The Royals, playing their first games under Whitey Herzog, who had replaced Jack McKeon as manager, swept a twi-night doubleheader with the Rangers, 6-3 and 6-1. The losses were the first for Frank Lucchesi, who had won three games as the Rangers' new manager.

Cookie Rojas started the Royals on their way to victory in the opener by knocking in two runs with a triple in the second inning. Another triple by Hal McRae, double by John Mayberry, an infield out and wild pitch added a pair in the third. Rojas also doubled and scored on a double by Amos Otis in the seventh. Toby Harrah hit a two-run homer for the Rangers. In the nightcap, Al Cowens stepped into the batting spotlight for the Royals, driving in two runs with a triple in the fourth inning and two more with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Texas Rangers 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, July      25, 1975 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  6  1
Royals       0  2  2    0  0  0    1  1  x  -   6 11  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moates cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Wohlford rf           5   1   1   0     0   1   .277
  Cardenas ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Rojas 2b              5   1   3   2     0   0   .273
Randle 2b,cf          3   1   1   0     0   0   .284      Otis cf               3   0   1   1     1   0   .238
Hargrove lf           2   0   0   1     1   1   .336      McRae lf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .310
Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .229        Cowens pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Spencer 1b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Mayberry 1b           3   1   2   1     1   0   .257
  Fregosi ph,1b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Killebrew dh          2   0   0   0     2   0   .211
Grieve dh             4   1   1   0     0   1   .277        Scott pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Harrah ss             4   1   1   2     0   0   .284      Brett 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Howell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .246      Martinez c            3   1   1   1     0   0   .256
Sundberg c            4   0   2   0     0   0   .221      White ss              4   0   2   0     0   0   .209
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Perzanowski p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Splittorff p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               32   3   6   3     2   5             Totals               31   6  11   5     4   1

Time of Game: 2:43
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Royals 8
DP: Rangers 1, Royals 1
Errors: Fregosi, Brett, Briles
Doubles: Mayberry (17), Rojas (12), Otis (13)
Triples: Rojas (2), McRae (5)
Home Runs: Harrah (12)
Stolen Bases: Randle (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Brett (6), Martinez (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove (2)
GIDP: Moates (2), Killebrew (5)
Hit by Pitch: Randle (3,by Briles), McRae (4,by Perzanowski)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright L(2-4)           2     6   4   4   2   0   0  14   4.25
Perzanowski             4.2   4   1   1   1   0   0  17   1.93
Umbarger                0.2   1   1   1   1   0   0   5   4.61
Moore                   0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.88
Totals                  8    11   6   6   4   1   0  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(5-5)           5     4   1   0   1   3   0  21   4.21
Splittorff              2     2   2   2   1   1   1   9   4.26
Bird SV(6)              2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.38
Totals                  9     6   3   2   2   5   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Perzanowski (1), Briles (5)
Wild Pitches: Perzanowski (1)
Balks: Umbarger (3)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


RANGERS 1ST: Moates popped to third; Randle singled to center;
Randle stole second; Randle was picked off second but was safe
on an error by Briles [Randle to third]; Hargrove hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Randle scored (unearned)]; Burroughs
grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford lined to second; Rojas singled to right;
Otis walked [Rojas to second]; McRae flied out to center;
Mayberry walked [Rojas to third, Otis to second]; Killebrew
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Spencer was called out on strikes; Grieve reached
on an error by Brett; Harrah flied out to right; Howell struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Brett grounded out (second to first); Martinez
singled to right; White singled to left [Martinez to second];
Wohlford forced White (third to second) [Martinez to third];
Rojas tripled to center [Martinez scored, Wohlford scored]; Otis
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Royals 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to center; Moates grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at
second]; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae tripled to center; Mayberry doubled to right
[McRae scored]; PERZANOWSKI REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING);
Killebrew walked; Brett forced Killebrew (third to second)
[Mayberry to third]; Perzanowski threw a wild pitch [Mayberry
scored, Brett out at third (catcher to third)]; Martinez flied
out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove struck out; Burroughs walked; Spencer
flied out to right [Burroughs to second]; Grieve grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford
singled to center; Rojas popped to shortstop; Wohlford was
picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Royals 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Harrah flied out to center; Howell singled to
third; On a bunt Sundberg singled to third [Howell to second];
Moates grounded out (first unassisted) [Howell to third,
Sundberg to second]; Randle was hit by a pitch; Hargrove
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers
1, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to right; McRae was hit by a pitch;
Mayberry singled to center [McRae to third]; Killebrew grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Mayberry out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 4.

RANGERS 6TH: SPLITTORFF REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Burroughs
lined to right; FREGOSI BATTED FOR SPENCER; Fregosi grounded out
(pitcher to first); Grieve singled to center; Harrah homered
[Grieve scored]; Howell was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: FREGOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Brett grounded
out (pitcher to first); Martinez grounded out (third to first);
White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Royals 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first);
CARDENAS BATTED FOR MOATES; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to
first); Randle popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: CARDENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); RANDLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Wohlford grounded out (third to first);
Rojas doubled to left; Otis doubled [Rojas scored]; McRae
reached on a fielder's choice [Otis out at third (pitcher to
third)]; UMBARGER REPLACED PERZANOWSKI (PITCHING); COWENS RAN
FOR MCRAE; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 5.

RANGERS 8TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hargrove
walked; BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Burroughs forced
Hargrove (shortstop to second); Fregosi popped to first; Grieve
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Killebrew walked; SCOTT RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Umbarger
balked [Scott to second]; Brett out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Scott to third]; Martinez reached on an error by
Fregosi on a sacrifice bunt [Scott scored]; White singled to
left [Martinez to second]; MOORE REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING);
Wohlford struck out; Rojas grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 6.

RANGERS 9TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Harrah popped to
shortstop; Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 6.