Minnesota Twins 11, Texas Rangers 4

Day

Game Played on Tuesday, April 8, 1975 (N) at Arlington Stadium

MIN A 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 - 11 17 0
TEX A 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 9 3

BATTING

Minnesota Twins AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Carew 2b 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 2
Bostock cf 4 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
Hisle lf 6 2 3 3 0 1 1 0
Darwin rf 6 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
Oliva dh 3 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
 Ferrer pr,dh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 1
Braun 1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 0
 Kusick 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Thompson ss 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 2
 Gomez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Borgmann c 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 11 17 11 4 3 27 7

FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Borgmann-Braun, Carew-Gomez-Kusick.

BATTING - 
2B: Darwin (1,off Jenkins); Thompson (1,off Hargan); Braun (1,off Hargan).
3B: Carew (1,off Foucault).
HR: Oliva (1,2nd inning off Jenkins 2 on 2 out); Hisle (1,9th inning off Foucault
2 on 1 out).
HBP: Oliva (1,by Hargan).
GDP: Soderholm (1,off Hargan).
IBB: Oliva (1,by Hargan); Bostock (1,by Foucault).
Team LOB: 12.

Texas Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Tovar lf 3 1 2 2 2 0 3 0
Davis cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 4 0
Randle 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 1
Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
Spencer dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Harrah ss 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2
Nelson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
Sundberg c 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Hargan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4 5 8 27 11

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Harrah-Nelson-Hargrove.
E: Hargrove (1), Nelson (1), Hargan (1).

BATTING - 
2B: Spencer (1,off Campbell).
SF: Randle (1,off Campbell).
GDP: Randle (1,off Campbell).
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Tovar (1,2nd base off Blyleven/Borgmann); Randle (1,2nd base off Blyleven/Borgmann);
Burroughs (1,2nd base off Blyleven/Borgmann).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Blyleven W(1-0) 6.1 6 4 4 4 8 0 28
Campbell SV(1) 2.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 11
Totals 9 9 4 4 5 8 0 39

Inherited Runners - Scored: Campbell 2-1.
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Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Jenkins L(0-1) 1.2 7 6 5 2 0 1 15
Hargan 4.2 5 1 1 1 3 0 21
Umbarger 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Foucault 2 5 4 4 1 0 1 12
Totals 9 17 11 10 4 3 2 50

WP: Hargan 2 (2).
HBP: Hargan (1,Oliva).
IBB: Hargan (1,Oliva); Foucault (1,Bostock).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Hargan 1-0; Umbarger 1-0.
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Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Armando Rodriguez, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia

Time of Game: 3:10 Attendance: 28787

Starting Lineups:
 Minnesota Twins Texas Rangers 
1. Carew 2b Tovar lf
2. Bostock cf Davis cf
3. Hisle lf Randle 3b
4. Darwin rf Burroughs rf
5. Oliva dh Hargrove 1b
6. Soderholm 3b Spencer dh
7. Braun 1b Harrah ss
8. Thompson ss Nelson 2b
9. Borgmann c Sundberg c
 Blyleven p Jenkins p
TWINS 1ST: Debut for umpire Rich Garcia; Carew singled to
right; Bostock walked [Carew to second]; Debut game for Lyman
Bostock; Hisle flied out to left [Carew to third]; Darwin
doubled to left [Carew scored, Bostock to third]; Oliva reached
on an error by Nelson [Bostock scored, Darwin to third];
Soderholm walked [Oliva to second]; Braun flied out to center;
Thompson singled to second [Darwin scored (unearned), Oliva to
third, Soderholm to second]; Borgmann flied out to center; 3 R
(2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Tovar walked; Tovar stole second; Davis struck out;
Randle singled to left [Tovar scored]; Randle stole second;
Burroughs struck out; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 1.
TWINS 2ND: Carew flied out to right; Bostock singled to right;
Hisle singled to left [Bostock to second]; Darwin flied out to
center; Oliva homered to left [Bostock scored, Hisle scored];
Soderholm singled to left; HARGAN REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING);
Hargan threw a wild pitch [Soderholm to second]; Braun flied out
to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 2ND: Spencer struck out; Harrah walked; Nelson hit into
a double play (catcher to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 1.
TWINS 3RD: Thompson doubled to right; Borgmann grounded out
(second to first) [Thompson to third]; Carew grounded out
(catcher to first); Bostock lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to center; Tovar grounded out
(shortstop to first); Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Twins 6, Rangers 1.
TWINS 4TH: Hisle singled to left; Hisle safe on a pick-off error
by Hargrove [Hisle to second]; Darwin flied out to right; Oliva
was walked intentionally; Soderholm grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Oliva out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 4TH: Randle singled to second; Burroughs forced Randle
(third to second); Hargrove struck out; Burroughs stole second;
Spencer lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers
1.
TWINS 5TH: Braun was called out on strikes; Thompson grounded
out (pitcher to first); Borgmann grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 5TH: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
flied out to right; Sundberg popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 1.
TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Bostock reached
on an error by Hargan; Hisle struck out; Darwin singled to
center [Bostock to third]; Oliva was hit by a pitch [Darwin to
second]; Soderholm was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3
LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 6TH: Tovar walked; Davis struck out; Randle popped to
third; Burroughs singled to left [Tovar to third]; Hargrove was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 1.
TWINS 7TH: Braun doubled to left; Hargan threw a wild pitch
[Braun to third]; Thompson singled to right [Braun scored];
Borgmann flied out to left; UMBARGER REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING);
Carew forced Thompson (second to shortstop); Debut game for
Jim Umbarger; Bostock forced Carew (second to shortstop); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 7TH: Spencer was called out on strikes; Harrah walked;
Nelson singled to pitcher [Harrah to second]; Sundberg singled
to third [Harrah to third, Nelson to second]; Tovar singled to
left [Harrah scored, Nelson scored, Sundberg to second];
CAMPBELL REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Davis singled to left
[Sundberg to third, Tovar to second]; Randle hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Sundberg scored]; Burroughs popped to third in foul
territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Rangers 4.
TWINS 8TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Hisle popped
to third in foul territory; Darwin flied out to left; Oliva
singled to center; FERRER RAN FOR OLIVA; Soderholm singled to
center [Ferrer to second]; Braun singled to right [Ferrer
scored, Soderholm to second]; Thompson flied out to center; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Rangers 4.
RANGERS 8TH: FERRER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); KUSICK REPLACED
BRAUN (PLAYING 1B); GOMEZ REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING SS);
Hargrove popped to third in foul territory; Spencer doubled to
right; Harrah walked; Nelson flied out to center [Spencer to
third]; Sundberg forced Harrah (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Rangers 4.
TWINS 9TH: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
tripled to center; Bostock was walked intentionally; Hisle
homered to left [Carew scored, Bostock scored]; Darwin grounded
out (third to first); Ferrer popped to third; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 11, Rangers 4.
RANGERS 9TH: Tovar singled to left; Davis flied out to right;
Randle grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 11,
Rangers 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
 Twins 11 17 0 12
 Rangers 4 9 3 8

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