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JULY 28, 1972
The second of three games in California between the Rangers and the Angels. California leads the season series 7-3.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 33-66 at Baltimore 64-36
Boston 45-51 at New York 57-43
Detroit 50-46 at Milwaukee 52-45
Kansas City 56-44 at Chicago 58-43
Minnesota 40-57 at Oakland 48-52
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 43-55 at Montreal 42-56
Chicago 45-55 at Philadelphia 46-52
San Francisco 51-50 at Atlanta 52-51
New York 49-49 at Pittsburgh 66-34
San Diego 40-62 at Cincinnati 57-40
Los Angeles 59-40 at Houston 48-54
TEXAS RANGERS 38-61 AT CALIFORNIA ANGELS 51-48
MATCHUPS
SP Pete Broberg vs Tom Murphy Advantage Push
C Dick Billings vs Johnny Oates Advantage California
1B Frank Howard vs Orlando Cepeda Advantage Push
2B Ted Kubiak vs Syd O'Brien Advantage Texas
3B Dave Nelson vs Ken McMullen Advantage California
SS Toby Harrah vs Leo Cardens Advantage Texas
LF Ted Ford vs Andy Kosco Advantage California
CF Joe Lovitto vs Ken Berry Advantage California
RF Larry Biittner vs Leroy Stanton Advantage California
Overall: Advantage California
Murphy struck out Ford to start the third to record his 50th K of the season. Murphy was perfect through three as the Rangers latest scoreless streak reached 23 innings.
Broberg had not allowed a hit in three innings himself.
After three: Texas 0 California 0.
Stanton got the first hit of the game for either team with a 2 out triple in the fourth. Cardenas then got an RBI single. As did Cepeda.
Billings drew a one out walk in the fifth to end Murphy's perfection. But Murphy still had a no-hitter through six. As the Rangers had gone 26 straight innings without scoring a run.
After six: California 2 Texas 0.
With two out in the eighth, Ford broke up the no-hitter with a base hit to center field. It would be the only hit of the game for the Rangers as they suffered their third straight shutout loss.
Final score: California 2 Texas 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Tom Murphy 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 5 Baltimore 3 10 innings
New York 4 Boston 2
Detroit 5 Milwaukee 3
Chicago 3 Kansas City 1
Minnesota 1 Oakland 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 2 St Louis 1
Chicago 5 Philadelphia 2
Atlanta 7 San Francisco 1
Pittsburgh 2 New York 0
San Diego 4 Cincinnati 2
Los Angeles 6 Houston 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Tom Murphy California Angels 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, W
2. Bert Blyleven Minnesota Twins 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, W
3. Steve Blass Pittsburgh Pirates 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, W
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