Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox
August 3, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1974 at Comiskey Park I. The Texas Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 12, Chicago White Sox 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 4 2 1 2
  Lovitto ph,cf 2 1 2 2
Johnson dh 5 1 2 1
Burroughs rf 5 1 4 6
Grieve lf 5 0 2 0
Randle 3b 5 0 0 0
Harrah ss 4 0 1 0
Fregosi 1b 4 1 1 0
  Spencer 1b 0 1 0 0
Nelson 2b 5 2 2 0
Sundberg c 3 3 2 0
Bibby p 0 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 12 17 11
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly dh 4 0 0 0
Orta 2b 4 1 1 0
Muser 1b 4 0 0 0
May lf 3 1 1 1
Henderson cf 3 1 0 0
Melton 3b 4 1 2 3
Sharp rf 2 1 1 0
  Bradford ph 1 0 0 0
Herrmann c 3 0 2 1
  Downing pr,c 1 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 1 0
Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Moran p 0 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Texas 002 501 01312171
Chicago 000 011 003581
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby  W (15-13) 8.0 7 5 5 5 1
  Merritt   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Thomas   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  L (12-8) 3.2 9 7 7 1 0
  Moran   4.1 6 2 1 1 1
  Otten   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.0
17
12
11
4
1

  E–Randle (14), Dent (17).  DP–Texas 4, Chicago 2.  PB–Sundberg (5).  2B–Chicago Herrmann (13,off Bibby); Orta (19,off Bibby).  3B–Texas Sundberg (2,off Moran); Lovitto (2,off Otten), Chicago Sharp (2,off Bibby).  HR–Texas Burroughs (19,4th inning off Kaat 3 on, 2 out), Chicago Melton (17,9th inning off Bibby 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Johnson (4,by Kaat).  CS–Harrah (10,2nd base by Kaat/Herrmann).  WP–Otten 2 (2).  HBP–Kaat (5,Johnson).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:35.  A–12,258.
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