Doug DeCinces drove in five runs with a homer and bases-loaded triple to back Mike Cuellar's five-hitter as the Orioles rapped the Rangers, 13-1, to split a twinbill. The Rangers won the opener, 10-6, with a four-run eighth capped by Dave Moates' tie-breaking double and Tom Grieve's second two-run single of the game. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 10, Baltimore Orioles 6 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, August    15, 1975 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Rangers      0  1  4    1  0  0    0  4  0  -  10 15  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  1  2    3  0  0  -   6 15  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moates cf             5   2   2   1     1   0   .291      Bumbry dh             5   0   1   1     0   2   .266
Tovar dh              6   3   3   1     0   1   .258      Muser 1b              3   0   2   1     0   0   .274
Hargrove lf           2   2   1   0     3   0   .313        May ph,1b           2   0   1   1     0   0   .267
Grieve rf             5   1   2   4     0   2   .268      Grich 2b              5   0   1   0     0   2   .271
Spencer 1b            5   0   1   1     0   1   .280      Baylor lf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .283
Harrah ss             3   1   2   1     1   0   .299      Singleton rf          4   1   3   0     1   0   .305
Cubbage 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .207      Northrup cf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .275
Howell 3b             3   0   2   1     1   0   .259      Robinson 3b           4   1   1   1     1   0   .203
  Randle pr,3b        0   1   0   0     1   0   .293      Duncan c              5   0   2   1     0   0   .206
Fahey c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Belanger ss           2   1   1   0     0   0   .204
  Sundberg c          1   0   0   0     0   1   .207        DeCinces ph,ss      1   1   0   1     0   0   .238
Hargan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37  10  15  10     7   5             Totals               41   6  15   6     2   5

Time of Game: 3:22
Left on Base: Rangers 10, Orioles 11
DP: Rangers 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Hargan
Doubles: Moates (4), Singleton (25)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (15), Hargrove (4), Grich (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Fahey (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (3), Cubbage (3), DeCinces (1)
GIDP: Fahey (1), Robinson (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan                  5.2  10   3   2   1   2   0  28   3.37
Umbarger                0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.90
Thomas                  0.2   2   3   3   1   0   0   5   3.71
Foucault W(5-2)         2.2   2   0   0   0   3   0  10   4.10
Totals                  9    15   6   5   2   5   0  44

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez                  2     6   5   5   3   1   0  13   3.18
Garland L(1-4)          5.1   7   3   3   1   2   0  24   3.76
Miller                  0     2   2   2   1   0   0   3   2.80
Jackson                 1.2   0   0   0   2   2   0   7   4.23
Totals                  9    15  10  10   7   5   0  47

Wild Pitches: Hargan (5)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Moates singled to center; Tovar struck out;
Hargrove walked [Moates to second]; Moates was picked off second
(pitcher to second); Rangers Manager Frank Lucchesi ejected
by 2B umpire Armando Rodriguez; Grieve grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Muser grounded out (second to
first); Grich singled to center; Grich stole second; Baylor
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); Harrah
singled to center; Cubbage singled to right [Harrah to third];
Howell singled to left [Harrah scored, Cubbage to second]; Fahey
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Howell out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton doubled; Northrup flied out to center;
Robinson walked; Duncan grounded out (second to first)
[Singleton to third, Robinson to second]; Belanger made an out
to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Moates walked; Tovar singled to center [Moates to
second]; Hargrove walked [Moates to third, Tovar to second];
Grieve singled to left [Moates scored, Tovar scored, Hargrove to
second]; GARLAND REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Spencer singled to
center [Hargrove to third, Grieve to second]; Harrah hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Hargrove scored, Grieve to third];
Cubbage hit a sacrifice fly to right [Grieve scored]; Howell
walked [Spencer to second]; Fahey singled to pitcher [Spencer to
third, Howell to second]; Moates forced Fahey (shortstop to
second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry made an out to shortstop; Muser singled to
pitcher; Grich grounded out (second to first) [Muser to second];
Hargan threw a wild pitch [Muser to third]; Baylor grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Orioles
0.

RANGERS 4TH: Tovar singled to left; Hargrove singled to left
[Tovar to third]; Grieve struck out; Spencer forced Hargrove
(first to shortstop) [Tovar scored]; Orioles Manager Earl
Weaver ejected by 1B umpire Ron Luciano; Harrah forced
Spencer (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton singled to left; Northrup singled to
pitcher [Singleton to second]; Robinson grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Singleton to third,
Northrup out at second]; Duncan flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Howell
lined to shortstop; Fahey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger singled to third; Bumbry reached on an
error by Hargan [Belanger to third]; Muser singled to right
[Belanger scored (unearned), Bumbry to third]; Grich struck out;
Baylor lined to third; Singleton grounded out (second to first);
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Moates grounded out (first unassisted); Tovar
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Northrup singled to left; Robinson flied out to
right; Duncan singled to center [Northrup to second]; DECINCES
BATTED FOR BELANGER; DeCinces forced Duncan (second to
shortstop) [Northrup to third]; Bumbry singled to center
[Northrup scored, DeCinces to second]; UMBARGER REPLACED HARGAN
(PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR MUSER; May singled to center
[DeCinces scored, Bumbry to second]; THOMAS REPLACED UMBARGER
(PITCHING); Grich forced May (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 3.

RANGERS 7TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); DECINCES STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Grieve was called out on strikes; Spencer
flied out to right; Harrah singled to left; Cubbage grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Baylor singled to center; Singleton walked [Baylor
to second]; Northrup flied out to left; Robinson singled to left
[Baylor scored, Singleton to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED THOMAS
(PITCHING); Duncan singled to right [Singleton scored, Robinson
to third]; DeCinces hit a sacrifice fly to center [Robinson
scored]; Bumbry struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Orioles 6.

RANGERS 8TH: Howell singled to center; RANDLE RAN FOR HOWELL;
Fahey out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Randle to
second]; Moates doubled to left [Randle scored]; MILLER REPLACED
GARLAND (PITCHING); Tovar singled to left [Moates scored, Tovar
to second]; Hargrove was walked intentionally; Tovar stole third
and Hargrove stole second; Grieve singled to center [Tovar
scored, Hargrove scored]; JACKSON REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING);
Spencer was called out on strikes; Harrah walked [Grieve to
second]; Cubbage flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 10, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: RANDLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SUNDBERG
REPLACED FAHEY (PLAYING C ); May flied out to right; Grich
struck out; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
10, Orioles 6.

RANGERS 9TH: Randle walked; Sundberg was called out on strikes;
Moates flied out to center; Tovar popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 10, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 9TH: Singleton singled to center; Northrup flied out to
left; Robinson grounded out (second to first) [Singleton to
second]; Duncan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 10, Orioles 6.