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JULY 30, 1972
The second half of the Rangers six game West Coast trip begins with a Sunday double header in Oakland against the Athletics. The Rangers are 1-2 on this West Coast trip. The Athletics have won three straight. The Athletics have hit the most home runs and allowed the fewest runs in the American League. They also have the best defensive efficiency in the league. The Athletics lead the season series 8-1.
The Cleveland Indians traded SP Gaylord Perry to the Detroit Tigers for LF Gates Brown, SP Les Cain and $27,600.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 43-57 at Cleveland 51-50 (2)
Boston 52-47 at Detroit 48-50 (2)
New York 52-52 at Baltimore 65-37
Chicago 49-54 at Minnesota 47-53
Kansas City 65-37 at California 42-59
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 41-63 at Houston 46-58 (2)
Los Angeles 59-42 at Atlanta 41-64 (2)
San Francisco 54-49 at Cincinnati 44-55 (2)
Pittsburgh 54-49 at Philadelphia 52-49
Montreal 49-51 at New York 59-42
St Louis 59-42 at Chicago 54-48
TEXAS RANGERS (37-64) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (55-47) GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Don Stanhouse vs Ken Holtzman Advantage Oakland
C Dick Billings vs Gene Tenace Advantage Oakland
1B Frank Howard vs Mike Epstein Advantage Oakland
2B Ted Kubiak vs Dick Green Advantage Oakland
3B Dave Nelson vs Sal Bando Advantage Oakland
SS Toby Harrah vs Bert Campaneris Advantage Oakland
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Joe Rudi Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs George Hendrick Advantage Texas
RF Jim Wynn vs Reggie Jackson Advantage Oakland
Overall Advantage Oakland
In the bottom of the first, the Athletics loaded the bases with one out. Tenace went down swinging for the second out. Epstein struck outas well to end the inning.
The Rangers scoreless streak reached 19 innings.
The Athletics loaded the bases with two out in the bottom of the third. Bando then scored on a passed ball.
After three: Oakland 1 Texas 0.
In the top of the fourth, Howard tied the game with an RBI double. Harrah brought Howard in with a single and the Rangers took the lead.
Jim Shellenback took the mound for the Rangers with one out in the bottom of the sixth.
After six: Texas 2 Oakland 1.
In the bottom of the seventh, Rudi put the Athletics back in front with a two-run shot 395 feet into right. Tenace added a run-scoring double. With runners at first and second and two out, Casey Cox took the mound for the Rangers. A walk loaded the bases. Tenace then scored on a passed ball. Green then brought the other two home with a single. Ten men came to bat for the Athletics in the inning.
Jim Panther took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the eighth.
Final score: Oakland 7 Texas 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Ken Holtzman 9.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
TEXAS RANGERS (37-65) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (56-47) GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Mike Paul vs Denny McClain Advantage Texas
C Hal King vs Curt Blefary Advantage Push
1B Don Mincher vs Mike Epstein Advantage Push
2B Ted Kubiak vs Dick Green Advantage Oakland
3B Dave Nelson vs Sal Bando Advantage Oakland
SS Toby Harrah vs Bert Campaneris Advantage Oakland
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Joe Rudi Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs George Hendrick Advantage Texas
RF Jim Wynn vs Reggie Jackson Advantage Oakland
Overall Advantage Oakland
In the top of the second, Burroughs scored on a Harrah groundout to third.
Green led off the bottom of the third with a home run. Campaneris put the Athletics in the lead with an RBI double and then scored on a Rudi single. Hendrick brought two home with a double. Batting for the second time in the inning, Green hit an RBI single. Blefary followed with a three run homer. The Athletics scorednine runs in the inning.
After three: Oakland 9 Texas 1.
In the top of the sixth, Harrah hit a two-run double and scored on a Kubiak single.
After six: Oakland 9 Texas 4.
Aurelio Monteagudo took the mound for the Athletics in the top of the seventh. Burroughs got a run-scoring single. Mincher followed with a walk that loaded the bases with two out. Wynn scored on a wild pitch.
In the bottom of the seventh, Hendrick brought two home with a single to bring his RBI total to 30. With a runner on first and two out, Jim Shellenback took the mound for the Rangers. The Athletics went on to load the bases with two out. Blefary flew out to right to end the inning.
After a leadoff walk in the top of the eighth, Diego Segui took the mound for the Athletics.
In the bottom of the eighth, a Harrah error on a Campaneris grounder allowed another run to score. Campaneris later would score when Bando grounded to first.
Darold Knowles came on to pitch for the Rangers in the top of the ninth.
The Athletics got an even dozen hits in the contest.
Final score: Oakland 13 Texas 6.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dick Green 2 for 3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 5 Cleveland 1 10 innings Game 1
Cleveland 3 Milwaukee 2 Game 2
Detroit 6 Boston 5 Game 1
Detroit 3 Boston 1 Game 2
New York 4 Baltimore 2
Minnesota 6 Chicago 0
Kansas City 6 California 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 14 San Diego 1 Game 1
Houston 7 San Diego 5 Game 2
Atlanta 6 Los Angeles 5 Game 1
Los Angeles 7 Atlanta 0 Game 2
Cincinnati 10 San Francisco 4 Game 1
San Francisco 5 Cincinnati 2 Game 2
Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 1 11 innings
New York 3 Montreal 0
Chicago 5 St Louis 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Jesus Alou Houston Astros 7 for 9, 5 RBI, R He had a five hit game in the first game of the double header.
2. Al Kaline Detroit Tigers 4 for 7, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, BB
3. Cesar Cedeno 3 for 7, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
Tom Seaver of the New York Mets, Bert Blyleven of the Minnesota Twins and Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers all pitched a complete game shutout.
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