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I hadn't even looked. Seems I have quite a few readers by view count.
I appreciate that. Thank you for tuning in.
Now, back to the criminally bad 1972 Texas Rangers.
MAY 31, 1972
Due to the rain out yesterday, the Rangers and Athletics will play a double header again today.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 22-22 at Cleveland 15-29
Boston 22-23 at Baltimore 26-21
Kansas City 24-23 at Minnesota 20-25
New York 28-20 at Milwaukee 24-20
Chicago 31-15 at California 23-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 18-28 at Chicago 22-25
Pittsburgh 29-18 at Montreal 21-26
Philadelphia 25-23 at New York 19-28
San Diego 21-30 at Atlanta 24-24
Los Angeles 26-23 at San Francisco 31-21
Cincinnati 28-19 at Houston 26-25
OAKLAND ATHLETICS 21-24 AT TEXAS RANGERS 19-28 GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Catfish Hunter vs Don Stanhouse Advantage Oakland
C Gene Tenace vs Dick Billings Advantage Oakland
1B Mike Epstein vs Frank Howard Advantage Texas
2B Dick Green vs Vic Harris Advantage Oakland
3B Sal Bando vs Dave Nelson Advantage Oakland
SS Bert Campaneris vs Toby Harrah Advantage Oakland
LF Joe Rudi vs Larry Biittner Advantage Oakland
CF Joe Pepitone vs Tom Grieve Advantage Oakland
RF Reggie Jackson vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Oakland
At least we got Frank Howard.
Pepitone got Oakland on the board first with an RBI double in the third. Meanwhile, Catfish Hunter was perfect through three.
After three: Oakland 1 Texas 0.
Oakland got bases loaded and nobody out in the fourth but did not score.
Biittner broke up the perfection in the bottom of the fourth with a one-out single.
Stanhouse struck out the side in the fifth.
In the top of the sixth, Reggie Jackson hit his 10th home run of the season, a solo shot. Stanhouse ended the frame by striking out Epstein, It was the 40th K on the season for Stanhouse and his last pitch of the game.
In the bottom of the sixth, Biittner beat out the throw to avoid hitting into a double play and recorded an RBI as a result.
After six: Oakland 2 Texas 1.
Paul Lindblad came on to pitch the seventh for Texas. And Bob Locker took the mound for Oakland in the eighth.
The pitching change cost Catfish a chance at the win as Grieve hit a 2-run single in the eighth to give Texas the lead!
Horacio Pina then came on in the ninth to try to save it.Oakland got two runners on but Pina got Rudy Meoli to fly out to end the game.
Final score: Texas 3 Oakland 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Catfish Hunter 7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
OAKLAND ATHLETICS 21-25 VS TEXAS RANGERS 20-28 GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Ken Holtzman vs Bill Gogolewski Advantage Push
C Curt Blefary vs Hal King Advantage Push
1B Mike Epstein vs Frank Howard Advantage Texas
2B Dick Green vs Ted Kubiak Advantage Oakland
3B Sal Bando vs Dave Nelson Advantage Oakland
SS Bert Campaneris vs Toby Harrah Advantage Oakland
LF Joe Rudi vs Larry Biittner Advantage Oakland
CF Angel Mangual vs Vic Harris Advantage Texas
RF Reggie Jackson vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Oakland
The second game doesn't look as bad for Texas as the first game did and the Rangers pulled that one out! And, somehow, this season series is 3-3.
Ken Holtzman recorded his 40th K of the season, striking out the very first batter he faced, Vic Harris.
Bando got Oakland on the board with an RBI single in the third. Meanwhile, Holtzman was perfect through three.
After three: Oakland 1 Texas 0.
Dave Nelson got a two-out single in the bottom of the fourth to end Holtzman's perfection.
The Rangers committed two error in the top of the fifth to give the Athletics bases-loaded and no outs. One out later, Mike Paul came in to pitch for the Rangers and he and Gogolewski got out of the inning without giving up a run. Eerily similar to first game of the double header.
The top of the sixth saw a 70 minute rain delay.
In the bottom of the sixth, Toby Harrah tied the game with his first home run of the season.
After six: Oakland 1 Texas 1.
Jim Shellenback took the mound for the Rangers in the seventh. And Diego Segui did the same for Oakland.
With one on and one out in the top of the ninth, the Rangers brought Paul Linblad to the mound and he sent the game to the bottom of the ninth still tied.
Darold Knowles came on to pitch the bottom of the ninth. Dave Nelson led off with a single and then suddenly was on third as his stolen base attempt led to a bad throw. Burroughs walked to put runners at the corners and then Knowles threw a wild pitch as the Rangers swept the double header the moment Nelson crossed the plate!
Final score: Texas 2 Oakland 1
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Ken Holtzman 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 3 Baltimore 2 12 innings
Cleveland 2 Detroit 0
Milwaukee 10 New York 2
Chicago 9 California 4
Kansas City at Minnesota ppd
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 9 Chicago 7 10 innings
Pittsburgh 4 Montreal 0
New York 7 Philadelphia 3
Atlanta 5 San Diego 3
Los Angeles 7 San Francisco 2 11 innings
Cincinnati 6 Houston 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Billy Conigliaro Milwaukee Brewers 3 for 4, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, BB
2. Bill Melton Chicago White Sox 3 for 4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB
3. Ed Hermann Chicago White Sox 2 for 3, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, BB
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