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MAY 10, 1972
Due to yesterday's rainout, the Rangers and Orioles will play in a double header in Baltimore today.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 17-9 at Cleveland 16-10
Detroit 13-12 at Chicago 12-15
New York 19-10 at Minnesota 16-11
Boston 9-17 at California 10-16
Milwaukee 9-18 at Oakland 12-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 9-21 at Philadelphia 15-12 (2)
Chicago 13-15 at Cincinnati 8-20
Los Angeles 19-10 at New York 18-8
Pittsburgh 17-11 at Atlanta 9-21
San Francisco 17-13 at Montreal 13-13
Houston 14-16 at St Louis 17-9
TEXAS RANGERS (10-15) AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES (15-11) GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Jim Palmer Advantage Baltimore
C Hal King vs Andy Etchebarren Advantage Baltimore
1B Don Mincher vs Boog Powell Advantage Push
2B Ted Kubiak vs Davey Johnson Advantage Baltimore
3B Dave Nelson vs Brooks Robinson Advantage Baltimore
SS Toby Harrah vs Bobby Grich Advantage Baltimore
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Don Buford Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Paul Blair Advantage Push
RF Ted Ford vs Merv Rettunmond Advantage Baltimore
Overall Advantage Baltimore
In the top of the second, the Rangers loaded the bases with nobody out. King then put the Rangers on the board with a 2 run single. A walk to Maddox reloaded the bases with one out. Harrah flew to left for the second out. Then Nelson hit a 2 run single. The Rangers batted around the order in the inning.
In the bottom of the third, Grich hit a solo home run.
After three: Texas 4 Baltimore 1.
In the top of the fifth, Nelson scored from third on a Mincher groundout to second.
After six: Texas 5 Baltimore 1.
In the bottom of the seventh, Etchebarren hit an RBI single. Pinch hitter Don Baylor hit a fly ball to center but Maddox threw Blair out at home as he tagged up at third and tried to score.
Doyle Alexander took the mound for the Orioles in the top of the eighth inning. Ford led off with a home run.
Horacio Pina took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the eighth. The Orioles loaded the bases with nobody out. Pina hit Johnson with a pitch to force in a run. Robinson followed with an RBI single. Pina struck out Blair. One away. Etchebarren flew to right for the second out. Pinch hitter Rich Coggins drew a four pitch walk to force in a run to cut the lead to one. Grich then grounded to short to end the inning as the Orioles batted around the order.
Eddie Watt took the mound for the Orioles in the top of the ninth.
Paul Lindblad took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the ninth. The Orioles put the tying run on first but Johnson flew to center to end the game and Bosman finally had his first win of the season.
The Orioles lost despite pounding out 11 hits.
Final score: Texas 6 Baltimore 5.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Ted Ford 2 for 3, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB
TEXAS RANGERS (11-15) AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES (15-12) GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Rich Hand vs Pat Dobson Advantage Baltimore
C Dick Billings vs Elrod Hendricks Advantage Baltimore
1B Don Mincher vs Boog Powell Advantage Push
2B Ted Kubiak vs Davey Johnson Advantage Baltimore
3B Dave Nelson vs Brooks Robinson Advantage Baltimore
SS Toby Harrah vs Bobby Grich Advantage Baltimore
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Don Buford Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Paul Blair Advantage Push
RF Ted Ford vs Don Baylor Advantage Baltimore
Overall Advantage Baltimore
In the bottom of the third, Johnson hit a 3 run homer.
After three: Baltimore 3 Texas 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Hendricks hit a solo home run. Dobson scored on a Buford groundout to first.
Mike Paul took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the sixth. The Orioles loaded the bases with one out. Powell walked to bring home a run. Baylor then grounded into the inning ending 6-4-3.
After six: Baltimore 6 Texas 0.
Casey Cox took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the eighth.
In the top of the ninth, the Rangers loaded the bases with nobody out. Burroughs brought one home with a single. Mincher popped into the infield fly rule for the first out. Billings then grounded into the game ending 6-4-3.
Final score: Baltimore 6 Texas 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Pat Dobson 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 6 Cleveland 1
Chicago 6 Detroit 4
Minnesota 3 New York 2 10 innings
California 6 Boston 5
Milwaukee 6 Oakland 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 7 Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 3 San Diego 2 Game 1
San Diego at Philadelphia Game 2 ppd
San Francisco 1 Montreal 0
Atlanta 7 Pittsburgh 7
St Louis 1 Houston 0
Los Angeles at New York ppd
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Juan Marichal San Francisco Giants 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, W
2. Pat H Kelly Chicago White Sox 4 for 4, 2 2B, RBI, 3 R, BB
3. Burt Hooton Chicago Cubs 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, W
Rick Wise of the St Louis Cardinals pitched a complete game shutout.
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