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MAY 2, 1973
Tonight, the Rangers try to complete the sweep of a two-game series in Boston against the Red Sox. Last night's win put the Rangers back in first place in the American League West by a half game over the Minnesota Twins.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 8-12 at Detroit 9-11
Oakland 11-11 at Milwaukee 8-13
Kansas City 9-13 at New York 2-19
Baltimore 15-5 at Chicago 7-13
Cleveland 18-4 at Minnesota 11-9
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 13-8 at San Francisco 15-10
Cincinnati 11-11 at New York 10-10
Montreal 9-11 at Atlanta 11-11
Houston 10-15 at Philadelphia 13-7
Chicago 11-11 at Los Angeles 13-10
St Louis 6-14 at San Diego 10-14
TEXAS RANGERS (12-9) AT BOSTON RED SOX (15-6)
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Sonny Siebert Advantage Push
C Dick Billings vs Carlton Fisk Advantage Boston
1B Larry Biittner vs Carl Yastrzemski Advantage Boston
2B Dave Nelson vs Doug Griffin Advantage Push
3B Ted Kubiak vs Rico Petrocelli Advantage Boston
SS Toby Harrah vs Luis Aparicio Advantage Texas
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Dwight Evans Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Rick Miller Advantage Push
RF Jim Wynn vs Reggie Smith Advantage Boston
DH Vic Harris vs Charlie Spikes Advantage Boston
Overall Advantage Boston
Yasztremski led off the bottom of the first with a home run.
After three: Boston 1 Texas 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Spikes hit a solo home run.
After six: Boston 2 Texas 0.
In the bottom of the eighth, with runners at the corners and one out, Casey Cox took the mound for the Rangers. Spikes picked up an RBI with an infield single.
Siebert finished off the complete game shutout.
Final score: Boston 3 Texas 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Sonny Siebert 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 2 Detroit 0
Oakland 5 Milwaukee 0
New York 2 Kansas City 1
Chicago 7 Baltimore 4
Minnesota 5 Cleveland 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 4 Pittsburgh 0
Colorado 5 New York 4
Atlanta 4 Montreal 2
Houston 4 Philadelphia 3
Los Angeles 1 Chicago 0
San Diego 3 St Louis 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Nolan Ryan California Angels 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 10 K, W
2. Don Sutton Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K, W
3. Bill Melton Chicago White Sox 2 for 4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R
Ron Bryant of the San Francisco Giants and Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics each pitched a complete game shutout.
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