Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
May 31, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1974 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 6, Texas Rangers 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf 4 0 0 0
  Blair cf 1 0 0 0
Coggins cf,rf 4 1 2 1
Grich 2b 4 2 2 1
Davis dh 5 1 2 0
  Cabell pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 1 1 3
Baylor rf,lf 3 0 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Williams c 4 1 1 0
Belanger ss 4 0 2 0
Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 3 1 1 0
Randle 2b 4 0 3 2
Johnson lf 5 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 4 1 2 1
Grieve dh 4 0 0 0
Fregosi 1b,3b 3 0 0 0
  Brown 3b 0 0 0 0
Harrah ss 4 2 3 1
Cardenas 3b 2 1 1 1
  Spencer ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Sundberg c 4 1 2 1
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 6
Baltimore 410 010 0006111
Texas 110 301 10x7132
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley   3.2 8 5 5 2 0
  Jefferson   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Reynolds  L (3-2) 1.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Jackson   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
4
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   1.0 6 5 5 0 0
  Hargan   3.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Foucault  W (2-2) 4.2 3 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
5

  E–Bumbry (5), Tovar (1), Hargan (3).  DP–Baltimore 1, Texas 1.  2B–Baltimore Grich (11,off Jenkins); Williams (2,off Jenkins).  3B–Baltimore Grich (2,off Hargan); Belanger (4,off Foucault), Texas Harrah (1,off Grimsley).  HR–Baltimore Powell (4,1st inning off Jenkins 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Coggins (2,off Hargan).  IBB–Powell (4,by Hargan).  SB–Belanger (6,2nd base off Hargan/Sundberg); Baylor 2 (9,2nd base off Foucault/Sundberg 2).  CS–Fregosi (1,Home by Jackson/Williams).  IBB–Hargan (2,Powell).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:36.  A–20,984.
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