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MAY 1, 1973
The begin a 7 game road trip against AL East teams with a pair of games in Boston against the Red Sox. The Red Sox were swept by the White Sox this past weekend and have lost 6 of their last 8. The are in the top three In batting average and OBP but in the bottom of the league in defense efficiency.
AL Batter of the Month: RF Bobby Darwin Minnesota Twins
NL Batter of the Month: LF Willie Stargell Pittsburgh Pirates
AL Pitcher of the Month: Bert Blyleven Minnesota Twins
NL Pitcher of the Month: Jon Matlack New York Mets
AL Rookie of the Month: 3B Dan Driessen Detroit Tigers
NL Rookie of the Month: Frank Tanana Atlanta Braves
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 10-9 at Detroit 10-10
Kansas City 17-5 at New York 10-10
Baltimore 11-9 at Chicago 9-10
Cleveland 8-13 at Minnesota 11-8
Oakland 12-9 at Milwaukee 9-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 9-15 at Philadelphia 8-10
Montreal 9-9 at Atlanta 10-10
Chicago 7-15 at Los Angeles 11-11
St Louis 10-9 at San Diego 9-13
Pittsburgh 11-9 at San Francisco 14-9
TEXAS RANGERS 5-15 AT BOSTON RED SOX 9-11
MATCHUPS
SP Pete Broberg vs Sonny Seibert Advantage Boston
C Ken Suarez vs Carlton Fisk Advantage Boston
1B Larry Biittner vs Carl Yasztremski Advantage Boston
2B Dave Nelson vs Pedro Garcia Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Rico Petrocelli Advantage Boston
SS Bucky Dent vs Luis Aparicio Advantage Texas
LF Frank Howard vs Tommy Harper Advantage Boston
CF Elliott Maddox vs Reggie Smith Advantage Boston
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Dwight Evans Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Doug Griffin Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Boston
In the top of the second, Seibert struck out Mason for his 10th K of the season.
Seibert had a no-hitter through three.
Through three: Texas 0 Boston 0.
Dent broke up the no-hitter with a one out single in the top of the fifth.
In the bottom of the fifth, Broberg struck out Petrocelli for his 20th K of the season.
In the bottom of the sixth, Fisk broke the scoreless tie with an RBI single. Smith followed up with his first home run of the season, a 2-run shot that gave him 10 RBI on the season.
After six: Boston 3 Texas 0.
In the bottom of the seventh, a 2-run triple put Yasztremski over 20 RBI for the season. That brought Paul Lindblad out to pitch with a runner on third and one out. And he kept Yasztremski from scoring.
Three walks and the Rangers loaded the bases with one out in the top of the eighth. Bobby Bolin replaced Seibert on the mound for the Red Sox. An error allowed the Rangers to avoid the shutout. Maddox then got his first hit of the season, a 2-run single. Roger Moret replaced Bolin on the mound with runners on the corners and two out. He walked pinch hitter Tom Grieve to load the bases and then walked Suarez to make it a one run game. Another error tied the game before Nelson grounded out to retire the side. The Rangers had a 5-run eighth with just 1 hit in the innning.
Bill Gogolewski took the mound for Texas in the bottom of the eighth as rain began to fall. It didn't fall long. An error gave the Red Sox the lead back. Griffin then hit an RBI triple for Boston's 10th hit of the game. Griffin injured himself sliding into third and was replaced by Ben Oglivie.
The Rangers were held to just 3 hits the entire game.
Final score: Boston 7 Texas 5.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Sonny Seibert 7.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 4 Detroit 2
New York 2 Kansas City 0
Baltimore 6 Chicago 1
Cleveland 5 Minnesota 2
Milwaukee 5 Oakland 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 7 Houston 0
Atlanta 9 Montreal 4
Los Angeles 12 Chicago 0
San Diego 5 St Louis 3
San Francisco 5 Pittsburgh 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. George C Scott Milwaukee Brewers 2 for 2, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
2. Tommy John 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, W
3. Bill Champion Philadelphia Phillies 9.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, W
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