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APRIL 7, 1974
The rubber game between the Rangers and Athletics. The Rangers signed bench coach Josh Boyd to a 1-year, $7,320 per year contract.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 1-1 at Baltimore 1-1(2)
Cleveland 1-0 at New York 0-1
Boston 2-0 at Milwaukee 0-2
California 2-0 at Chicago 0-2
Minnesota 2-0 at Kansas City 0-2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 1-0 at Montreal 0-1
New York 1-0 at Philadelphia 0-1
Atlanta 1-1 at Cincinnati 1-1
Pittsburgh 0-2 at St Louis 2-0
San Diego 0-2 at Los Angeles 2-0
Houston 1-1 at San Francisco 1-1
OAKLAND ATHLETICS 1-1 AT TEXAS RANGERS 1-1
MATCHUPS
SP: Catfish Hunter vs Steve Hargan Advantage Push
C Ray Fosse vs Jim Sundberg Advantage Texas
1B Gene Tenace vs Jim Spencer Advantage Oakland
2B Dick Green vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Sal Bando vs Cesar Tovar Advantage Oakland
SS Bert Campaneris vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
LF Joe Rudi vs Alex Johnson Advantage Oakland
CF Bill North vs Lenny Randle Advantage Oakland
RF Reggie JAckson vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Oakland
DH Deron Johnson vs Mike Hargrove Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Oakland
Nothing of note happened in the first three innings.
After three: Oakland 0 Texas 0.
Jackson picked up a two-run inside-the-park home run in the top of the fourth to put the Athletics on the board.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Rangers finally got a run when Nelson scored from third on a sacrifice fly by Sundberg. Randle followed up with a two-run homer to give the Rangers the lead. Hargrove also got an RBI single in the frame. Nine men batted for Texas in the inning.
Bando led off the top of the sixth with a home run.
In the bottom of the sixth, Spencer hit a two-run homer for the Rangers 10th hit of the game.
After six: Texas 6 Oakland 3.
In the top of the seventh, the Athletics loaded the bases with one out. Rudi grounded to first to bring home a run.
Back-to-back singles to leadoff the bottom of the seventh ended the day for Hunter and Darold Knowles took the mound for the Athletics and got out of the inning without giving up a run.
Campaneris singled in the top of the eighth to give the Athletics their 10th hit of the game. That brought Steve Foucault on to pitch for the Rangers with a runner at first and one out. Campaneris would be left stranded at first.
Final score: Texas 6 Oakland 4.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Jim Spencer 2 for 4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 4 Baltimore 3 Game 1
Baltimore 9 Detroit 0 Game 2
New York 2 Cleveland 1
Milwaukee 11 Boston 7
Chicago 12 California 7
Kansas City 5 Minnesota 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 8 Chicago 1
New York 6 Philadelphia 1
Cincinnati 3 Atlanta 1 10 innings
St Louis 3 Pittsburgh 0
Los Angeles 4 San Diego 0
San Francisco 8 Houston 3
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Willie Davis Montreal Expos 4 for 4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, BB
2. George C Scott Milwaukee Brewers 4 for 4, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, BB
3. Doug Rau Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, W
The Orioles Jim Palmer pitched a complete game shutout in the second game of the double headed against the Tigers.
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