortstop Bucky Dent, who threw to second in an attempt to start a double play, but Jorge Orta dropped the ball. Sundberg reached third on the error and crossed the plate on Randle's hit. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Thursday, May       1, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2 11  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bradford rf           3   0   0   1     1   2   .059      Tovar dh              5   0   1   0     0   0   .241
Dent ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .237      Cardenas 3b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .231
May 1b                2   0   1   0     2   0   .378        Howell ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Henderson cf          2   0   0   0     2   0   .338      Randle 2b             4   0   2   1     0   1   .293
Melton 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Burroughs rf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .311
D. Johnson dh         3   0   0   0     1   0   .228      Fregosi 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .258
Orta 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Grieve lf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .240
Downing c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .219        Davis cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .215
Nyman lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .172      Lovitto cf,lf         4   0   1   0     0   2   .235
Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Smalley ss            4   0   2   0     0   1   .286
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            3   1   0   0     0   1   .148
  Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   6   1     6   3             Totals               35   2  11   2     2   8

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  6,481
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Rangers 11
DP: White Sox 2, Rangers 2
Errors: Orta, Nyman, Fregosi, Sundberg
Doubles: Downing (3), May (4)
Stolen Bases: Orta (3), Tovar (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Randle (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Bradford (1)
GIDP: D. Johnson (4), Tovar (2), Fregosi (1)
Hit by Pitch: Sundberg (2,by Gossage)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    7.1  10   1   1   0   6   0  30   3.19
Gossage L(0-2)          1     0   1   0   2   1   0   7   1.74
Forster                 0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.57
Totals                  8.2  11   2   1   2   8   0  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright                  7     6   1   0   6   2   0  31   3.05
Foucault W(2-0)         2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.42
Totals                  9     6   1   0   6   3   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Gossage (1)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Bill Deegan


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bradford walked; Dent lined into a double play
(pitcher to first) [Bradford out at first]; May walked;
Henderson walked [May to second]; Melton forced Henderson (third
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Cardenas grounded out
(second to first) [Tovar to second]; Randle was called out on
strikes; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: D. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Orta
grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi grounded out (second to first); Grieve
flied out to left; Lovitto struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nyman grounded out (third to first); Bradford
grounded out (third to first); Dent singled to center; May
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Smalley grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg
reached on an error by Nyman; Tovar grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Henderson flied out to right; Melton grounded out
(second to first); D. Johnson walked; Orta made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Cardenas singled to right; Randle grounded out
(second to first) [Cardenas to second]; Burroughs singled to
shortstop [Cardenas to third]; Fregosi singled to left [Cardenas
scored, Burroughs to second]; Grieve singled to left [Burroughs
out at home (left to catcher), Fregosi to third]; Lovitto struck
out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Fregosi dropped a foul fly hit by Downing for an
error; Downing doubled to left; Nyman grounded out (first
unassisted) [Downing to third]; Bradford hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Downing scored (unearned)]; Dent singled to shortstop;
May walked [Dent to second]; Henderson forced May (third to
second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Smalley singled to shortstop; Sundberg struck out;
Tovar forced Smalley (second to shortstop); Cardenas forced
Tovar (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Melton singled to right; D. Johnson grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Melton out at second];
Orta singled to center; Orta stole second [Orta to third (error
by Sundberg)]; Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Randle singled to left; Burroughs flied out to
right; Fregosi grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Randle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nyman was called out on strikes; Bradford struck
out; Dent flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Grieve struck out; Lovitto singled to shortstop;
Smalley singled to left [Lovitto to second]; Sundberg flied out
to center; Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: May doubled to right; Henderson walked; FOUCAULT
REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Melton flied out to left; D. Johnson
forced Henderson (shortstop to second) [May to third]; Orta
forced D. Johnson (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Cardenas singled to left; Randle out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Cardenas to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED
KAAT (PITCHING); Burroughs was walked intentionally; Fregosi
flied out to right; Grieve walked [Cardenas to third, Burroughs
to second]; Lovitto flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: DAVIS REPLACED GRIEVE (PLAYING CF); LOVITTO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Downing made an out to second;
Nyman grounded out (shortstop to first); Bradford struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Smalley struck out; Sundberg was hit by a pitch;
Tovar reached on an error by Orta [Sundberg to third]; HOWELL
BATTED FOR CARDENAS; FORSTER REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Tovar
stole second; Howell struck out; Randle singled [Sundberg scored
(unearned), Tovar to third]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Rangers 2.