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SEPTEMBER 21, 1972
Tonight is the makeup game in Minnesota between the Rangers and the Twins.
The Rangers activated SP Pete Broberg from the 60-day DL.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 70-80 at Boston 73-77
Kansas City 91-58 at California 61-89
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 89-60 at New York 84-66
Philadelphia 75-73 at St Louis 81-70
TEXAS RANGERS (57-92) AT MINNESOTA TWINS (73-76)
MATCHUPS
SP Pete Broberg vs Bert Blyleven Advantage Minnesota
C Dick Billings vs George Mitterwald Advantage Minnesota
1B Don Mincher vs Harmon Killebrew Advantage Texas
2B Ted Kubiak vs Rod Carew Advantage Minnesota
3B Dave Nelson vs Steve Braun Advantage Minnesota
SS Toby Harrah vs Danny Thompson Advantage Push
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Steve Brye Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Cesar Tovar Advantage Texas
RF Jim Wynn vs Bobby Darwin Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Minnesota
In the bottom of the first, Darwin put the Twins on the board with an RBI single. Thompson followed with his own run-scoring single to bring his RBI total on the season to 45.
After three: Minnesota 2 Texas 0.
In the bottom of the fifth, Carew brought one home with a double.
After six: Minnesota 3 Texas 0.
In the top of the seventh, Blyleven struck out the side.
Jim Panther took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the seventh.
In the bottom of the eighth, with runners at second and third and one out, Mike Paul took the mound for the Rangers. Mitterwald brought them both home with a single.
Blyleven recorded the complete game shutout.
Final score: Minnesota 5 Texas 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bert Blyleven 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 6 Detroit 2
California 2 Kansas City 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 1 Pittsburgh 0
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Rick Wise St Louis Cardinals 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, W
2. Bert Blyleven Minnesota Twins 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, W
3. Jon Matlack New York Mets 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, W
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