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JULY 6, 1972
The Rangers will try to continue their dominance of the Indians by finishing off a sweep in Cleveland.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 42-40 at Oakland 40-41
Milwaukee 44-34 at California 46-34
Baltimore 46-35 at Chicago 50-30
Detroit 38-38 at Kansas City 47-33
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 37-44 at Atlanta 41-43
Los Angeles 46-36 at Montreal 35-46
Pittsburgh 56-25 at Houston 39-46
TEXAS RANGERS 33-47 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS 26-54
MATCHUPS
SP Rich Hand vs Dick Tidrow Advantage Cleveland
C Ken Suarez vs Ray Fosse Advantage Cleveland
1B Frank Howard vs Chris Chambliss Advantage Push
2B Vic Harris vs John Lowenstein Advantage Cleveland
3B Dave Nelson vs Graig Nettles Advantage Cleveland
SS Toby Harrah vs Frank Duffy Advantage Texas
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Roy Foster Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Del Unser Advantage Push
RF Joe Lovitto vs Buddy Bell Advantage Cleveland
Once again, on paper, the Indians should be favored. But the Rangers have just had their number.
Chambliss got the Indians going with a 2 run single in the first.
Suarez got a groundout RBI in the second to put Texas on the board. And Cleveland lost Bell to an injury in the same frame.
Harris tied the game with an RBI single in the third.
After three: Texas 2 Cleveland 2.
A run scoring single by Harrah gave Texas the lead in the fourth. The Rangers went on to load the bases with one out and then Howard added a 2 run single for his 30th RBI on the season. Harris came up with another RBI single as the Rangers put four on the board in the fourth.
Vince Colbert took the mound for the Indians in the fifth. Again, the Rangers loaded the bases with one out and Nelson crushed a grand slam to bring his RBI total on the season to 30.
Nettles had an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth.
Tom Hilgendorf took the mound for Cleveland in the sixth.
After six: Texas 10 Cleveland 3.
In the seventh, the Indians had runners at first and second and one out and the Rangers went to the bullpen and brought in Jim Shellenback and he struck out the next two batters to end the inning.
Dick Baney took the mound for Cleveland in the eighth. He got two out and then Steve Mingori came in to get the final out.
Duffy got an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth and an error gave the Indians another run before the final out of the game was made.
Final score: Texas 10 Cleveland 5.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dave Nelson 3 for 5, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, BB
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 6 Oakland 2
Milwaukee 3 California 1
Baltimore 5 Chicago 3
Detroit 2 Kansas City 1 11 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 6 Atlanta 2
Montreal 3 Los Angeles 2
Pittsburgh 4 Houston 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Dave Nelson Texas Rangers 3 for 5, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, BB
2. Paul Splittorff Kansas City Royals 10.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
3. Ron Santo Chicago Cubs 3 for 4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
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