Homers by Dan Ford, Rod Carew and Johnny Briggs powered the Twins to a 5-3 victory over the Rangers. Ford's blow provided the Twins' initial tally in the second inning. The Rangers picked up an unearned run in their half and went ahead in the third when Mike Hargrove walked and Jeff Burroughs hit for the circuit. However in the fourth, after Jerry Terrell walked, Carew and Briggs belted their homers in succession. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 5, Texas Rangers 3

Game Played on Tuesday, September 2, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Twins 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 11 5 Rangers 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bostock rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .278 Randle dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .285 Terrell ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .303 Lovitto cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Gomez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Hargrove lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .300 Carew 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .372 Burroughs rf 2 1 1 2 2 0 .221 Briggs 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .253 Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .266 Oliva dh 4 0 3 0 0 1 .282 Harrah ss 1 1 0 0 3 1 .298 Brye pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Cubbage 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Ford cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .266 Fregosi ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Braun lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .298 Nelson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 McKay 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .243 Howell 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .248 Roof c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .293 Grieve ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hargan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kekich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 11 5 1 6 Totals 30 3 4 3 8 8 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 5,002 Left on Base: Twins 4, Rangers 8 DP: Twins 1, Rangers 2 Errors: Terrell, Briggs 3, McKay Home Runs: Ford (15), Carew (13), Briggs (10), Burroughs (23) GIDP: Ford (9), Terrell (9), Sundberg (11) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hughes W(13-12) 7.2 3 3 2 8 7 1 33 3.97 Burgmeier SV(7) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.98 Totals 9 4 3 2 8 8 1 38 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hargan L(8-9) 3 4 4 4 1 2 3 14 3.78 Kekich 3.1 6 1 1 0 2 0 14 4.71 Foucault 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 3.88 Totals 9 11 5 5 1 6 3 36 Passed Balls: Roof (5) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Russ Goetz TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (first to pitcher); Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Randle walked; Roof allowed a passed ball [Randle to second]; Lovitto grounded out (first to pitcher); Hargrove struck out; Burroughs walked; Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. TWINS 2ND: Briggs grounded out (second to first); Oliva struck out; Ford homered; Braun grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Harrah walked; Cubbage reached on an error by Briggs [Harrah to third]; Howell grounded out (first unassisted) [Harrah scored (unearned), Cubbage to second (error by Briggs)]; Sundberg popped to second; Randle popped to third in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 1. TWINS 3RD: McKay grounded out (third to first); Roof flied out to right; Bostock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto grounded out (second to first); Hargrove walked; Burroughs homered [Hargrove scored]; Spencer struck out; Harrah struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 3. TWINS 4TH: Terrell walked; Carew homered [Terrell scored]; Briggs homered; Oliva singled to center; KEKICH REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Ford grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliva out at second]; Braun singled; McKay singled to center [Braun to third]; Roof grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 3. RANGERS 4TH: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Howell struck out; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 3. TWINS 5TH: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell flied out to center; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 3. RANGERS 5TH: Randle grounded out (first unassisted); Lovitto was called out on strikes; Hargrove singled [Hargrove out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 3. TWINS 6TH: Briggs struck out; Oliva singled to left; Ford forced Oliva (pitcher to second); Ford was picked off first (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs walked; Spencer forced Burroughs (first to shortstop) [Spencer to second (error by Terrell)]; Harrah walked; Cubbage struck out; Howell singled to second [Spencer out at home (second to third to catcher to third to pitcher), Harrah to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 3. TWINS 7TH: On a bunt Braun singled; McKay struck out; Roof singled to right [Braun to third]; Bostock singled to left [Braun scored, Roof to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Terrell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bostock out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: GOMEZ REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING SS); Sundberg flied out to left; Randle struck out; Lovitto grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Briggs struck out; Oliva singled to right; BRYE RAN FOR OLIVA; Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. RANGERS 8TH: BRYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Burroughs popped to second; Spencer walked; Harrah walked [Spencer to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED HUGHES (PITCHING); FREGOSI BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. TWINS 9TH: NELSON REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 2B); Braun grounded out (second to first); McKay grounded out (third to first); Roof struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. RANGERS 9TH: GRIEVE BATTED FOR HOWELL; Grieve reached on an error by McKay; Sundberg grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Grieve out at second]; Randle singled; Briggs dropped a foul fly hit by Lovitto for an error; Lovitto flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3.

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