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MAY 10, 1974
The Rangers homsestand continued with a weekend series against the Chicago White Sox. Texas is just 1-3 so far in the homestand and has lost 6 out of 7. The White Sox have the worst record in all of baseball and have lost 5 straight. Chicago is last in the league in runs scored, OBP and starters ERA. Only one team in the league has a worse batting average than Chicago. The White Sox are tied for second in the league in home runs.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 16-14 at Detroit 16-12
Milwaukee 12-13 at New York 13-18
Baltimore 18-10 at Cleveland 9-20
Kansas City 17-10 at California 16-14
Minnesota 16-11 at Oakland 17-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 15-14 at Chicago 10-18
Pittsburgh 12-15 at Philadelphia 14-13
San Francisco 15-15 at Atlanta 17-15
Houston 19-12 at Cincinnati 16-12
St Louis 17-12 at Montreal 12-13
Los Angeles 18-13 at San Diego 9-22
MATCHUPS
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8-20 AT TEXAS RANGERS 12-17
MATCHUPS
SP Tom Bradley vs Kevin Kobel Advantage Push
C Ed Hermann vs Ken Suarez Advantage Chicago
1B Dick Allen vs Bucky Dent Advantage Chicago
2B Jorge Orta vs Dave Nelson Advantage Chicago
3B Bill Melton vs Ted Kubiak Advantage Chicago
SS Terry Harmon vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
LF Jim Northrup vs Tom Grieve Advantage Texas
CF Ollie Brown vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Pat H Kelly vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Carlos May vs Angel Mangual Advantage Chicago
Overall Advantage Texas
May hit a solo home run in the top of the second.
After three: Chicago 1 Texas 0.
In the top of the fourth, Hermann belted a three run homer.
In the top of the sixth, Hermann added another RBI with a sacrifice fly. It was his 10th RBI of the season.
In the bottom of the sixth, Maddox scored from second on a throwing error by Bradley.
After six: Chicago 5 Texas 1.
Nothing of note happened in the last three innings.
Final score: Chicago 5 Texas 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Tom Bradley 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 9 Detroit 3
Milwaukee 9 New York 6
Baltimore 6 Cleveland 4
California 4 Kansas City 3
Minnesota 7 Oakland 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 7 Pittsburgh 4
Atlanta 2 San Francisco 0
Cincinnati 7 Houston 5
Montreal 8 St Louis 6
San Diego 4 Los Angeles 3 10 innings
New York at Chicago ppd
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Phil Niekro Atlanta Braves 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, W
2. Davey Johnson Baltimore Orioles 3 for 4, HR 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
3. Tom Bradley Chicago White Sox 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, W
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