Arlington, TX (Tue., Aug. 26, 1975) - Tom Grieve's three-run homer highlighted a four-run second inning, and the Texas Rangers cruised to a 5-2 win over the Tigers Tuesday night at Arlington Stadium.
Dan Meyer continued his hot hitting with a solo homer (9) in the first inning, staking Detroit to a 1-0 lead.
But the Rangers scored a run of their own in the bottom of the first before exploding the next inning to take a 5-1 lead.
Texas didn't score the rest of the night, but it didn't need to behind the pitching of Gaylord Perry, who went all nine innings for the win.
Lenny Randle had two triples (in the first and second innings), scored a run and had an RBI for Texas.
The Tigers (51-79) have lost the first two games of this series and are 3-8 on this road trip, which has one game remaining.
Vern Ruhle (8-11) took the loss for Detroit. Rookie Ike Brookens, recalled from Toledo yesterday after the team waived Bob Reynolds, pitched a scoreless inning and has an ERA of 0.69 in 13 innings with the Tigers this season.
The Major Said: "We had a good start but with a veteran like Perry, you can't let him get into a groove and that's exactly what happened tonight."
Tigers 100 010 000 2-7-1
Texas 140 000 00x 5-7-0
HR: Meyer (DET, 9); Grieve (TEX)
WP: Perry
LP: Ruhle (8-11)
Tigers record: 51-79 (actual 51-79)
Home: 24-41
Away: 27-38
Last 10: 3-7
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