Dan Ford's two-run single broke open a tie game in the ninth inning, boosting the Twins to an 8-5 victory over the Rangers and a split of a doubleheader. The Rangers captured the opener, 2-0, on home runs by Cesar Tovar and Tom Grieve as Steve Hargan scattered six hits. Texas Rangers 2, Minnesota Twins 0 (Game 1)Game Played on Friday, June 27, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumTwins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 2 3 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bostock lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Tovar cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .239 Carew 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .374 Cubbage 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .130 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .266 Hargrove lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .336 Braun dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .305 Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Brye rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Randle 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Thompson ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .288 Grieve rf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .265 Kelly 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .186 Howell dh 3 0 0 0 0 3 .206 Ford cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .246 Borgmann c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Oliva ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Hargan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roof c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 6 0 2 4 Totals 27 2 3 2 3 10 Time of Game: 2:15 Left on Base: Twins 7, Rangers 4 DP: Twins 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Kelly Doubles: Brye (10), Thompson (5), Ford (3) Home Runs: Tovar (3), Grieve (7) Caught Stealing: Randle (11) GIDP: Ford (2) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(5-3) 8 3 2 2 3 10 2 30 3.64 Totals 8 3 2 2 3 10 2 30 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hargan W(5-3) 9 6 0 0 2 4 0 34 3.05 Totals 9 6 0 0 2 4 0 34 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Nestor Chylak TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); Carew grounded out (second to first); Soderholm walked; Braun was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Tovar homered; Cubbage struck out; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. TWINS 2ND: Brye doubled to right; Thompson singled [Brye to third]; Kelly reached on a fielder's choice [Brye out at home (first to catcher), Thompson to second]; Ford grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: Randle reached on an error by Kelly; Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. TWINS 3RD: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock grounded out (second to first); Carew singled to left; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Smalley was called out on strikes; Sundberg grounded out (catcher to first); Tovar walked; Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. TWINS 4TH: Braun grounded out (third to first); Brye flied out to center; Thompson doubled to center; Kelly walked; Ford flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove struck out; Spencer popped to first in foul territory; Randle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. TWINS 5TH: Borgmann flied out to center; Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Grieve singled to left; Howell struck out; Smalley forced Grieve (first to shortstop); Sundberg forced Smalley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. TWINS 6TH: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Braun singled to center; Brye popped to second; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Tovar struck out; Cubbage flied out to right; Hargrove walked; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. TWINS 7TH: Kelly flied out to center; Ford doubled to left; OLIVA BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Oliva grounded out (second to first) [Ford to third]; Bostock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: ROOF REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING C ); Randle grounded out (first to pitcher); Grieve homered; Howell struck out; Smalley struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 2. TWINS 8TH: Carew flied out to left; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Tovar grounded out (third to first); Cubbage walked; Hargrove was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 2. TWINS 9TH: Brye flied out to left; Thompson grounded out (second to first); Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 2. |
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