Playing before a Bat Night crowd of 39,269, largest turnout in the club's history, Toby Harrah and Tom Grieve swung their bats for homers to carry the Rangers to a 4-2 victory over the Orioles. Harrah put the Rangers on the board with a leadoff homer in the third inning. Jeff Burroughs singled in the fourth and Grieve followed with his circuit clout. The Rangers added another run before the inning ended on a double by Harrah and single by Leo Cardenas.

Jim Bibby, pitching for the Rangers, faced serious trouble in the seventh when the Orioles loaded the bases with singles by Earl Williams, Mark Belanger and Al Bumbry. However, only two runs crossed the plate on a grounder by Rich Coggins and sacrifice by Bobby Grich. When Bibby faltered again in the eighth, Steve Foucault came in to save the game. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Baltimore Orioles 2
Game Played on Saturday, June      1, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2 10  0
Rangers      0  0  1    3  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry lf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .186      Tovar cf,lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Coggins cf            5   0   1   1     0   1   .184      Randle 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .339
Grich 2b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .292      Johnson lf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .289
Davis dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .266        Lovitto cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .202
Powell 1b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .263      Burroughs rf          3   1   1   0     1   0   .325
Baylor rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .231      Grieve dh             3   1   1   2     0   0   .267
Robinson 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .322      Fregosi 1b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Williams c            4   1   1   0     0   0   .222        Spencer 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .342
Belanger ss           3   1   2   0     0   0   .270      Harrah ss             3   2   2   1     0   0   .271
  Reinbach ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Cardenas 3b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .366
McNally p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        L. Brown 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .148
                                                          Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
                                                          Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   2  10   2     1   4             Totals               30   4   9   4     1   1

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 39,269
Left on Base: Orioles 9, Rangers 3
DP: Orioles 2, Rangers 0
Doubles: Harrah (8)
Home Runs: Harrah (3), Grieve (3)
Caught Stealing: Burroughs (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Grich (1)
GIDP: Harrah (6), Burroughs (8)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally L(4-4)          8     9   4   4   1   1   2  31   3.96
Totals                  8     9   4   4   1   1   2  31

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby W(7-7)            7.2  10   2   2   1   3   0  34   4.56
Foucault SV(3)          1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.54
Totals                  9    10   2   2   1   4   0  38

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Napp


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to left; Coggins struck out; Grich
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Randle was
called out on strikes; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Davis lined to second; Powell singled to center;
Baylor flied out to center; Robinson singled to left [Powell to
second]; Williams forced Robinson (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Grieve
grounded out (second to first); Fregosi grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to center; Bumbry singled to
left; Coggins flied out to right; Grich flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah homered; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to
first); Sundberg singled to left; Tovar forced Sundberg (pitcher
to second); Randle flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Rangers 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Davis grounded out (third to first); Powell singled
to second; Baylor struck out; Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Johnson made an out to first; Burroughs singled to
center; Grieve homered [Burroughs scored]; Fregosi grounded out
(third to first); Harrah doubled to left; Cardenas singled to
left [Harrah scored]; Sundberg forced Cardenas (shortstop to
second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 4.

ORIOLES 5TH: Williams flied out to center; Belanger singled to
shortstop; Bumbry forced Belanger (second to shortstop); Coggins
singled to left [Bumbry to second]; Grich flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Tovar flied out to center; Randle flied out to
center; Johnson singled to center; Burroughs walked [Johnson to
second]; Burroughs was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Rangers 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: Davis grounded out (second to first); Powell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor walked; Robinson
forced Baylor (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Grieve flied out to right; Fregosi singled to
center; Harrah grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Fregosi out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Rangers 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: SPENCER REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 1B); Williams
singled to left; Belanger singled to left [Williams to second];
Bumbry singled to left [Williams to third, Belanger to second];
Coggins forced Bumbry (second to shortstop) [Williams scored,
Belanger to third]; Grich hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Belanger scored]; Davis grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Cardenas flied out to left; Sundberg popped to
second in foul territory; Tovar grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Rangers 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: L. BROWN REPLACED CARDENAS (PLAYING 3B); Powell
grounded out (second to first); Baylor grounded out (second to
first); Robinson singled to left; FOUCAULT REPLACED BIBBY
(PITCHING); Williams forced Robinson (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Randle grounded out (third to first); Johnson
singled to center; Burroughs grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Rangers 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: LOVITTO REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING CF); TOVAR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); REINBACH BATTED FOR BELANGER;
Reinbach struck out; Bumbry grounded out (second to first);
Coggins grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Rangers 4.