The Red Sox, whose 10-game winning streak was stopped with a 10-5 loss in the opener of a doubleheader, snapped back to edge the Rangers in the nightcap, 3-2. The Rangers handed Roger Moret his first defeat of the season in the lidlifter. Lenny Randle drove in three runs with a triple and double. Tom Grieve also accounted for three RBIs with a single and double. Fred Lynn homered for the Red Sox for the 100th hit of his rookie season.

In the nightcap, Cecil Cooper and Rick Burleson led the Red Sox at bat. Cooper drove in the first run with a triple in the second inning. Burleson singled and scored in the fifth. Then in the seventh, Cooper doubled and Burleson singled to produce what proved to be the winning marker. The Rangers got their runs in the home half of the seventh when Toby Harrah homered with a man on base. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 10, Boston Red Sox 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      20, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  1  2    0  2  0  -   5 10  1
Rangers      2  0  3    0  2  1    0  2  x  -  10 11  3


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Beniquez dh           5   0   0   0     0   1   .325      Tovar dh              3   2   0   0     2   0   .260
Burleson ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Harrah 2b             3   3   2   1     2   1   .277
Yastrzemski 1b        1   0   1   0     1   0   .307      Burroughs rf          4   0   1   1     1   0   .230
  Montgomery 1b       1   1   1   0     0   0   .219      Grieve lf             4   2   2   3     1   1   .268
  Cooper 1b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .349      Randle cf             2   1   2   3     0   0   .278
Rice lf               5   2   3   0     0   1   .299        Howell 3b           3   1   2   0     0   0   .246
Lynn cf               4   1   1   3     0   1   .334      Fregosi 3b            2   0   1   1     0   0   .286
Evans rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .231        Moates cf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Robson 1b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   1     1   0   .247        Spencer 1b          2   0   1   1     0   1   .274
Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   3   .215
  Carbo ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Sundberg c            3   1   0   0     1   1   .218
  Doyle 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Moret p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  10   4     2   4             Totals               34  10  11  10     7   8

Time of Game: 3:06
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Rangers 7
DP: Red Sox 0, Rangers 1
Errors: Griffin, Howell, Smalley 2
Doubles: Evans (11), Montgomery (8), Randle (13), Burroughs (13), Harrah (15), Grieve (8)
Triples: Randle (4)
Home Runs: Lynn (17)
Stolen Bases: Tovar 2 (14), Harrah 3 (18), Sundberg (2)
Caught Stealing: Burroughs (3)
GIDP: Rice (11)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moret L(5-1)            2.2   4   5   5   4   2   0  15   4.95
Willoughby              1.2   1   1   1   1   2   0   7   4.76
Burton                  1     3   2   1   1   1   0   7   3.34
Segui                   2.2   3   2   2   1   3   0  12   5.83
Totals                  8    11  10   9   7   8   0  41

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(2-3)           7.2   9   5   4   1   3   1  34   3.82
Foucault                0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   4.61
Umbarger SV(2)          1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.97
Totals                  9    10   5   4   2   4   1  40

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Armando Rodriguez, 3B - Bill Haller


RED SOX 1ST: Beniquez lined to center; Burleson grounded out
(second to first); Yastrzemski singled to center; Rice singled
to left [Yastrzemski to second]; Lynn struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar walked; Harrah struck out; Tovar stole
second; Burroughs walked; Tovar advanced to third and Burroughs
was out trying to advance to second (catcher to second); Grieve
walked; Randle tripled [Tovar scored, Grieve scored]; Fregosi
flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans grounded out (second to first); Fisk flied
out to right; Petrocelli flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Robson made an out to first; Smalley struck out;
Sundberg made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Rangers 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin popped to third in foul territory; Beniquez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers
2.

RANGERS 3RD: Tovar made an out to shortstop; Harrah walked;
Harrah stole second; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to
first); Grieve singled to left [Harrah scored, Grieve to
second]; Randle doubled to left [Grieve scored]; Jim Rice
lost Len Randle's fly in the sun; Fregosi singled to left
[Randle scored, Fregosi to second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED MORET
(PITCHING); Robson grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 5.

RED SOX 4TH: SPENCER REPLACED ROBSON (PLAYING 1B); Yastrzemski
walked; Rice grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; Lynn grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 4TH: Smalley struck out; Sundberg struck out; Tovar
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Rangers 5.

RED SOX 5TH: HOWELL REPLACED RANDLE (PLAYING 3B); MOATES
REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING CF); Evans doubled to center; Fisk
grounded out (third to first); Petrocelli singled to right
[Evans scored]; Griffin grounded out (second to first)
[Petrocelli to second]; Beniquez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 5TH: MONTGOMERY REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING 1B);
Harrah walked; Harrah stole second; Burroughs doubled to center
[Harrah scored]; Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first);
BURTON REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Howell singled to right
[Burroughs to third]; Burroughs was caught stealing home
(catcher to third) [Howell to second]; missed squeeze;
Moates reached on an error by Griffin [Howell to third]; Spencer
singled to right [Howell scored (unearned), Moates to third];
Smalley was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Rangers 7.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson flied out to right; Montgomery doubled to
left; Rice singled to left [Montgomery to third]; Lynn reached
on a fielder's choice [Rice to second (error by Smalley; assist
by Harrah), Montgomery scored (RBI)]; Evans reached on a
fielder's choice [Rice scored (unearned) (no RBI), Lynn to
second (error by Smalley)]; Fisk flied out to center; Petrocelli
lined to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers
7.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg flied out to center; Tovar walked; Tovar
stole second; Harrah doubled [Tovar scored]; Bob Montgomery
ejected by HP umpire Rich Garcia; SEGUI REPLACED BURTON
(PITCHING); COOPER REPLACED MONTGOMERY (PLAYING 1B); Burroughs
flied out to right; Grieve struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Rangers 8.

RED SOX 7TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez
grounded out (third to first); Burleson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 8.

RANGERS 7TH: Howell singled to left; Moates struck out; Spencer
struck out; Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Rangers 8.

RED SOX 8TH: Cooper was called out on strikes; Rice singled;
Lynn homered [Rice scored]; Evans reached on an error by Howell
[Evans out at first (second unassisted)]; 1B umpire Ron
Luciano ruled that Dwight Evans turned toward 2B after
overrunning 1B; Fisk singled to center; FOUCAULT REPLACED
WRIGHT (PITCHING); Petrocelli walked [Fisk to second]; CARBO
BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; UMBARGER REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Carbo
lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Rangers 8.

RANGERS 8TH: DOYLE REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING 2B); Sundberg walked;
Tovar popped to center; Sundberg stole second; Harrah singled
[Sundberg to third]; Harrah stole second; Burroughs flied out to
right; Grieve doubled to right [Sundberg scored, Harrah scored];
Howell grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Rangers 10.

RED SOX 9TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burleson singled to left; Cooper grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Burleson to second]; Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Rangers 10.