Making his first start since straining a tricep muscle in his pitching arm April 24, Nolan Ryan allowed only five hits and struck out nine before being lifted in the seventh inning and received credit for the Angels' 4-2 victory over the Rangers. Ryan gave up a run in the fourth on two walks and a single by Roy Howell before the Angels broke loose for all their scoring in the fifth. Ellie Rodriguez walked and was forced by Jerry Remy. After another pass to Orlando Ramirez, Morris Nettles doubled to drive in Remy. Mickey Rivers singled, scoring Ramirez and Nettles. Rivers took second on the throw to the plate and counted on a single by Bruce Bochte.

The Rangers picked up an unearned run in the sixth on two errors and a single by Howell. Ryan was removed after giving up a leadoff single to Roy Smalley in the seventh. Dick Lange, who had been called up from Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast), completed the game. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 4, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       3, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  2
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles cf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .250      Tovar dh              3   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Rivers lf             3   1   3   2     1   0   .330        Spencer ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Harper dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Davis cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .218
Bochte 1b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .274      Randle 2b             4   1   0   0     0   1   .272
Chalk 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .364      Burroughs rf          3   1   0   0     1   2   .284
Lahoud rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .206      Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .276
Rodriguez c           1   0   1   0     3   0   .259      Howell 3b             4   0   2   2     0   1   .229
  Egan c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Lovitto lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .208
Remy 2b               3   1   0   0     0   0   .274      Smalley ss            3   0   1   0     0   1   .231
Ramirez ss            3   1   0   0     1   0   .290      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .164
Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lange p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   4   8   4     7   2             Totals               32   2   6   2     2  10

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 37,625
Left on Base: Angels 5, Rangers 5
DP: Angels 2, Rangers 2
Errors: Ramirez 2
Doubles: Rivers (6), Nettles (4)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (16), Remy (3), Davis (5)
Caught Stealing: Harper (3), Lahoud (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Remy (2)
GIDP: Chalk (1), Remy (3), Lovitto (1), Spencer (2)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan W(5-1)             6     5   2   1   2   9   0  26   2.68
Lange SV(1)             3     1   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9     6   2   1   2  10   0  34

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown L(1-2)            4.2   8   4   4   3   1   0  23   4.32
Umbarger                4.1   0   0   0   4   1   0  13   0.52
Totals                  9     8   4   4   7   2   0  36

Wild Pitches: Ryan (2)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
doubled to right; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bochte flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Davis singled
to right; Davis stole second; Ryan threw a wild pitch [Davis to
third]; Randle grounded out (second to first); Burroughs struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Chalk flied out to center; Lahoud grounded out
(second to first); Rodriguez singled to center; Remy grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove singled to center; Howell struck out;
Lovitto grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Ramirez grounded out (third to first); Nettles
grounded out (second to first); Rivers singled to center; Rivers
stole second; Harper struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
flied out to right; Tovar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Bochte walked; Chalk grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Bochte out at second]; Lahoud popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Davis struck out; Randle struck out; Burroughs
walked; Hargrove walked [Burroughs to second]; Howell singled to
left [Burroughs scored, Hargrove to second]; Lovitto grounded
out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Rangers
1.

ANGELS 5TH: Rodriguez walked; Remy forced Rodriguez (second to
shortstop); Remy stole second; Ramirez walked; Nettles doubled
to right [Remy scored, Ramirez to third]; Rivers singled to
right [Ramirez scored, Nettles scored, Rivers to second (on
throw to home)]; Harper singled to left [Rivers to third, Harper
out at second (left to third to second)]; Bochte singled to
right [Rivers scored]; Chalk singled to left [Bochte to second];
UMBARGER REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Lahoud made an out to
second; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Smalley struck out; Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tovar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 4, Rangers 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Rodriguez walked; Remy grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Rodriguez out at second];
Ramirez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Davis was called out on strikes; Randle reached on
an error by Ramirez; Burroughs reached on an error by Ramirez
[Randle to third]; Hargrove struck out; Howell singled to center
[Randle scored (unearned), Burroughs to second]; Lovitto struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4, Rangers 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Nettles struck out; Rivers walked; Harper forced
Rivers (third to second); Harper was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Smalley singled to center; LANGE REPLACED RYAN
(PITCHING); Sundberg singled to shortstop [Smalley to second];
SPENCER BATTED FOR TOVAR; Smalley was picked off second (pitcher
to second); Spencer grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
4, Rangers 2.

ANGELS 8TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bochte grounded
out (pitcher to first); Chalk grounded out (third to first);
Lahoud walked; Lahoud was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Davis made an out to second; Randle flied out to
left; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4,
Rangers 2.

ANGELS 9TH: Rodriguez walked; Remy out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Rodriguez to second]; Rodriguez was picked
off second (catcher to second); Ramirez made an out to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: EGAN REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PLAYING C ); Hargrove
flied out to center; Howell grounded out (second to first);
Lovitto grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 4, Rangers 2.