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SEPTEMBER 6, 1972
The next two days continue the homestand as the Rangers host the Twins. The two worst teams in the division. Both teams are just counting the days until they are eliminated. Minnesota leads the season series 10-4.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 73-64 at Chicago 76-61
Detroit 65-71 at Baltimore 87-50
New York 78-62 at Boston 58-75
Milwaukee 76-60 at Cleveland 52-87
California 70-67 at Kansas City 73-62
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 58-79 at New York 67-68
St Louis 62-74 at Philadelphia 63-73
Chicago 64-74 at Pittsburgh 87-49
Cincinnati 80-58 at Los Angeles 86-51
San Francisco 69-70 at San Diego 54-84
MINNESOTA TWINS 61-75 AT TEXAS RANGERS 51-86
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Woodson vs Bill Gogolewski Advantage Texas
C Glenn Borgmann vs Hal King Advantage Minnesota
1B Harmon Killebrew vs Frank Howard Advantage Minnesota
2B Rod Carew vs Vic Harris Advantage Minnesota
3B Eric Soderholm vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
SS Steve Braun vs Toby Harrah Advantage Minnesota
LF Steve Brye vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
CF Cesar Tovar vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Bobby Darwin vs Joe Lovitto Advantage Minnesota
Overall Advantage Minnesota
It was scoreless until the bottom of the third when Burroughs hit a 2-out RBI single. Howard added an RBI single as well as and then Burroughs also scored on the play thanks to a throwing error. Harris then hit an RBI double.
After three: Texas 4 Minnesota 0.
Gogolewski set down Soderholm in the top of the fourth to record his 125th strikeout of the season.
In the bottom of the fourth, Nelson crushed a 3-run homer 371 feet.
Steve Luebber took the mound for the Twins to begin the bottom of the fifth with the Rangers up 7-0.
In the bottom of the sixth, Harrah had a 1-out single to give the Rangers 10 hits for the game.
After six: Texas 7 Minnesota 0.
With a runner on first and two outs in the top of the eighth, Jan Dukes replaced Gogolewski on the mound and got Carew to fly out to retire the side.
Harry Parker came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth for the Twins.
Mike Garman took the mound for the Rangers in the top of the ninth. Borgmann hit a sacrifice fly to prevent the shutout.
Final score: Texas 7 Minnesota 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bill Gogolewski 7.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 5 Oakland 3
Detroit 2 Baltimore 1
New York 10 Boston 5
Milwaukee 3 Cleveland 1
Kansas City 3 California 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 11 Montreal 4
Philadelphia 6 St Louis 3
Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 1
Los Angeles 6 Cincinnati 0
San Diego 1 San Francisco 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Clay Kirby San Diego Padres 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, W
2. Dick Drago Kansas City Royals 9.0 IP, 8 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, W
3. Wayne Garrett New York Mets 1 for 2, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB
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