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.