After getting their run on a homer by Jeff Burroughs in the fourth inning, the Rangers had to sweat through the ninth before defeating the Angels, 1-0. Bill Hands, who gave up five hits, ran into trouble in the ninth when Mickey Rivers singled, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch.

After Hands got Tommy Harper on a pop-up, manager Billy Martin brought in Jim Umbarger, who retired Bruce Bochte on another pop fly. Steve Foucault relieved and almost blew the game, walking Dave Chalk and hitting Joe Lahoud with a pitch to load the bases before Rudy Meoli grounded out. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 1, California Angels 0

Game Played on Sunday, May 4, 1975 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium

Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 Rangers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 1 4 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nettles cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .243 Tovar dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Rivers lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .327 Cardenas 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .188 Harper dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Randle 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Burroughs rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .286 Chalk 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .350 Grieve lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Lahoud rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Davis cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Egan c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .316 Fregosi 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Meoli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Lovitto cf,lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Remy 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Smalley ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .156 Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .080 Hands p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 5 0 2 6 Totals 27 1 4 1 2 4 Time of Game: 1:57 Attendance: 10,435 Left on Base: Angels 7, Rangers 5 DP: Angels 0, Rangers 1 Home Runs: Burroughs (5) Stolen Bases: Remy (4), Rivers (17), Smalley (1) Sacrifice Hits: Randle (4) GIDP: Chalk (2) Hit by Pitch: Lahoud (1,by Foucault) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hassler L(3-2) 8 4 1 1 2 4 1 30 2.95 Totals 8 4 1 1 2 4 1 30 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hands W(2-2) 8.1 5 0 0 1 6 0 30 2.51 Umbarger 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.51 Foucault SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4.34 Totals 9 5 0 0 2 6 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Foucault (1) Wild Pitches: Hassler (1), Hands (2) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney ANGELS 1ST: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers struck out; Harper flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Randle singled to left; Hassler threw a wild pitch [Randle to second]; Burroughs flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 2ND: Bochte singled to left; Chalk grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bochte out at second]; Lahoud grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Grieve grounded out (first unassisted); Fregosi was called out on strikes; Lovitto lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 3RD: Egan was called out on strikes; Remy grounded out (second to first); Ramirez made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 4TH: Nettles struck out; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Randle flied out to center; Burroughs homered; Grieve walked; Fregosi grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 5TH: Bochte grounded out (first to pitcher); Chalk struck out; Lahoud singled to center; Egan singled to center [Lahoud to second]; Remy forced Egan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Lovitto singled to center; Smalley grounded out (second to first) [Lovitto to second]; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Tovar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 6TH: Ramirez popped to catcher in foul territory; Nettles walked; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted) [Nettles to second]; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Cardenas walked; Randle out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cardenas to second]; Burroughs reached on a fielder's choice [Cardenas out at third (pitcher to third)]; Grieve grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 7TH: Bochte flied out to center; Chalk grounded out (third to first); Lahoud made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Fregosi lined to shortstop; Lovitto grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley singled to right; Smalley stole second; Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 8TH: Egan grounded out (first unassisted); Remy singled to left; SUDAKIS BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Remy stole second; Sudakis struck out; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: SMITH REPLACED SUDAKIS (PLAYING SS); Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenas struck out; Randle popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1. ANGELS 9TH: DAVIS REPLACED GRIEVE (PLAYING CF); LOVITTO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Rivers singled to second; Rivers stole second; Hands threw a wild pitch [Rivers to third]; Harper popped to catcher in foul territory; UMBARGER REPLACED HANDS (PITCHING); Bochte popped to third in foul territory; FOUCAULT REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Chalk walked; Lahoud was hit by a pitch [Chalk to second]; MEOLI BATTED FOR EGAN; Meoli grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1.

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