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MAY 8, 1973
The Rangers begin a stretch of 15 games in 14 days as they visit Milwaukee for a 2-game series against the Brewers. Texas took 2 out of 3 at home against Milwaukee in the last weekend of April. The Brewers loss to Kansas City on Sunday ended a 5-game win streak. The Brewers have the second best bullpen ERA in the league. Only two teams in the league have allowed fewer runs than Milwaukee. Only one team in the league has fewer stolen bases than the Brewers.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 11-13 at Cleveland 11-16
Oakland 14-14 at Baltimore 16-10
New York 14-12 at Minnesota 14-11
Detroit 13-12 at Kansas City 19-8
Boston 13-13 at Chicago 11-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 10-20 at Montreal 9-15
Cincinnati 14-13 at Philadelphia 13-11
Atlanta 14-12 at New York 20-5
Pittsburgh 13-14 at Los Angeles 15-14
Chicago 10-20 at San Diego 14-15
St Louis 12-13 at San Francisco 19-11
TEXAS RANGERS 6-19 AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS 13-13
MATCHUPS
SP Steve Rogers vs Ken Brett Advantage Push
C Dick Billings vs Darrell Porter Advantage Milwaukee
1B Frank Howard vs George C Scott Advantage Milwaukee
2B Dave Nelson vs Ron Theobald Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Aurelio Rodriguez Advantage Push
SS Bucky Dent vs Rick Auerbach Advantage Texas
LF Angel Mangual vs John E Briggs Advantage Milwaukee
CF Elliott Maddox vs Dave May Advantage Push
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Joe Lahoud Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Ellie Rodriguez Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Milwaukee
In the bottom of the first, Scott extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a single that loaded the bases with nobody out. Porter then gave the Brewers the lead with a sacrifice fly. May added a run-scoring single for his 20th RBI of the season.
Brett ended the top of the second by striking out Mangual for his 30th K of the season.
Burroughs put the Rangers on the board with an RBI double in the top of the third.
After three: Milwaukee 2 Texas 1.
The middle innings went by quietly.
After six: Milwaukee 2 Texas 1.
Harrah led off the top of the eighth with a game-tying home run. Bill Campbell replaced Brett right away.
With a runner on first and one out in the bottom of the eighth, Bill Gogolewski replaced Rogers. Porter gave the Brewers the lead with an RBI triple.
Final score: Milwaukee 3 Texas 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Ken Brett 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 6 California 4
Baltimore 6 Oakland 5 10 innings
New York 5 Minnesota 4
Kansas City 3 Detroit 1
Boston 6 Chicago 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 5 Houston 4
Philadelphia 6 Cincinnati 2
New York 5 Atlanta 3 11 innings
Los Angeles 7 Pittsburgh 2
Chicago 2 San Diego 1
St Louis 4 San Francisco 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Eric Soderholm Minnesota Twins 2 for 2, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
2. Jim Rooker Kansas City Royals 8.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, W
3. Don Sutton Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, W
San Francisco 3B Dave Kingman committed 3 errors in the Giants loss to St Louis.
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