Helping to beat himself with an error, Fergie Jenkins was the loser when the Twins scored in the eighth inning to defeat the Rangers, 5-4. Roy Howell homered for the Rangers, while the Twins had circuit clouts by Tony Oliva and Rod Carew in forging a 4-4 tie.

Jenkins committed his error on a high hopper to the mound by Carew. After a sacrifice by Dan Ford and infield out by Johnny Briggs, Oliva walked and Eric Soderholm followed with a single to drive in the deciding run. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      5, 1975 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  1  1    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  3
Twins        0  0  2    1  1  0    0  1  x  -   5  5  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar dh              5   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Bostock rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Randle cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Carew 2b              3   2   1   1     1   0   .370
Howell 3b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .224      Ford cf               3   0   1   2     0   2   .295
Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Briggs 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Hargrove lf           3   2   2   0     1   0   .345      Oliva dh              3   1   1   1     1   0   .265
Spencer 1b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .268        Gomez pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .136
Harrah ss             2   0   1   1     1   0   .280      Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   1     0   1   .264
Cubbage 2b            3   0   3   2     1   0   .200      Braun lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .293
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Borgmann c            3   1   1   0     0   2   .207
  Grieve ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Terrell ss            3   1   0   0     0   0   .297
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   8   4     4   3             Totals               30   5   5   5     3   7

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  9,399
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Twins 5
DP: Rangers 0, Twins 0
Errors: Howell, Spencer, Jenkins, Terrell
Home Runs: Howell (3), Oliva (6), Carew (9)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrah (4), Ford (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(9-9)          8     5   5   4   3   7   2  34   4.38
Totals                  8     5   5   4   3   7   2  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(7-6)            9     8   4   4   4   3   1  39   3.42
Totals                  9     8   4   4   4   3   1  39

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jim Evans


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Randle grounded out
(second to first); Howell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock popped to second; Carew grounded out (first
to pitcher); Howell dropped a foul fly hit by Ford for an error;
Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hargrove singled; Spencer flied out to center; Harrah walked
[Hargrove to second]; Cubbage singled to left [Hargrove scored,
Harrah to third, Cubbage to second (on throw)]; Sundberg
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Briggs was called out on strikes; Oliva grounded out
(second to first); Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Tovar lined to second; Randle flied out to left;
Howell homered; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Braun walked; Borgmann singled to left [Braun to
third]; Terrell reached on a fielder's choice [Braun out at home
(first to catcher), Borgmann to second]; Bostock grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Borgmann to third, Terrell to second]; Carew
was walked intentionally; Ford singled to center [Borgmann
scored, Terrell scored, Carew to second]; Briggs grounded out
(first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove walked; Spencer singled to right [Hargrove
to third]; Harrah singled to right [Hargrove scored, Spencer to
second]; Cubbage singled to right [Spencer scored, Harrah to
second]; Harrah was caught stealing third (catcher to third)
[Cubbage to second]; Sundberg grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Cubbage to third]; Tovar grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva homered; Soderholm flied out to center; Braun
struck out; Borgmann struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
4, Twins 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Randle struck out; Howell lined to left; Burroughs
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell grounded out (second to first); Bostock flied
out to center; Carew homered; Ford struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove singled to left; Spencer walked [Hargrove
to second]; Harrah out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Hargrove to third, Spencer to second]; Cubbage was walked
intentionally; Sundberg struck out; Tovar forced Spencer (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Briggs reached on an error by Spencer; Oliva flied
out to left; Soderholm was called out on strikes; Braun flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Randle grounded out (second to first); Howell flied
out to center; Burroughs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: Borgmann struck out; Terrell popped to shortstop;
Bostock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Twins 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Spencer grounded out
(second to first); Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: Carew reached on an error by Jenkins; Ford out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Carew to second]; Briggs
grounded out (third to first) [Carew to third]; Oliva was walked
intentionally; GOMEZ RAN FOR OLIVA; Soderholm singled to center
[Carew scored (unearned), Gomez to second]; Braun lined to
first; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Twins 5.

RANGERS 9TH: GOMEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Cubbage singled;
GRIEVE BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Grieve flied out to right; Tovar
reached on an error by Terrell [Cubbage to second]; Randle
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Cubbage to third, Tovar to
second]; Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 4, Twins 5.