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MAY 19, 1972
The Rangers begin a 7 game home stand with a 4 game series against the Minnesota Twins. The Rangers went 4-8 on their road trip and have lost four straight. The Rangers have not scored a run in their last 16 innings and have only scored 2 runs in their last 34 innings. The Twins are 3rd in the league in team batting average and OBP. Only two teams in the AL have stolen fewer bases than the Twins.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 18-14 at Detroit 15-17
Baltimore 20-15 at Milwaukee 13-20
Boston 12-21 at New York 22-13
Oakland 16-18 at Kansas City 23-10
California 14-21 at Chicago 17-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 26-9 at Philadelphia 18-18
Montreal 15-20 at Pittsburgh 19-16
Chicago 18-18 at St Louis 21-15
Houston 20-19 at Los Angeles 24-14
Cincinnati 11-26 at San Diego 14-25
Atlanta 12-25 at San Francisco 23-16
MINNESOTA TWINS (19-15) AT TEXAS RANGERS (13-21)
MATCHUPS
SP Bert Blyleven vs Dick Bosman Advantage Minnesota
C George Mitterwald vs Dick Billings Advantage Minnesota
1B Harmon Killebrew vs Don Mincher Advantage Push
2B Rod Carew vs Ted Kubiak Advantage Minnesota
3B Steve Braun vs Dave Nelson Advantage Minnesota
SS Danny Thompson vs Toby Harrah Advantage Push
LF Steve Brye vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
CF Cesar Tovar vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Bobby Darwin vs Ted Ford Advantage Minnesota
Overall Advantage Minnesota
Blyleven was perfect through three.
After three: Minnesota 0 Texas 0.
Bosman singled with two out in the bottom of the sixth to break up the perfect game.
After six: Minnesota 0 Texas 0.
The Rangers scoreless streak reached 22 innings.
After nine: Minnesota 0 Texas 0.
Horacio Pina took the mound for the Rangers in the top of the tenth.
The Rangers got a runner on first in the bottom of the tenth but Billings grounded to third to end the inning.
In the top of the eleventh, the Twins put runners at first and second with nobody out. Paul Lindblad took the mound for the Rangers. The Twins loaded the bases with one out. Brye then hit a 2 run double.
Blyleven then finished off an 11 inning complete game shutout. The Rangers scoreless streak reached 27 innings. The Twins outhit the Rangers 12-3.
Final score: Minnesota 2 Texas 0 11 innings.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bert Blyleven 11.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 3 Cleveland 2
Baltimore 2 Milwaukee 1
New York 8 Boston 2
Oakland 10 Kansas City 4
California 6 Chicago 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 7 New York 5
Pittsburgh 4 Montreal 1
Chicago 5 St Louis 1
Los Angeles 9 Houston 4
San Diego 2 Cincinnati 1
San Francisco 6 Atlanta 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Bert Blyleven Minnesota Twins 11.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, W
2. Wes Parker Los Angeles Dodgers 4 for 4, RBI, 3 R, BB
3. Dick Bosman Texas Rangers 9.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
New York Mets RF Rusty Staub and Los Angeles Dodgers 3B Steve Garvey each had a 5 hit game.
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