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MAY 4, 1973
The Rangers are in Detroit for three. The Tigers swept the three games in Texas in April. Detroit leads the league in batting average, OBP and home runs and is second in the league in runs scored. The Tigers are last in the league in bullpen ERA and have the fewest stolen bases in the league. Since the Texas sweep, Detroit has lost 4 out of 5.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 11-10 at Baltimore 12-10
Oakland 12-11 at Cleveland 9-14
Boston 11-11 at Minnesota 12-9
Kansas City 18-6 at Milwaukee 11-12
New York 11-11 at Chicago 10-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 11-12 at Montreal 9-11
Houston 9-17 at New York 17-4
Atlanta 12-10 at Philadelphia 10-10
St Louis 11-11 at Los Angeles 13-12
Pittsburgh 11-12 at San Diego 11-14
Chicago 8-17 at San Francisco 17-9
TEXAS RANGERS 5-17 AT DETROIT 11-11
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Joe H Coleman Advantage Detroit
C Ken Suarez vs Bill Freehan Advantage Detroit
1B Larry Biittner vs Norm Cash Advantage Detroit
2B Dave Nelson vs Dick McAuliffe Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Dan Driessen Advantage Detroit
SS Bucky Dent vs Frank Duffy Advantage Push
LF Tom Grieve vs Rusty Torres Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Larry Hisle Advantage Detroit
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Al Kaline Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Willie Horton Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Detroit
The game began with Coleman getting his 30th K of the season by striking out Nelson.
Harrah led off the top of the second with a home run. Suarez added an RBI single.
Bosman started the bottom of the second by striking out Hisle for his 20th K of the season.
Taking advantage of an error, the Rangers loaded the bases with two out in the top of the third. But Coleman struck out Grieve to strike out the side the hard way.
After three: Texas 2 Detroit 0.
Burroughs got an RBI single in the top of the fifth.
Torres took the team lead in RBI in the bottom of the sixth when he put the Tigers on the board with a sacrifice fly.
After six: Texas 3 Detroit 1.
Nelson got an RBI single in the top of the ninth. And Bosman finally had his first win of the season.
Final score: Texas 4 Detroit 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dick Bosman 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 3 California 1
Oakland 10 Cleveland 6
Boston 7 Minnesota 2
Milwaukee 8 Kansas City 2
New York 4 Chicago 3 10 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 4 Montreal 3
New York 2 Houston 1
Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 2
Los Angeles 4 St Louis 3
Pittsburgh 5 San Diego 0
San Francisco 5 Chicago 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Joe Lahoud 3 for 4, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, R
2. Bob Moose Pittsburgh Pirates 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, W
3. Balor Moore Montreal Expos 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K
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