Nolan Ryan, who had lost eight straight decisions, gained his first victory since June 6 when the Angels won the second game of a twi-night doubleheader, 5-0, after losing the first game to the Twins, 9-4. Ryan, who allowed six hits, was lifted after loading the bases with none out in the eighth inning. Magnificent relief pitching by Jim Brewer, who retired Rod Carew, Tony Oliva and Eric Soderholm without allowing a run to score, saved Ryan. The Angels' scoring in the game included a two-run homer by John Balaz.

In the lidlifter, the Twins trailed, 3-2, until they knocked out Ed Figueroa and scored four runs in the eighth inning on bases-loaded singles by Soderholm and Danny Thompson. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 9, California Angels 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, July      26, 1975 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  2  0    0  4  3  -   9 10  0
Angels       2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  8  3


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              4   2   2   0     1   1   .290      Remy 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Ford cf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .247        Harper ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .252
Carew 2b              4   2   2   1     1   1   .386      Rivers cf             5   1   3   0     0   0   .272
Oliva dh              3   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Collins lf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .323
  Terrell pr,dh       0   1   0   1     0   0   .274      Lahoud dh             2   1   0   0     2   0   .213
Soderholm 3b          5   1   2   2     0   1   .274      Stanton rf            4   0   1   2     0   0   .282
Briggs 1b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .274      Chalk 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Bostock rf            4   1   1   0     1   1   .261      Doherty 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .196
Thompson ss           4   0   1   2     0   0   .271      Rodriguez c           2   0   0   0     1   1   .232
  Gomez ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .170        Nettles ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .243
Borgmann c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Miley ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .196
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   9  10   7     4   5             Totals               34   4   8   4     4   2

Time of Game: 2:36
Left on Base: Twins 7, Angels 7
DP: Twins 1, Angels 0
Errors: Doherty, Miley, Figueroa
Doubles: Briggs (6), Nettles (10)
Triples: Stanton (3)
Stolen Bases: Carew (22), Rivers 3 (54)
Sacrifice Flies: Terrell (1), Briggs (2)
GIDP: Stanton (4)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(8-8)            8.1   7   4   4   4   2   0  35   3.97
Burgmeier               0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.08
Totals                  9     8   4   4   4   2   0  38

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa L(8-7)         7.1   6   6   5   3   4   0  32   2.38
Brewer                  1.2   4   3   1   1   1   0  11   4.46
Totals                  9    10   9   6   4   5   0  43

Wild Pitches: Goltz (7)

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


TWINS 1ST: Braun struck out; Ford flied out to left; Carew
walked; Oliva grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Remy flied out to center; Rivers singled to left;
Rivers stole second; Collins flied out to center; Lahoud walked;
Stanton tripled to right [Rivers scored, Lahoud scored]; Chalk
lined to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 2.

TWINS 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Briggs
grounded out (second to first); Bostock grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 2ND: Doherty grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez
was called out on strikes; Miley was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 2.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Borgmann
flied out to center; Braun singled to left; Ford lined to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Remy flied out to left; On a bunt Rivers singled;
Rivers stole second; Collins walked; Goltz threw a wild pitch
[Rivers to third, Collins to second]; Lahoud walked; Stanton
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Lahoud out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 2.

TWINS 4TH: Carew struck out; Oliva flied out to left; Soderholm
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Chalk flied out to center; Doherty singled to
center; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Doherty to
second]; Miley singled to left [Doherty scored]; Remy flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 3.

TWINS 5TH: Briggs doubled to left; On a bunt Bostock singled
[Briggs scored (error by Figueroa), Bostock to second]; Thompson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bostock to third]; Borgmann
popped to second; Braun walked; Ford reached on an error by
Miley [Bostock scored (unearned) (no RBI), Braun to second];
Carew grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 3.

ANGELS 5TH: On a bunt Rivers singled; Rivers stole second;
Collins flied out to center; Lahoud flied out to center; Stanton
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 3.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva flied out to left; Soderholm grounded out
(second to first); Briggs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Chalk grounded out (first unassisted); Doherty flied
out to center; Rodriguez walked; Miley flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 3.

TWINS 7TH: Bostock was called out on strikes; Thompson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Borgmann flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Remy grounded out (second to first); Rivers flied
out to right; Collins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 3.

TWINS 8TH: Braun singled to left; Ford grounded out (third to
first) [Braun to second]; On a bunt Carew singled [Braun to
third]; Carew stole second; Oliva walked; TERRELL RAN FOR OLIVA;
Soderholm singled to right [Braun scored, Carew scored, Terrell
to second]; BREWER REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Briggs struck
out; Bostock walked [Terrell to third, Soderholm to second];
Thompson singled to left [Terrell scored, Soderholm scored,
Bostock to second]; Borgmann grounded out (pitcher to first); 4
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Angels 3.

ANGELS 8TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GOMEZ REPLACED
THOMPSON (PLAYING SS); Lahoud grounded out (first to pitcher);
Stanton grounded out (shortstop to first); Chalk grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Angels 3.

TWINS 9TH: Braun reached on an error by Doherty; On a bunt Ford
singled [Braun to second]; Carew singled to right [Braun scored
(unearned), Ford to third]; Terrell hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Ford scored]; Soderholm singled to right [Carew to third];
Briggs hit a sacrifice fly to center [Carew scored (unearned)];
Bostock flied out to left; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
9, Angels 3.

ANGELS 9TH: Doherty flied out to left; NETTLES BATTED FOR
RODRIGUEZ; Nettles doubled to left; BURGMEIER REPLACED GOLTZ
(PITCHING); Miley flied out to left; HARPER BATTED FOR REMY;
Harper singled to left [Nettles scored]; Rivers grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 9, Angels 4.