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MAY 14, 1972
The Rangers will try to complete the three game sweep of the Indians in Cleveland today. This season, the road team is 4-0 when these two teams have played each other.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 18-13 at Chicago 14-16
Detroit 14-14 at Kansas City 19-10
Milwaukee 12-18 at Minnesota 17-13
New York 20-12 at California 12-18
Boston 11-19 at Oakland 13-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 19-11 at Cincinnati 9-22 (2)
San Francisco 18-16 at New York 22-8
Los Angeles 21-12 at Philadelphia 16-16
San Diego 12-23 at Montreal 15-15
Chicago 15-16 at Atlanta 11-22
Pittsburgh 17-14 at Houston 17-17
TEXAS RANGERS (13-17) AT CLEVELAND INDIANS (16-13)
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Gaylord Perry Advantage Cleveland
C Dick Billings vs Ray Fosse Advantage Cleveland
1B Don Mincher vs Chris Chambliss Advantage Texas
2B Ted Kubiak vs John Lowenstein Advantage Cleveland
3B Dave Nelson vs Graig Nettles Advantage Cleveland
SS Toby Harrah vs Frank Duffy Advantage Cleveland
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Roy Foster Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Del Unser Advantage Push
RF Ted Ford vs Buddy Bell Advantage Cleveland
Overall Advantage Cleveland
In the bottom of the second, Bell hit a two run homer.
In the top of the third, Maddox put the Rangers on the board with an RBI single. Harrah put the Rangers in the lead with a 2 run double. Burroughs added his own RBI single.
After three: Texas 4 Cleveland 2.
In the bottom of the fourth, a Duffy RBI single made it a 1 run game.
After six: Texas 4 Cleveland 3.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Indians had runners at the corners with one out. Paul Lindblad took the mound for the Rangers and immediately walked Unser on four pitches to load the bases. Chambliss went down on strikes for the second out. Nettles then put the Indians back in the lead with a 2 run single.
Steve Mingori took the mound for the Indians in the top of the eighth.
The Rangers went down in order in the top of the ninth to drop a close one.
Final score: Cleveland 5 Texas 4.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Gaylord Perry 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 6 Baltimore 1
Kansas City 10 Detroit 0
Minnesota 5 Milwaukee 4
New York 7 California 0
Oakland 1 Boston 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 4 St Louis 0 Game 1
Cincinnati 12 St Louis 4 Game 2
San Francisco 2 New York 0
Philadelphia 4 Los Angeles 2
San Diego 7 Montreal 6
Chicago 5 Atlanta 0
Houston 4 Pittsburgh 3
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Carlos May Chicago White Sox 3 for 4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, BB
2. Jack Billingham Cincinnati Reds 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, W
3. Dave Hamilton Oakland Athletics 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 5 K, W
Rick Reuschel of the Chicago Cubs, Dick Drago of the Kansas City Royals and Doc Medich of the New York Yankees all pitched a complete game shutout.
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