Frank Tanana struck out 17 batters, setting an A. L. record for lefties, but two short of the major league record, while pitching the Angels to a 4-2 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Rangers came back to win the second game, 6-5, getting their winning run on a homer by Tom Grieve in the ninth inning. The Angels, in the opener, scored all their runs in the third on singles by Dave Collins, Jerry Remy and Mickey Rivers and doubles by Leroy Stanton and Winston Llenas. Roy Smalley and Toby Harrah each had two of the Rangers' nine singles. Smalley scored both their runs with Harrah accounting for the RBIs.

Jim Umbarger, who was the loser, came back in relief in the nightcap and pitched two innings to gain credit for the Rangers' victory. The Rangers' two catchers, Jim Sundberg and Bill Fahey, were hit on their throwing hands by foul tips and were forced out of the game. Lenny Randle, who had not caught previously in his pro career, donned a mask and mitt and worked behind the plate for the last five innings of the game. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 4, Texas Rangers 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, June      21, 1975 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Rangers      0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1
Angels       0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4 11  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar dh              4   0   1   0     0   2   .236      Remy 2b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .275
Harrah 2b             4   0   2   2     0   2   .281      Rivers cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .284
Fregosi 1b            4   0   0   0     0   3   .273      Harper 1b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Burroughs rf          4   0   1   0     0   2   .232        Bochte 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Grieve lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .239      Stanton rf            2   0   1   2     0   0   .280
Randle cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .279        Nettles pr,rf       2   1   0   0     0   1   .227
Cardenas 3b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .240      Chalk 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .308
Smalley ss            4   2   2   0     0   1   .274      Llenas dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .170
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   2   .221        Ramirez pr,dh,ss    0   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez c           3   0   2   0     1   0   .272
  Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Meoli ss              2   0   0   0     0   2   .280
                                                            Lahoud ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
                                                            Tanana p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Collins lf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .386

Totals               35   2   9   2     0  17             Totals               33   4  11   4     1   4

Time of Game: 2:31
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Angels 7
DP: Rangers 1, Angels 0
Errors: Harrah, Rivers, Collins
Doubles: Stanton (5), Llenas (3)
Stolen Bases: Smalley (4), Rivers 2 (38)
Caught Stealing: Tovar (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Meoli (1)
GIDP: Llenas (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger L(2-3)         2.1   7   4   4   0   1   0  13   3.09
Bacsik                  5.2   4   0   0   1   3   0  22   0.84
Totals                  8    11   4   4   1   4   0  35

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(5-4)           9     9   2   2   0  17   0  35   3.36
Totals                  9     9   2   2   0  17   0  35

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


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Tovar was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Harrah struck out; Fregosi struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Remy grounded out (third to first); Rivers singled
to third; Harper flied out to center; Rivers stole second;
Stanton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Angels 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs struck out; Grieve singled to left
[Grieve to third (error by Collins)]; Randle was called out on
strikes; Cardenas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Chalk singled to center; Llenas grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Chalk out at second];
Rodriguez singled to center; Meoli was called out on strikes; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Angels 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Smalley singled to right; Sundberg struck out;
Smalley stole second; Tovar struck out; Harrah singled to left
[Smalley scored]; Fregosi flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Collins singled to center; Remy singled to center
[Collins to second]; Rivers singled to center [Collins scored,
Remy to third, Rivers to second]; Harper flied out to left;
Stanton doubled to center [Remy scored, Rivers scored]; BACSIK
REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); NETTLES RAN FOR STANTON; Chalk
made an out to second; Llenas doubled [Nettles scored];
Rodriguez walked; Meoli struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Angels 4.

RANGERS 4TH: BOCHTE REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING 1B); NETTLES STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to
first); Grieve flied out to center; Randle singled to right;
Cardenas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Angels 4.

ANGELS 4TH: Collins grounded out (pitcher to first); Remy was
called out on strikes; Rivers singled to center; Rivers stole
second; Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Angels 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Smalley singled to center; Sundberg flied out to
center; Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first) [Smalley to
second]; Harrah singled to center [Smalley scored (RBI), Harrah
to third (error by Rivers)]; Fregosi struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 4.

ANGELS 5TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Chalk flied
out to left; Llenas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs was called out on strikes; Grieve
grounded out (third to first); Randle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 4.

ANGELS 6TH: Rodriguez singled; Meoli out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Rodriguez to second]; Collins flied out to
left; Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Angels 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Cardenas singled to center; Smalley struck out;
Sundberg struck out; Tovar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Angels 4.

ANGELS 7TH: Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher); Bochte
grounded out (second to first); Nettles was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah was called out on strikes; Fregosi struck
out; Burroughs singled to center; Grieve was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 4.

ANGELS 8TH: Chalk singled to left; Llenas forced Chalk (third to
second) [Llenas to second (error by Harrah)]; RAMIREZ RAN FOR
LLENAS; Rodriguez made an out to first; LAHOUD BATTED FOR MEOLI;
Lahoud grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Angels 4.

RANGERS 9TH: RAMIREZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); TANANA
REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING); Randle flied out to right; Cardenas
flied out to right; Smalley grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Angels 4.