The Tigers failed to hold a 5-1 lead and lost to the Rangers, 6-5, in 11 innings for their 18th straight defeat. Bill Freehan drove in two of the Tigers' runs with a homer and single before the Rangers rallied to tie the score in the eighth with doubles by Mike Hargrove and Jim Spencer, a single by Toby Harrah and homer by Tom Grieve. Dave Moates had homered for the Rangers' initial run in the third.

In the 11th, Jim Sundberg beat out an infield hit with one away and Moates singled. After Cesar Tovar came in to run for Sundberg, Lenny Randle forced Moates at second but Gene Michael threw wildly to first attempting to complete the double play, and Tovar scored on the error to doom the Tigers to defeat. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 6, Detroit Tigers 5

Game Played on Wednesday, August 13, 1975 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Rangers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 - 6 12 1 Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 - 5 16 2 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Moates cf 6 1 3 1 0 0 .286 LeFlore cf 6 1 1 1 0 2 .262 Randle 2b 6 0 2 0 0 1 .293 Sutherland 2b 6 0 4 1 0 0 .254 Hargrove lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .312 Meyer 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .265 Burroughs rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .224 Horton dh 4 0 1 0 2 0 .274 Spencer 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .281 Freehan c 5 1 2 2 0 1 .252 Harrah ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 .297 Oglivie lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Grieve dh 5 1 1 3 0 2 .265 Roberts rf 5 0 3 0 0 1 .268 Howell 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .245 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 1 1 .208 Veryzer ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .228 Tovar pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .254 Brown ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .154 Pruitt c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Baldwin pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Michael ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pentz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 44 6 12 5 3 6 Totals 43 5 16 5 3 5 Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 10,263 Left on Base: Rangers 8, Tigers 11 DP: Rangers 3, Tigers 1 Errors: Moates, Sutherland, Michael Doubles: Moates (3), Hargrove (17), Spencer (15), Roberts (12) Home Runs: Moates (3), Grieve (9), Freehan (12) Caught Stealing: Randle (17), Horton (2) Sacrifice Hits: Meyer (1), Rodriguez (6) GIDP: Meyer (11), Horton (15) Hit by Pitch: Meyer (1,by Jenkins) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins 6.1 10 5 5 2 5 1 29 3.92 Umbarger 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.90 Thomas 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.25 Foucault W(4-2) 3.1 3 0 0 1 0 0 13 4.24 Totals 11 16 5 5 3 5 1 49 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman 7.1 8 4 4 3 4 1 33 5.62 Reynolds 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 5.31 Pentz L(0-2) 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 11 1.54 Totals 11 12 6 5 3 6 2 47 Hit by Pitch: Jenkins (6) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips RANGERS 1ST: Moates flied out to center; Randle grounded out (first to pitcher); Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to center; Sutherland grounded out (second to first); Meyer was hit by a pitch; Horton lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs made an out to first; Spencer flied out to center; Harrah walked; Grieve grounded out (catcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Freehan homered; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Roberts doubled to center; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg struck out; Moates homered; Randle singled to center; Hargrove popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore struck out; Sutherland singled to left; Meyer grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Sutherland out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer singled to right; Harrah singled to center [Spencer to second]; Grieve struck out; Howell flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Horton walked; Freehan struck out; Oglivie struck out while Horton was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg walked; Moates doubled [Sundberg to third]; Randle struck out; Hargrove was walked intentionally; Burroughs flied out to center; Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Roberts lined to third; Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory; Veryzer popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Harrah flied out to left; Grieve grounded out (second to first); Howell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore struck out; Sutherland singled to left; Meyer walked [Sutherland to second]; Horton singled [Sutherland out at home (shortstop to third), Meyer to second]; Freehan singled to center [Meyer scored, Horton to third]; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 2. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg made an out to first; Moates flied out to center; Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: Roberts struck out; Rodriguez singled to center; Veryzer singled to shortstop [Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore singled to center [Rodriguez scored (RBI), Veryzer to third (error by Moates), LeFlore to second]; Sutherland singled to left [Veryzer scored, LeFlore to third]; UMBARGER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Meyer singled to left [LeFlore scored, Sutherland to second]; THOMAS REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Horton flied out to center; Freehan forced Meyer (shortstop to second); 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 5. RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove doubled to center; Burroughs struck out; Spencer doubled to right [Hargrove scored]; Harrah singled to right [Spencer to third]; REYNOLDS REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Grieve homered [Spencer scored, Harrah scored]; Howell flied out to center; Sundberg flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 5. TIGERS 8TH: Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Roberts singled to shortstop; Rodriguez flied out to center; BROWN BATTED FOR VERYZER; Brown singled to left [Roberts to second]; BALDWIN RAN FOR BROWN; FOUCAULT REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); LeFlore forced Baldwin (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 5. RANGERS 9TH: MICHAEL REPLACED BALDWIN (PLAYING SS); PENTZ REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); Moates grounded out (third to first); Randle singled to center; Hargrove reached on an error by Sutherland [Randle to second]; Burroughs was called out on strikes while Randle was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 5. TIGERS 9TH: Sutherland singled to center; Meyer out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Sutherland to second]; Horton was walked intentionally; Freehan flied out to right; Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 5. RANGERS 10TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Grieve struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 5. TIGERS 10TH: Roberts singled to left; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Roberts to second]; Michael popped to catcher in foul territory; LeFlore flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Tigers 5. RANGERS 11TH: Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg singled to third; TOVAR RAN FOR SUNDBERG; Moates singled to right [Tovar to second]; Randle hit into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Tovar scored (error by Michael) (unearned), Randle out at second (first to second to first to second), Moates out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 5. TIGERS 11TH: PRUITT REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING C ); Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer singled to center; Horton grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Meyer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 5.

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