Steve Foucault, pitching in relief, had the dubious distinction of winding up with two defeats as the Rangers lost to the White Sox in both games of a doubleheader, 6-3 and 13-10. Dick Allen and Ken Henderson hit homers for the White Sox in the opener, but the score was tied at 3-3 when Foucault replaced David Clyde in the sixth inning. Foucault struck out the first two batters in the seventh before Bill Sharp singled and Jorge Orta doubled, Sharp stopping at third. Toby Harrah then committed successive errors on grounders by Allen and Bill Melton, allowing Sharp and Orta to score. Bart Johnson, who was the winner, gained his fourth straight victory since being recalled from Iowa (American Association).

In the nightcap, Jeff Burroughs batted in four runs for the Rangers with two homers and a single, but Orta had an even bigger game for the White Sox with five RBIs on a single, two doubles and a homer. Foucault replaced Steve Hargan with Rangers leading, 8-7, after Orta had doubled in the sixth inning. Tony Muser and Carlos May singled, Orta scoring. Foucault threw wildly in an attempted pickoff play, Muser scoring on the error. Melton then homered for two more runs. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Texas Rangers 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, August    4, 1974 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  9  2
White Sox    0  0  0    2  0  1    2  1  x  -   6 10  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Bradford rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .325
Johnson lf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .290        Sharp ph,rf         2   1   2   1     0   0   .287
Burroughs rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Orta 2b               4   2   2   0     1   1   .314
Hargrove 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .333      D. Allen 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .297
Randle 3b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .313      Melton 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .236
Spencer dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .302      K. Henderson cf       4   1   1   1     0   2   .285
Harrah ss             4   0   1   1     0   1   .263      May lf                3   0   1   0     1   0   .275
Nelson 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .246      Downing c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .276
Sundberg c            4   0   2   0     0   0   .277      Santo dh              2   0   0   0     0   1   .215
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kelly ph,dh         2   0   1   0     0   1   .269
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               4   0   0   0     0   1   .269
  Merritt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      B. Johnson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3   9   2     1   4             Totals               36   6  10   4     2   7

Time of Game: 2:11
Left on Base: Rangers 7, White Sox 8
DP: Rangers 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Harrah 2, Orta, K. Henderson
Doubles: Orta (20)
Home Runs: D. Allen (29), K. Henderson (13)
Stolen Bases: Johnson (18), Harrah (7), May (7), D. Allen (7)
GIDP: Sundberg (6)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde                   5.1   3   3   3   2   2   2  21   3.98
Foucault L(4-5)         1.2   4   2   0   0   4   0  11   2.13
Merritt                 1     3   1   1   0   1   0   6   8.10
Totals                  8    10   6   4   2   7   2  38

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
B. Johnson W(4-0)       9     9   3   2   1   4   0  37   3.69
Totals                  9     9   3   2   1   4   0  37

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim Odom


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
flied out to right; Burroughs singled to left; Hargrove grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bradford flied out to center; Orta singled to
right; D. Allen popped to second; Melton popped to second; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Randle flied out to right; Spencer flied out to
center; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: K. Henderson struck out; May walked; Downing
popped to catcher in foul territory; May stole second; Santo
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Nelson grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
grounded out (second to first); Tovar flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent popped to first in foul territory; Bradford
popped to catcher in foul territory; Orta grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Johnson singled to center; Johnson stole second;
Burroughs popped to catcher in foul territory; Hargrove walked;
Randle singled to center [Johnson scored, Hargrove to second];
Spencer struck out; Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: D. Allen homered; Melton popped to catcher in
foul territory; K. Henderson homered; May grounded out (second
to first); Downing flied to left in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Nelson reached on an error by K. Henderson [Nelson
to second]; Sundberg singled to second [Sundberg to second
(error by Orta), Nelson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Tovar
grounded out (second to first) [Sundberg to third]; Johnson
struck out; Burroughs flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Santo flied out to left; Dent grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bradford grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove singled to right; Randle flied out to
center; Spencer flied out to center [Hargrove to second]; Harrah
singled to right [Hargrove scored]; Harrah stole second; Nelson
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta walked; D. Allen flied out to center [Orta
to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Melton singled
to center [Orta scored]; K. Henderson struck out; May singled to
left [Melton to second]; Downing struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg singled to center; Tovar grounded out
(third to first) [Sundberg to second]; Johnson grounded out
(third to first); Burroughs popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: KELLY BATTED FOR SANTO; Kelly was called out on
strikes; Dent was called out on strikes; SHARP BATTED FOR
BRADFORD; Sharp singled to left; Orta doubled to right [Sharp to
third]; D. Allen reached on an error by Harrah [Orta to third,
Sharp scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; D. Allen stole second; Melton
reached on an error by Harrah [Orta scored (unearned) (no RBI),
D. Allen to third]; K. Henderson grounded out (second to first);
2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 8TH: SHARP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Hargrove
grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt Randle singled to
second; Spencer forced Randle (shortstop to second); Harrah
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: MERRITT REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); May popped
to shortstop; Downing singled to center; Kelly singled to left
[Downing to second]; Dent flied out to right [Downing to third];
Sharp singled to right [Kelly to third, Downing scored]; Orta
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 9TH: Nelson singled to shortstop; Sundberg grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nelson out at
second]; Tovar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 6.