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MAY 26, 1972
Tonight is the second game in the series in Minnesota between the Rangers and the Twins.
New York Mets CL Tug McGraw will miss the rest of the season due to a torn elbow ligament.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 16-23 at Boston 14-26
Detroit 18-20 at New York 28-14
Cleveland 20-18 at Baltimore 23-18
Kansas City 27-12 at California 18-24
Chicago 19-21 at Oakland 19-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 17-25 at Chicago 20-22
Philadelphia 22-21 at Pittsburgh 22-20
San Francisco 28-18 at Atlanta 13-30
San Diego 19-28 at Cincinnati 14-29
New York 30-12 at St Louis 26-16
Los Angeles 27-17 at Houston 23-23
TEXAS RANGERS (16-26) AT MINNESOTA TWINS (23-18)
MATCHUPS
SP Bill Gogolewski vs Steve Luebber Advantage Texas
C Hal King vs George Mitterwald Advantage Minnesota
1B Don Mincher vs Harmon Killebrew Advantage Push
2B Lenny Randle vs Rod Carew Advantage Minnesota
3B Dave Nelson vs Steve Braun Advantage Minnesota
SS Toby Harrah vs Danny Thompson Advantage Minnesota
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Steve Brye Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Cesar Tovar Advantage Texas
RF Ted Ford vs Bobby Darwin Advantage Minnesota
Overall Advantage Minnesota
In the top of the second, Randle put the Rangers in front with a 2 run homer. The Rangers then loaded the bases with one out. Nelson popped up for the second out. Burroughs then hit a grand slam. The Rangers sent 10 men to bat in the frame.
In the bottom of the second, Darwin hit a 2 run homer.
In the bottom of the third, Braun hit an RBI double. A sacrifice fly from Carew brought another run home.
After three: Texas 6 Minnesota 4.
In the top of the fourth, Burroughs hit his second home run of the game, this time a solo shot. With a runner on first and one out, Bob Gebhard took the mound for the Twins. King picked up an RBI single. A Randle single loaded the bases with one out. Gogolewski picked up an RBI with a sacrifice fly.
After drew a leadoff walk in the top of the sixth, Jim Strickland took the mound for the Twins.
Mike Paul took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the sixth.
After six: Texas 9 Minnesota 4.
In the top of the tenth, a sacrifice fly by King added to the Rangers big lead.
Wayne Granger took the mound for the Twins in the top of the ninth.
Casey Cox took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the ninth. Carew hit an RBI triple and scored on a Darwin grounder to first.
The Rangers and Twins combined for 24 hits in the game.
Final score: Texas 10 Minnesota 6.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Jeff Burroughs 2 for 4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, BB
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 2 Milwaukee 1
New York 3 Detroit 0
Cleveland 8 Baltimore 5
Kansas City 7 California 0
Oakland 6 Chicago 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 10 Montreal 9
Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 3
Atlanta 6 San Francisco 2
Cincinnati 7 San Diego 0
St Louis 4 New York 2
Los Angeles 5 Houston 3
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Jeff Burroughs Texas Rangers 2 for 4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, BB.
2. Bruce Dal Canton Kansas City Royals 9.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Dal Canton gets credited for a no-hitter. The Royals were charged with one error in the game.
3. Mel Stottlemyre Sr 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, W
Gary Nolan of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a complete game shutout.
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