Pulling a groin muscle, Bert Blyleven was forced to quit the mound after two innings, but the Twins availed themselves of three relievers and beat the Rangers, 5-4. Bill Butler gained credit for the victory. Blyleven gave up one run before departing.

Phil Roof tied the score with a homer in the third. The Twins picked up an unearned run in the fifth and then batted around to score three times in the sixth. Roof drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single, giving him three RBIs for the game. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 5, Texas Rangers 4

Game Played on Monday, September 1, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Twins 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 - 5 14 4 Rangers 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 4 6 3 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bostock rf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .278 Moates cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Terrell ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .306 Lovitto ph,cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Carew 2b 4 0 3 1 1 0 .373 Randle dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .285 Briggs 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Hargrove lf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .300 Oliva dh 5 1 0 0 0 0 .277 Burroughs rf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .220 Ford cf 4 1 3 0 1 1 .267 Spencer 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Braun lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .296 Fregosi ph,1b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .268 McKay 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Harrah ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .299 Roof c 4 1 2 3 0 2 .295 Cubbage 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .216 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nelson ph,2b 1 1 1 0 1 0 .208 Butler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Howell 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .247 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sundberg c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .204 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grieve ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Fahey c 1 1 1 0 0 0 .313 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 5 14 5 3 6 Totals 33 4 6 2 7 5 Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 5,917 Left on Base: Twins 11, Rangers 11 DP: Twins 1, Rangers 2 Errors: Terrell, Carew, McKay 2, Cubbage, Sundberg, Jenkins Doubles: Ford (17), Bostock (16), Cubbage (5) Home Runs: Roof (6) Caught Stealing: McKay (1), Moates (2) Sacrifice Hits: Cubbage (3), Fregosi (1) GIDP: McKay (3), Moates (9) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 2.91 Butler W(3-4) 4.2 3 2 1 2 2 0 18 6.58 Campbell 1.2 1 1 0 5 1 0 13 4.12 Johnson SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.85 Totals 9 6 4 2 7 5 0 42 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(16-14) 5.1 10 5 3 1 5 1 28 3.71 Thomas 3.2 4 0 0 2 1 0 15 3.23 Totals 9 14 5 3 3 6 1 43 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Dale Ford TWINS 1ST: Bostock flied out to left; Terrell popped to first; Carew singled to center; Briggs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Moates reached on an error by McKay; Moates was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Randle struck out; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. TWINS 2ND: Oliva flied out to right; Ford struck out; Braun was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs singled to right; Spencer grounded out (second to first) [Burroughs to second]; Harrah flied out to center; Cubbage doubled to left [Burroughs scored]; Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. TWINS 3RD: McKay grounded out (third to first); Roof homered; Bostock singled to center; Terrell flied out to left; Carew flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: BUTLER REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Sundberg walked; Moates grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at second]; Randle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 1. TWINS 4TH: Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); Oliva flied out to left; Ford singled to left; Braun struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Burroughs flied out to right; Spencer popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 1. TWINS 5TH: McKay singled to left; Roof struck out while McKay was caught stealing second (catcher to first to shortstop to first); Bostock singled; Terrell reached on an error by Cubbage [Bostock to second]; Carew singled [Bostock scored (unearned), Terrell to third (error by Sundberg), Carew to second]; Briggs grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Harrah walked; Cubbage out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harrah to second]; Howell struck out; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 1. TWINS 6TH: Oliva reached on an error by Jenkins; Ford doubled to left [Oliva to third]; Braun was walked intentionally; McKay popped to first; Roof singled to center [Oliva scored (unearned), Ford scored, Braun to third]; Bostock doubled to right [Braun scored, Roof to third]; THOMAS REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Terrell grounded out (third to first); Carew was walked intentionally; Briggs forced Carew (shortstop unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: LOVITTO BATTED FOR MOATES; Lovitto flied out to center; Randle flied out to center; Hargrove flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 1. TWINS 7TH: LOVITTO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Oliva lined to left; Ford singled to center; Braun singled to right [Ford to third]; McKay grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Braun out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Burroughs was called out on strikes; FREGOSI BATTED FOR SPENCER; Fregosi singled to center; Harrah flied out to center; NELSON BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Nelson singled to left [Fregosi to second]; Howell singled to center [Fregosi scored, Nelson to third]; CAMPBELL REPLACED BUTLER (PITCHING); GRIEVE BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Grieve reached on an error by Carew [Nelson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Howell to third, Grieve to second]; Lovitto walked; Randle popped to first; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. TWINS 8TH: FREGOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); NELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FAHEY REPLACED GRIEVE (PLAYING C ); Roof struck out; Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); Terrell singled to right; Carew was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to second [Terrell out at second (second unassisted)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove walked; Burroughs reached on an error by Terrell [Hargrove to second]; Fregosi out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Hargrove to third, Burroughs to second]; Harrah struck out; Nelson walked; Howell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. TWINS 9TH: Briggs flied out to right; Oliva grounded out (pitcher to first); Ford walked; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. RANGERS 9TH: Fahey singled; Lovitto lined to left; Randle walked [Fahey to second]; Hargrove walked [Fahey to third, Randle to second]; JOHNSON REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Burroughs struck out; Fregosi reached on an error by McKay [Fahey scored (unearned) (no RBI), Randle to third, Hargrove to second]; Harrah forced Fregosi (third to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 4.

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