Clyde Wright and Gaylord Perry each gained his first victory in a Texas uniform as the Rangers defeated the Twins in a doubleheader, 4-2 and 7-0. Wright had been with the Rangers since the start of the season and had lost three times before winning with the help of Jim Umbarger, who pitched hitless ball in the last 1 2/3  innings. The Rangers opened their support of Wright with two runs in the second on a single by Jeff Burroughs and homer by Toby Harrah. After adding an unearned run in the third, the Rangers racked up their final marker of the game on a double by Mike Cubbage and single by Lenny Randle in the seventh. Tony Oliva and Rod Carew hit homers to account for the Twins' tallies.

Perry had lost four games since being acquired from the Indians on June 13. The veteran righthander gave up seven hits but struck out nine. Harrah rapped his second homer of the day and Jim Fregosi also hit for the circuit in the Rangers' attack. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Minnesota Twins 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      6, 1975 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  2  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  7  0
Twins        0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Terrell ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .305
Randle cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .269      Carew 2b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .372
Howell 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .219      Ford cf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .290
  Cardenas 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Briggs 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .257
Burroughs rf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .228      Oliva dh              3   1   1   1     1   0   .266
Hargrove lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .341      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .260
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Braun lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .288
Harrah ss             3   1   1   2     1   0   .280      Borgmann c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .208
Cubbage 2b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .206      Bostock rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .193
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   2   .224      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   7   3     4   6             Totals               32   2   6   2     3   5

Time of Game: 2:37
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Twins 6
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Terrell
Doubles: Randle (10), Cubbage (2)
Triples: Borgmann (2)
Home Runs: Harrah (8), Oliva (7), Carew (10)
Caught Stealing: Tovar (9), Harrah (6)
GIDP: Harrah (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(1-3)           7.1   6   2   2   2   3   2  29   3.76
Thomas                  0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2.27
Umbarger SV(1)          1.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   3.71
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   5   2  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(6-4)         9     7   4   3   4   6   1  36   3.66
Totals                  9     7   4   3   4   6   1  36

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Lou DiMuro


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
flied out to left; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Terrell singled to left; Carew singled to right
[Terrell to third]; Ford hit into a double play (pitcher to
second) [Terrell out at home (second to catcher), Ford to first,
Carew out at second]; Briggs forced Ford (first to shortstop); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs singled to left; Hargrove grounded out
(second to first) [Burroughs to second]; Spencer popped to third
in foul territory; Harrah homered [Burroughs scored]; Cubbage
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Oliva homered; Soderholm flied out to right; Braun
grounded out (third to first); Borgmann tripled; Bostock
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
2, Twins 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg was called out on strikes; Tovar grounded
out (pitcher to first); Randle doubled to left; Howell reached
on an error by Terrell [Randle scored (unearned)]; Burroughs
flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Carew homered;
Ford struck out; Briggs walked; Oliva grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove walked; Spencer singled to left [Hargrove
to second]; Harrah grounded into a double play (pitcher to
second to first) [Hargrove to third, Spencer out at second];
Cubbage walked; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun
popped to catcher in foul territory; Borgmann grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Tovar singled to center; Tovar was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Randle struck out; Howell walked;
Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell
flied out to center; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Spencer
flied out to center; Harrah walked; Harrah was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Ford lined to left; Briggs grounded out (second to
first); Oliva walked; Soderholm forced Oliva (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Cubbage doubled to right; Sundberg struck out;
Tovar struck out; Randle singled to right [Cubbage scored,
Randle to second (on throw to home)]; Howell grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: Braun struck out; Borgmann struck out; Bostock
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
4, Twins 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs flied out to right; Hargrove flied out to
left; Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 4, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: CARDENAS REPLACED HOWELL (PLAYING 3B); Terrell
singled; Carew lined to right; THOMAS REPLACED WRIGHT
(PITCHING); Ford walked [Terrell to second]; UMBARGER REPLACED
THOMAS (PITCHING); Briggs popped to shortstop; Oliva grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins
2.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Cubbage
grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Braun struck
out; Borgmann grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 2.