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JUNE 23, 1972
The Rangers begin a three game series at home against the first place White Sox. Chicago is 5-0 this season against Texas. This begins a seven game homestand for the Rangers.
The New York Mets traded SP Gary Gentry to the Pittsburgh Pirates for LF Vic Davalillo and 3B Fernando Gonzalez.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 32-31 at Baltimore 41-27
New York 35-33 at Cleveland 21-44
Boston 28-36 at Milwaukee 37-27
Minnesota 25-40 at Kansas City 37-29
California 37-29 at Oakland 31-35
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 47-21 at Chicago 32-35
Philadelphia 32-35 at Montreal 31-36
St Louis 28-39 at New York 31-37
Houston 34-38 at Cincinnati 40-27
Atlanta 36-32 at Los Angeles 35-34
San Francisco 38-35 at San Diego 28-43
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 41-25 AT TEXAS RANGERS 29-38
MATCHUPS
SP Dave Lemonds vs Pete Broberg Advantage Chicago
C Ed Hermann vs Dick Billings Advantage Chicago
1B Dick Allen vs Frank Howard Advantage Chicago
2B Mike Andrews vs Lenny Randle Advantage Chicago
3B Bill Melton vs Dave Nelson Advantage Chicago
SS Jorge Orta vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
LF Carlos May vs Larry Biittner Advantage Chicago
CF Jay Johnstone vs Vic Harris Advantage Texas
RF Pat H Kelly vs Ted Ford Advantage Chicago
It's easy to see why Chicago is 5-0 against Texas this season.
Howard got the Rangers on the board first with an RBI single in the first. Also in the first, Nelson got his 30th stolen base of the year. Ford then slapped down an RBI single as did Harris and Randle as the Rangers batted around the order in the first. Even Broberg got into the act with an RBI double. In his second at bat of the inning, Harrah knocked in a run with a single. Biittner did as well. In all, 12 batters came to the plate in the first. 7 scored. 9 got hits. There were no errors.
May led off the top of the second with a home run. Broberg ended the top half of the second by striking out Orta. It brought Broberg's K total to 60.
In the bottom of the second, the Rangers loaded the bases with nobody out. Harris added an RBI single.
Denny O'Toole took over pitching duties for the White Sox to begin the bottom of the third. The Rangers loaded the bases with two out but this time could not add to their lead.
After three: Texas 8 Chicago 1.
In the top of the fourth, Chicago took advantage of the third Rangers error of the game as May brought in the run with a groundball out.
In the bottom of the fourth, Harris was caught stealing. It was the 20th time this season, Hermann threw out a would-be base stealer.
In the fifth, Howard added an RBI with a sac fly. Billings then added an RBI single to make it where all nine Texas starters had at least one hit in the game. Harris followed up with his fourth hit of the game to drive in his tenth run of the season.
After Broberg led off the bottom of the sixth with a double, Chicago brought in Rich Gossage to pitch. Biittner brought home Broberg with a sac fly.
After six: Texas 12 Chicago 2.
Chicago loaded the bases with two out in the top of the eighth then Hermann drew a walk to bring in a run. Casey Cox then came in and got the final out.
Mike Paul came in to pitch the ninth for the Rangers and he closed the book on the Rangers first ever win over the White Sox.
Final score: Texas 12 Chicago 3.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Vic Harris 4 for 5, 3 RBI, 1 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 9 Detroit 4
New York 6 Cleveland 2
Boston 7 Milwaukee 2
Kansas City 3 Minnesota 2
Oakland 7 California 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 6 Chicago 2
Montreal 5 Philadelphia 4 10 innings
New York 2 St Louis 1 11 innings
Cincinnati 5 Houston 1
Atlanta 2 Los Angeles 1
San Francisco 7 San Diego 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Reggie Smith Boston Red Sox 3 for 4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, BB
2. Vida Blue Oakland Athletics 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, W
3. Bill Singer Los Angeles Dodgers 8.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
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