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MAY 12, 1974
The final game of the series against the White Sox. The Rangers have fallen to 2-8 in the month of May.
Cleveland 2B Lee Lacy has a broken kneecap and will miss the next 4 months.
Montreal RF Ken Singleton has a torn anterior cruciate ligament and will be out for 6-7 months.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 14-13 at New York 13-20(2)
Baltimore 19-10 at Cleveland 9-21(2)
Boston 17-14 at Detroit 16-13(2)
Kansas City 17-12 at California 18-14(2)
Minnesota 18-11 at Oakland 17-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 19-14 at Cincinnati 18-12(2)
San Francisco 15-17 at Atlanta 19-15(2)
St Louis 17-14 at Montreal 14-13
Pittsburgh 12-17 at Philadelphia 16-13
New York 16-15 at Chicago 11-19
Los Angeles 19-14 at San Diego 10-23
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 10-20 AT TEXAS RANGERS 12-19
MATCHUPS
SP: Bart Johnson vs Rich Hand Advantage Chicago
C Ed Hermann vs Dick Billings 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
In the bottom of the first, a run-scoring single by Maddox put the Rangers on the board.
In the top of the second, Brown tied the game with an RBI double.
After three: Chicago 1 Texas 1.
In the top of the fifth, the White Sox loaded the bases with two out. But Northrup flew out to center to retire the side.
After six: Chicago 1 Texas 1.
In the top of the seventh, Melton brought in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Rangers had a runner at first and two out. Terry Forster took the mound for the White Sox. The Rangers got another base runner on but Burroughs flied out to left to end the inning.
In the top of the ninth, the White Sox had two one with one out and Paul Lindblad came in to pitch. He kept the White Sox from scoring and the Rangers went into the bottom of the ninth still down by a single run.
But the Rangers went down in order in the ninth to end the game.
Final score: Chicago 2 Texas 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bart Johnson 7.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 7 Milwaukee 6 Game 1
Milwaukee 7 New York 1 11 innings Game 2
Cleveland 2 Baltimore 1 Game 1
Baltimore 7 Cleveland 2 Game 2
Detroit 7 Boston 5 Game 1
Detroit 8 Boston 1 Game 2
California 3 Kansas City 2 Game 1
Kansas City 2 California 1 Game 2
Oakland 3 Minnesota 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 6 Cincinnati 1 Game 1
Houston 8 Cincinnati 3 Game 2
Atlanta 5 San Francisco 2 Game 1
Atlanta 7 San Francisco 3 Game 2
Montreal 3 St Louis 2
Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 4
New York 8 Chicago 2
Los Angeles 8 San Diego 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Al Downing Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, W
2. Norm Cash Detroit Tigers 2 for 7, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R, BB
3. Willie Montanez Detroit Tigers 5 for 9, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
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