With the bases loaded in the ninth inning, Lenny Randle beat the throw home on Mike Hargrove's grounder to Tim Nordbrook to bring the Rangers an 8-7 victory over the Orioles. The Rangers, who had an early homer by Dave Nelson, went ahead in the eighth, 7-6, when Tom Grieve hit for the circuit with a man on base, but Ken Singleton tied the score with a boundary belt in the ninth. Randle singled with one out in the Rangers' half, Cesar Tovar doubled and Nelson was handed an intentional pass before Hargrove grounded to Nordbrook, whose throw home was too late to force Randle. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 8, Baltimore Orioles 7
Game Played on Sunday, August    24, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Orioles      1  0  1    3  0  0    0  1  1  -   7 14  0
Rangers      1  0  1    0  3  0    0  2  1  -   8 13  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry dh             5   2   3   2     0   0   .276      Tovar dh              5   0   2   0     0   1   .258
Grich 2b              5   0   1   1     0   2   .269      Nelson 2b             3   1   2   3     1   0   .208
Singleton rf          5   1   2   1     0   0   .306      Fregosi 1b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .264
May 1b                5   0   2   1     0   0   .269        Hargrove ph,1b      3   0   1   2     0   0   .305
Northrup cf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .221
  Blair cf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .199      Harrah ss             4   1   1   0     0   1   .296
Baylor lf             5   1   1   1     0   2   .280      Grieve lf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .266
Robinson 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .204      Cardenas 3b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .233
Duncan c              4   1   1   0     0   1   .209      Sundberg c            4   2   2   0     0   0   .206
  Nordbrook pr,ss     0   1   0   0     0   0   .067      Moates cf             1   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Belanger ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .206        Randle ph,cf        3   2   3   1     0   0   .287
  Muser ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Hargan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hendricks c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .202        Kekich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Grimsley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   7  14   7     0   6             Totals               36   8  13   8     2   3

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance:  6,324
Left on Base: Orioles 8, Rangers 6
DP: Orioles 2, Rangers 0
Errors: Fregosi
Doubles: Northrup (12), Sundberg (9), Randle 2 (21), Tovar (16)
Home Runs: Singleton (14), Nelson (1), Grieve (11)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry 2 (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Nelson (1)
GIDP: Fregosi (3), Nelson (2)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley                4     6   5   5   1   0   1  18   3.95
Garland L(1-5)          4.1   6   3   3   0   3   1  18   3.68
Miller                  0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.65
Jackson                 0     0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.95
Totals                  8.1  13   8   8   2   3   2  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan                  3     5   4   3   0   2   0  15   3.54
Kekich                  0.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   5.19
Thomas                  4.1   5   1   1   0   3   0  18   3.43
Foucault W(6-3)         1.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   5   4.08
Totals                  9    14   7   6   0   6   1  42

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Art Frantz


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to pitcher; Grich struck out; Bumbry
stole second; Singleton lined to third; May singled to left
[Bumbry scored]; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Nelson
homered; Fregosi flied out to left; Burroughs grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Rangers 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson
popped to first in foul territory; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah flied out to center; Grieve flied out to
right; Cardenas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Rangers 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to center; Bumbry reached on an
error by Fregosi (assist by Harrah); Bumbry stole second; Grich
singled to right [Bumbry scored (unearned)]; Singleton flied out
to left; May flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg doubled to right; On a bunt Moates singled
[Sundberg to third]; Tovar flied out to right; Nelson singled to
left [Sundberg scored, Moates to second]; Fregosi grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Nelson out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Rangers 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Northrup doubled; Baylor singled to right [Northrup
scored]; KEKICH REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Robinson singled to
right [Baylor to third]; Duncan forced Robinson (pitcher to
second); Belanger singled to left [Baylor scored, Duncan to
second]; Bumbry singled to center [Duncan scored, Belanger to
second]; THOMAS REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Grich struck out;
Singleton flied out to left; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 5,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
flied out to right; Grieve flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 5, Rangers 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: May flied out to left; Northrup grounded out (first
to pitcher); Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: BLAIR REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING CF); Cardenas
walked; Sundberg singled to center [Cardenas to second]; RANDLE
BATTED FOR MOATES; Randle doubled to left [Cardenas scored,
Sundberg to third]; GARLAND REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Tovar
struck out; Nelson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Sundberg
scored, Randle to third]; HARGROVE BATTED FOR FREGOSI; Hargrove
singled to first [Randle scored]; Burroughs forced Hargrove
(third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Rangers 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: HARGROVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); RANDLE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Robinson made an out to shortstop; Duncan
grounded out (third to first); Belanger grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah struck out; Grieve grounded out (shortstop
to first); Cardenas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 5, Rangers 5.

ORIOLES 7TH: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Grich flied
out to right; Singleton singled to center; May singled to right
[Singleton to second]; Blair struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 5, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Randle doubled to
right; Tovar singled to shortstop [Randle stayed at second];
Nelson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5,
Rangers 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: Baylor flied out to center; Robinson made an out to
second; Duncan singled to left; NORDBROOK RAN FOR DUNCAN; MUSER
BATTED FOR BELANGER; Muser singled to right [Nordbrook to
third]; Bumbry singled to left [Nordbrook scored, Muser to
second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Grich forced
Bumbry (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6,
Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: NORDBROOK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HENDRICKS
REPLACED MUSER (PLAYING C ); Hargrove lined to second; Burroughs
struck out; Harrah singled to center; Grieve homered [Harrah
scored]; Cardenas grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Rangers 7.

ORIOLES 9TH: Singleton homered; May made an out to first; Blair
grounded out (catcher to first); Baylor struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Rangers 7.

RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
singled to left; MILLER REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Tovar
doubled to right [Randle to third]; JACKSON REPLACED MILLER
(PITCHING); Nelson was walked intentionally; Hargrove reached on
a fielder's choice [Randle scored, Tovar to third, Nelson to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 7, Rangers 8.