The Rangers, after overcoming a 5-0 deficit, rallied again for three runs in the 13th inning and defeated the White Sox, 9-8. Pat Kelly homered for the White Sox in their early attack on Jim Gideon, former University of Texas star, who made his major league debut. The Rangers finally caught up and tied the score at 6-6 in the ninth on a a single by Tom Grieve, pass to Joe Lovitto and single by Lenny Randle.

Deron Johnson knocked in two runs with a single to send the White Sox ahead again in the top half of the 13th, but Toby Harrah started the Rangers' rally with a single. After Dave Hamilton replaced Rich Hinton, Jeff Burroughs doubled, driving in Harrah. Burroughs scored on a single by Grieve, who took second on the throw home and then crossed the plate with the winning run on a single by Roy Howell. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 9, Chicago White Sox 8
Game Played on Sunday, September 14, 1975 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    3  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  -   8 13  3
Rangers      0  0  1    2  1  0    0  1  1    0  0  0    3  -   9 17  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf              3   2   2   1     2   0   .273      Randle cf             5   2   2   1     2   0   .285
  Coluccio rf         1   1   0   0     1   0   .205      Smalley 2b            5   0   3   0     1   1   .220
Hairston lf           6   1   3   1     1   0   .280      Harrah ss             7   1   2   1     0   0   .294
Orta 2b               5   1   1   0     2   1   .309      Burroughs rf          5   2   2   1     2   1   .226
D. Johnson dh         7   1   2   3     0   1   .236      Fregosi 1b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .249
Melton 3b             6   1   2   0     1   0   .230        Spencer ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .262
Nyman cf              6   0   2   1     1   0   .220        Moates pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Dent ss               6   1   0   1     1   1   .262        Hargrove 1b         3   0   0   0     0   2   .298
Squires 1b            5   0   0   0     1   0   .156      Grieve lf             5   2   3   1     0   1   .279
Downing c             6   0   1   0     0   2   .253      Robson dh             3   1   1   1     0   0   .212
Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lovitto ph,dh       2   1   0   0     1   0   .208
  Osborn p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Howell 3b             6   0   2   2     0   0   .254
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            4   0   1   1     0   1   .197
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cardenas ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
                                                            Fahey c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .294
                                                            Pruitt ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .176
                                                          Gideon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               51   8  13   7    10   5             Totals               49   9  17   8     8   6

Time of Game: 4:01   Attendance:  6,705
Left on Base: White Sox 14, Rangers 15
DP: White Sox 2, Rangers 2
Errors: Melton 3, Smalley, Harrah
Doubles: Burroughs (20)
Home Runs: Kelly (9)
Stolen Bases: Melton (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (3), Grieve 2 (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Howell (3), Robson (1)
GIDP: Orta (16), D. Johnson (19), Fregosi (6), Harrah (8)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    5.1  10   4   4   4   1   0  29   3.11
Osborn                  1.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   5   3.61
Hinton                  5.1   4   3   2   2   5   0  23   3.74
Hamilton L(6-7)         0.2   3   2   2   0   0   0   5   3.52
Totals                 12.2  17   9   8   8   6   0  62

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gideon                  5.2   7   6   5   5   2   1  29   7.94
Thomas                  4.1   2   0   0   3   2   0  17   3.29
Foucault W(8-3)         3     4   2   2   2   1   0  15   3.86
Totals                 13    13   8   7  10   5   1  61

Wild Pitches: Gideon (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly walked; Debut game for Jim Gideon;
Hairston walked [Kelly to second]; Orta forced Hairston (second
to shortstop) [Kelly to third]; D. Johnson singled to right
[Kelly scored, Orta to second]; Melton walked [Orta to third, D.
Johnson to second]; Nyman reached on an error by Smalley [Orta
scored (RBI), D. Johnson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Melton to
third, Nyman out at second (second to shortstop)]; Dent flied
out to right; 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 1ST: Randle lined to shortstop; Smalley walked; Harrah
made an out to shortstop; Burroughs flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Squires grounded out (shortstop to first);
Downing struck out; Kelly homered; Hairston singled to center;
Gideon threw a wild pitch [Hairston to second]; Orta grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi singled to right; Grieve was called out on
strikes; Robson forced Fregosi (second to shortstop); Howell
singled to center [Robson to second]; Sundberg grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: D. Johnson struck out; Melton singled to center;
Melton stole second; Nyman singled to right [Melton to third];
Dent reached on an error by Harrah [Melton scored (RBI), Nyman
to second]; Squires flied out to center; Downing forced Dent
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Randle walked; Smalley singled to left [Randle to
second]; Harrah singled to right [Randle scored, Smalley to
second]; Burroughs forced Smalley (shortstop to third) [Harrah
to second]; Fregosi grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Burroughs out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Kelly singled to right; Hairston flied out to
left; Orta grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
5, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Grieve singled to center; Robson singled to third
[Grieve to third (error by Melton), Robson to second]; Howell
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Grieve scored, Robson to third];
Sundberg singled to left [Robson scored]; Randle singled to left
[Sundberg to second]; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Sundberg to third, Randle to second]; Harrah popped
to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
5, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: D. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Melton flied out to right; Nyman lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Burroughs singled to left; Fregosi walked
[Burroughs to second]; Grieve out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Burroughs to third, Fregosi to second]; Robson hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Burroughs scored]; Howell flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Dent walked; Squires flied out to left; Downing
flied out to left; Kelly walked [Dent to second]; Hairston
singled to left [Dent scored, Kelly to second]; THOMAS REPLACED
GIDEON (PITCHING); Orta struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 6, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Randle walked; Smalley
singled to left [Randle to second]; OSBORN REPLACED KAAT
(PITCHING); Harrah grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 6, Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: D. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Melton grounded out (third to first); Nyman singled to first;
Dent grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 6, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Burroughs walked; SPENCER BATTED FOR FREGOSI;
Spencer walked [Burroughs to second]; MOATES RAN FOR SPENCER;
Grieve out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Burroughs to
third, Moates to second]; Robson flied out to center; HINTON
REPLACED OSBORN (PITCHING); Howell grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HARGROVE REPLACED MOATES (PLAYING 1B); Squires
grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing grounded out (pitcher
to first); Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 6, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: COLUCCIO REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING RF); Sundberg
struck out; Randle reached on an error by Melton [Randle to
second]; Smalley singled to third [Randle scored (error by
Melton) (unearned) (no RBI), Smalley to second]; Harrah flied
out to center; Burroughs walked; Hargrove was called out on
strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Hairston flied out to center; Orta singled to
center; D. Johnson grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Orta out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6,
Rangers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Grieve singled to right; LOVITTO BATTED FOR ROBSON;
Lovitto walked [Grieve to second]; Howell forced Grieve (third
to shortstop) [Lovitto to second]; CARDENAS BATTED FOR SUNDBERG;
Cardenas flied out to right; Randle singled to right [Lovitto
scored, Howell to third]; Smalley flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

WHITE SOX 10TH: LOVITTO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FAHEY
REPLACED CARDENAS (PLAYING C ); Melton grounded out (third to
first); Nyman walked; Dent grounded out (third to first) [Nyman
to second]; Squires was walked intentionally; Downing struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 10TH: Harrah flied out to left; Burroughs struck out;
Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers
6.

WHITE SOX 11TH: Coluccio walked; FOUCAULT REPLACED THOMAS
(PITCHING); Hairston grounded out (second to first) [Coluccio to
second]; Orta was walked intentionally; D. Johnson flied out to
center; Melton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 6, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 11TH: Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); Lovitto
grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6,
Rangers 6.

WHITE SOX 12TH: Nyman grounded out (first unassisted); Dent
grounded out (third to first); Squires flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 12TH: PRUITT BATTED FOR FAHEY; Pruitt popped to first in
foul territory; Randle grounded out (shortstop to first);
Smalley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 6, Rangers 6.

WHITE SOX 13TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Downing
singled to right; Coluccio forced Downing (shortstop to second);
Hairston singled to right [Coluccio to third, Hairston to
second]; Orta was walked intentionally; D. Johnson singled to
left [Coluccio scored, Hairston scored, Orta to second]; Melton
singled to left [Orta to third, D. Johnson to second]; Nyman
forced Orta (first to catcher) [D. Johnson to third, Melton to
second]; Dent struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 8,
Rangers 6.

RANGERS 13TH: Harrah singled to third; HAMILTON REPLACED HINTON
(PITCHING); Burroughs doubled to left [Harrah scored]; Hargrove
popped to third in foul territory; Grieve singled to center
[Burroughs scored, Grieve to second]; Lovitto flied out to
center; Howell singled to center [Grieve scored]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Rangers 9.