The Rangers scored two runs in third inning with the aid of a wild throw by Dan Meyer to defeat the Tigers, 3-1. Cesar Tovar singled with one out in that stanza and took third on a single by Lenny Randle. Meyer raced in for a short fly by Willie Davis to left field and then threw wildly trying to double Randle off first. Tovar scored on the error and Randle wound up at third.

Jeff Burroughs then beat out an infield hit, driving in Randle. Because of Burroughs' hit, only one run was ruled unearned. Willie Horton homered for the Tigers in the seventh before the Rangers' picked up their last run on a wild pitch by Tiger reliever Tom Walker with the bases loaded in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 3, Detroit Tigers 1

Game Played on Friday, May 9, 1975 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Rangers 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 10 2 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar lf 4 1 4 0 0 0 .268 LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .302 Lovitto lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Sutherland 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Randle 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .260 Horton dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .244 Davis cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Freehan c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .187 Burroughs rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .276 Oglivie 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .160 Spencer dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .255 Meyer lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Fregosi pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .235 Roberts rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .405 Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .254 Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .180 Harrah ss,3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Howell 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .213 Knox pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smalley pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Michael 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .208 Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .215 Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 10 1 3 2 Totals 31 1 6 1 1 6 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 23,370 Left on Base: Rangers 6, Tigers 4 DP: Rangers 1, Tigers 2 Errors: Randle, Sundberg, Meyer Doubles: Tovar (4) Home Runs: Horton (7) Stolen Bases: Meyer (2) Caught Stealing: Tovar (2), Harrah (1), Roberts (3), Knox (1) GIDP: Sundberg (3), Davis (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brown W(2-2) 9 6 1 1 1 6 1 32 3.44 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 6 1 32 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA LaGrow L(3-2) 8 10 3 2 3 1 0 33 3.93 Walker 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.00 Totals 9 10 3 2 3 2 0 36 Wild Pitches: Brown (1), Walker (1) Umpires: HP - Armando Rodriguez, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Ron Luciano RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Tovar was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Randle popped to catcher in foul territory; Davis grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Sutherland grounded out (second to first); Horton popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs made an out to second; Spencer singled to right; Hargrove walked [Spencer to second]; Harrah flied out to center; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Freehan singled to center; Oglivie flied out to right; Meyer forced Freehan (second to shortstop); Meyer stole second [Meyer out at home (error by Sundberg) (shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg struck out; Tovar singled to left; Randle singled to center [Tovar to third]; Davis flied out to left [Tovar scored (error by Meyer) (no RBI), Randle to third]; Burroughs singled [Randle scored (unearned)]; Spencer flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Roberts singled to third; Rodriguez struck out while Roberts was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Veryzer singled to right; LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove flied out to center; Harrah walked; Harrah was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Howell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan singled to third; Oglivie flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Tovar doubled to left; Randle flied out to center [Tovar to third]; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first); Roberts grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Spencer flied out to right; Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 6TH: Veryzer flied out to center; LeFlore struck out; Sutherland grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Harrah made an out to second; Howell singled to right; SMALLEY RAN FOR HOWELL; Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 7TH: SMALLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HARRAH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Horton homered; Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 1. RANGERS 8TH: Tovar singled to right; Randle forced Tovar (second to shortstop); Davis grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Randle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); BROWN BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Brown reached on an error by Randle; KNOX RAN FOR BROWN; Knox was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Veryzer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 1. RANGERS 9TH: MICHAEL REPLACED KNOX (PLAYING 3B); Burroughs singled to left; Spencer singled to center [Burroughs to third, Spencer to second]; FREGOSI RAN FOR SPENCER; Hargrove was walked intentionally; WALKER REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Harrah flied out to center; Smalley forced Burroughs (first to catcher) [Fregosi to third, Hargrove to second]; Walker threw a wild pitch [Fregosi scored, Hargrove to third, Smalley to second]; Sundberg struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 9TH: FREGOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LOVITTO REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING LF); LeFlore singled to shortstop; Brown threw a wild pitch [LeFlore to second]; Sutherland walked; Horton flied out to center; Freehan struck out; Oglivie struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Tigers 1.

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