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JUNE 24, 1972
The second game of the series against the White Sox. Texas pounded Chicago 12-3 in the series opener.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 36-33 at Cleveland 21-45
Boston 29-36 at Milwaukee 37-28
Minnesota 25-41 at Kansas City 38-29
Detroit 32-32 at Baltimore 42-27
California 37-30 at Oakland 32-35
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 28-40 at New York 32-37
Pittsburgh 48-21 at Chicago 32-36
Atlanta 37-32 at Los Angeles 35-35 (2)
Houston 34-39 at Cincinnati 41-27
Philadelphia 32-36 at Montreal 32-36
San Francisco 39-35 at San Diego 28-44
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 41-26 AT TEXAS RANGERS 30-38
MATCHUPS
SP Bart Johnson vs Dick Bosman Advantage Chicago
C Ed Hermann vs Ken Suarez Advantage Chicago
1B Dick Allen vs Frank Howard Advantage Chicago
2B Mike Andrews vs Vic Harris Advantage Chicago
3B Bill Melton vs Dave Nelson Advantage Chicago
SS Jorge Orta vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
LF Carlos May vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
CF Jay Johnstone vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Pat H Kelly vs Joe Lovitto Advantage Chicago
The matchups suggest that it is not likely that we will see a repeat of the series opener.
Allen got the scoring going right away with an RBI single in the top of the first. Chicago then loaded the bases with two out and Johnstone cleared them with an inside-the-park grand slam. That brought Johnstone's RBI total on the season to 40.
Nelson singled in the bottom of the first to stretch his hitting streak to 11 games.
The Rangers loaded the bases with two out in the bottom of the third and Lovitto put them on the board with an RBI single.
After three: Chicago 5 Texas 1.
Chicago made a pitching change in the bottom of the fifth with a runner on first and two out and brought in Steve Kealey and Kealey got the final out.
After six: Chicago 5 Texas 1.
Taking the mound for Texas in the seventh was Casey Cox. Rich Gossage did the same for Chicago.
A streaker ran out onto the field in the top of the eighth and got levelled by the first base umpire.
Mike Paul was brought on in the ninth. Chicago loaded the bases with two out but Kelly had to leave the game with an injury. Andrews then added a 2 run single.
Terry Forster pitched the ninth for Chicago. And he ended it with the 1-2-3 inning.
Final score: Chicago 7 Texas 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Jay Johnstone 2 for 4, HR, 4 RBI, 1 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 6 New York 4
Milwaukee 2 Boston 1
Kansas City 3 Minnesota 2
Detroit 3 Baltimore 2
Oakland 2 California 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 6 New York 3
Chicago 9 Pittsburgh 0
Los Angeles 8 Atlanta 7 10 innings Game 1
Los Angeles 4 Atlanta 0 Game 2
Cincinnati 5 Houston 0
Philadelphia 8 Montreal 6
San Diego 6 San Francisco 5
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Don Gullett Cincinnati Reds 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, W
2. Catfish Hunter Oakland Athletics 9.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, W
3. Billy L Williams Chicago Cubs 3 for 4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Dodgers SP Al Downing tossed a complete game shutout against the Braves.
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