Fergie Jenkins, who won 24 games with the Cubs in 1971 in his best previous year in the major leagues, achieved his 25th victory when the Rangers defeated the Twins, 2-1. Manager Billy Martin did not use a designated hitter in the game and Jenkins became the first A. L. pitcher this season to be listed as a batter in the starting lineup.

Coming to the plate in the sixth inning, Jenkins got an infield single for the Rangers' first hit off Jim Hughes and scored on a sacrifice by Lenny Randle and single by Jim Spencer. Tom Grieve homered for the deciding run in the seventh. Jenkins gave up a circuit clout by Eric Soderholm in the Twins' half before leaving the game for a pinch-hitter. Steve Foucault pitched the last two innings and held the Twins hitless. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 2, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Wednesday, October 2, 1974 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 3 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nelson 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .236 Brye cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283 Randle lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Braun lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Jones lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Oliva dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .285 Spencer 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .278 Kusick 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Hargrove 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .323 Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .276 Grieve rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .255 Hisle rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Howell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Killebrew ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Lovitto cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Thompson ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Harrah ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Gomez 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .208 Mackanin ph,ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Roof c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Sundberg c 1 0 0 0 2 0 .247 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .500 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 2 3 2 3 7 Totals 32 1 5 1 1 7 Time of Game: 1:53 Attendance: 2,570 Left on Base: Rangers 3, Twins 5 DP: Rangers 0, Twins 1 Doubles: Brye (32) Home Runs: Grieve (9), Soderholm (10) Stolen Bases: Sundberg (2) Caught Stealing: Nelson (13) Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (11) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins W(25-12) 7 5 1 1 1 4 1 27 2.82 Foucault SV(12) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 2.24 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 7 1 33 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hughes L(0-2) 9 3 2 2 3 7 1 32 5.23 Totals 9 3 2 2 3 7 1 32 Wild Pitches: Hughes (1) Balks: Hughes (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim Odom RANGERS 1ST: Nelson walked; Randle grounded out (second to first) [Nelson to second]; Hughes threw a wild pitch [Nelson to third]; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Brye struck out; Braun popped to first in foul territory; Oliva grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. RANGERS 2ND: Howell grounded out (second to first); Lovitto grounded out (second to first); MACKANIN BATTED FOR HARRAH; Mackanin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: MACKANIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Kusick singled to left; Soderholm forced Kusick (pitcher to shortstop); Hisle flied out to right; Thompson singled to right [Soderholm to third]; Gomez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg walked; Jenkins was called out on strikes; Nelson flied out to right; Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: JONES REPLACED RANDLE (PLAYING LF); Roof grounded out (third to first); Brye doubled to left; Braun grounded out (second to first) [Brye to third]; Oliva was walked intentionally; Kusick forced Oliva (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. RANGERS 4TH: Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Grieve flied out to center; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Soderholm lined to left; Hisle flied out to right; Thompson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. RANGERS 5TH: Lovitto grounded out (first unassisted); Mackanin flied out to left; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Gomez grounded out (third to first); Roof struck out; Brye grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. RANGERS 6TH: Jenkins singled to third; Nelson reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Jenkins to second]; Hughes balked [Nelson to second, Jenkins to third]; Jones grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer singled to center [Nelson to third, Jenkins scored]; Nelson was caught stealing home (catcher to third) [Spencer out at second (third unassisted)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Braun flied out to left; Oliva popped to catcher in foul territory; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0. RANGERS 7TH: Grieve homered; Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Lovitto grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Mackanin was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: HARGROVE REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING 1B); Soderholm homered; Hisle flied out to right; Thompson was called out on strikes; Gomez singled to center; Roof forced Gomez (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 1. RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg walked; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR JENKINS; Sundberg stole second; Cubbage struck out; Nelson grounded out (third to first); Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED CUBBAGE (PITCHING); Brye grounded out (pitcher to first); Braun was called out on strikes; Oliva flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 1. RANGERS 9TH: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Grieve flied out to left; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Soderholm was called out on strikes; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR HISLE; Killebrew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 1.

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