After trailing, 1-0, for six innings, the Rangers caught up with Bruce Dal Canton and defeated the Royals, 3-1. Jackie Brown, pitching for the Rangers, yielded the Royals' run in the first on a triple by Fred Patek and sacrifice fly by Cookie Rojas. The Rangers tied the score in the seventh.

Lenny Randle singled, took third on a single by Jim Spencer and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Toby Harrah. Cesar Tovar singled in the eighth and stole second as Alex Johnson struck out. After an intentional pass to Jeff Burroughs, Mike Hargrove singled to break the tie. Harrah then clinched the victory with a homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Thursday, August    1, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  1  -   3  7  0
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .287      Patek ss              4   1   2   0     0   1   .224
Johnson lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .290      Pinson rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .240
Burroughs rf          2   0   0   0     2   0   .292      Rojas 2b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .291
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .331      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Randle 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .320      Solaita dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .285
Spencer dh            3   0   1   0     0   0   .308      Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .276
  Nelson pr,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Wohlford lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .299
Harrah ss             3   1   1   2     0   0   .265      Brett 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .242
Fregosi 3b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .281      Martinez c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .167
  L. Brown pr,3b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .183      Dal Canton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .271
J. Brown p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   7   3     3   4             Totals               32   1   9   1     1   3

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 13,770
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Royals 6
DP: Rangers 3, Royals 0
Doubles: Fregosi (4), Wohlford (12)
Triples: Patek (5)
Home Runs: Harrah (15)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (16), Tovar (5)
Caught Stealing: Martinez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (4), Rojas (3)
GIDP: Wohlford (7), Rojas (18)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Brown W(9-8)         9     9   1   1   1   3   0  34   3.50
Totals                  9     9   1   1   1   3   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton L(6-5)       9     7   3   3   3   4   1  37   2.69
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   4   1  37

Umpires: HP - Armando Rodriguez, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Hank Soar


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar struck out; Johnson flied out to center;
Burroughs walked; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek tripled; Pinson popped to second; Rojas hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Patek scored]; Mayberry grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Randle flied out to left; Spencer flied out to
center; Harrah flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Solaita grounded out (first unassisted); Otis struck
out; Wohlford doubled to left; Brett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Fregosi was called out on strikes; Sundberg was
called out on strikes; Tovar walked; Johnson forced Tovar
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals
1.

ROYALS 3RD: Martinez flied out to center; Patek singled to left;
Pinson grounded out (second to first) [Patek to second]; Rojas
reached on a fielder's choice [Patek out at third (shortstop to
third to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
grounded out (second to first); Randle grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry lined to right; Solaita singled to center;
Otis singled to center [Solaita to third]; Wohlford grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Otis out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Spencer flied out to right; Harrah grounded out
(third to first); Fregosi singled to center; Sundberg forced
Fregosi (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); Martinez
singled to left; Patek struck out while Martinez was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Tovar flied out to center; Johnson popped to
second; Burroughs popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Pinson lined to second; Rojas singled to center;
Mayberry flied out to center; Solaita grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove flied out to center; Randle singled to
left; Spencer singled to right [Randle to third]; NELSON RAN FOR
SPENCER; Harrah lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Randle
scored]; Nelson stole second; Fregosi popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: NELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Otis flied out
to left; Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett
singled to shortstop; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Royals 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
singled to center; Johnson struck out; Tovar stole second;
Burroughs was walked intentionally; Hargrove singled to right
[Tovar scored, Burroughs to third]; Randle popped to third; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson
walked; Rojas grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Pinson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
2, Royals 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
homered; Fregosi doubled to left; L. BROWN RAN FOR FREGOSI;
Sundberg flied out to center; Tovar grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: L. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Mayberry
grounded out (second to first); Solaita grounded out (first
unassisted); Otis singled to second; Wohlford popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 1.