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MAY 31, 1972
The Rangers will try to gain a 4 game home split tonight against the Oakland Athletics. The Rangers have not scored more than 2 runs in any of their last 5 games.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 17-28 at Baltimore 27-19
Detroit 22-22 at Cleveland 21-22
Kansas City 29-15 at Minnesota 26-20
New York 31-17 at Milwaukee 17-27
Chicago 21-25 at California 21-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 28-19 at Chicago 23-24
Los Angeles 29-20 at San Francisco 30-22
Pittsburgh 27-21 at Montreal 19-28
Philadelphia 24-25 at New York 32-15
San Diego 22-30 at Atlanta 16-33
Cincinnati 18-30 at Houston 25-26
OAKLAND ATHLETICS (24-22) AT TEXAS RANGERS (18-30)
MATCHUPS
SP Catfish Hunter vs Pete Broberg Advantage Oakland
C Gene Tenace vs Dick Billings Advantage Oakland
1B Mike Epstein vs Don Mincher Advantage Push
2B Dick Green vs Ted Kubiak Advantage Oakland
3B Sal Bando vs Jim Mason Advantage Oakland
SS Larry Brown vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
LF Angel Mangual vs Frank Howard Advantage Texas
CF George Hendrick vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Reggie Jackson vs Ted Ford Advantage Oakland
Overall Advantage Oakland
In the top of the first, Bando scored on a wild pitch. The Athletics loaded the bases with one out. Green flew to center for the second out. Mangual then grounded to first to retire the side.
In the bottom of the first, Ford tied the game with an RBI single. Billings then put the Rangers in the lead with a 2 run single.
In the top of the third, Tenace tied the game with a 2 run homer.
After three: Oakland 3 Texas 3.
In the bottom of the fourth, Harrah gave the Rangers the lead back with an RBI single.
In the top of the fifth, Broberg left the game with an arm injury. So, with a runner on first and one out, Mike Paul took the mound for the Rangers.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Rangers loaded the bases with two out. Harrah grounded to second to end the inning.
After six: Texas 4 Oakland 3.
Casey Cox took the mound for the Rangers in the top of the seventh. Epstein then gave the Athletics the lead with a 3 run homer. Withnobody out, Jim Panther took the mound for the Rangers. With a runner on first and one out, Paul Lindblad took the mound for the Rangers.
In the top of the ninth, Mangual hit an RBI double. Brown added an RBI single. Pinch hitter Joe Rudi added an RBI single. Hendrick scored Brown with a double but, on the play, Rudi was thrown out at home trying to score from first. Bando then hit an RBI double. Nine men came to the plate in the inning.
In the bottom of the ninth, Aurelio Monteagudo took the mound for the Athletics.
The two teams combined for 22 hits in the contest. The Athletics won despite committing 3 errors.
Final score: Oakland 11 Texas 4.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Mike Epstein 1 for 2, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 5 Boston 1
Cleveland 10 Detroit 0
Kansas City 8 Minnesota 5
Milwaukee 13 New York 2
California 5 Chicago 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 6 Chicago 0
Los Angeles 5 San Francisco 2
Montreal 8 Pittsburgh 1
Philadelphia 7 New York 4
Atlanta 4 San Diego 2
Cincinnati 12 Houston 4
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Joe L Morgan Cincinnati Reds 1 for 2, HR, 3 RBI, 4 R, 4 BB
2. Reggie Cleveland St Louis Cardinals 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, W
3. Dick Tidrow Cleveland Indians 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, W
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