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JULY 1, 1972
The Rangers take their 6 game losing streak to Kansas City for four games in three days against the Royals. KC has lost 3 of their last 4.
Dodgers SS Bill Russell will miss 2-3 months due to a torn hamstring.
Tigers RP Tom Timmerman will miss the rest of the season due to a torn rotator cuff.
JUNE AWARDS
AL Batter of the Month: Dave May Milwaukee Brewers
NL Batter of the Month: Hank Aaron Atlanta Braves
AL Pitcher of the Month: Nolan Ryan California Angels
NL Pitcher of the Month: Bob Moose Pittsburgh Pirates
AL Rookie of the Month: Jorge Orta Chicago White Sox
NL Rookie of the Month: Garry Maddox San Francisco Giants
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 43-31 at Boston 34-39
Baltimore 44-32 at Detroit 36-35
Cleveland 24-51 at New York 40-37
Minnesota 26-48 at Chicago 48-27
Oakland 37-39 at California 43-32
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 35-41 at Pittsburgh 51-25
St Louis 34-41 at Philadelphia 36-40 (2)
New York 35-40 at Montreal 35-41
Los Angeles 42-36 at San Francisco 41-40
Atlanta 40-39 at Houston 37-43
Cincinnati 44-31 at San Diego 34-47
TEXAS RANGERS 30-44 AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS 42-32
MATCHUPS
SP Bill Gogolewski vs Bruce Dal Canton Advantage Texas
C Ken Suarez vs Ed Kirkpatrick Advantage Royals
1B Frank Howard vs John Mayberry Sr Advantage Royals
2B Vic Harris vs Cookie Rojas Advantage Royals
3B Dave Nelson vs Paul Schaal Advantage Royals
SS Toby Harrah vs Freddie Patek Advantage Royals
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Lou Piniella Advantage Texas
CF Joe Lovitto vs Amos Otis Advantage Royals
RF Larry Biittner vs Richie Scheinblum Advantage Royals
A brutal mismatch does not bode well for the Rangers to end their losing streak. The series has been close this season with the Royals winning 4 and Texas winning 3.
Stop me if you've heard this before. The Rangers committed an error in the first inning and the Royals loaded the bases with two out. Fortunately for Texas, Schaal popped out to end the inning without a run scoring.
The Rangers loaded the bases with one out in the top of the third. Nelson then cleared them with a triple to break the 20-RBI barrier on the season.
After three: Texas 3 Kansas City 0.
In the top of the fifth, Gogolewski scored for the second time in the game, this time on a wild pitch.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Royals put runners on the corners with two outs and the Rangers made a quick pitching change and brought in Mike Paul and he got Rojas to fly out to end the inning.
After six: Texas 4 Kansas City 0.
Texas had a chance to add to the lead but Suarez was thrown out at home trying to score from second after a single by Nelson.
Casey Cox came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh. Schaal broke up the shutout with an RBI double. Rojas tried to add an RBI single but Schaal was thrown out at home trying to score from second.
Burroughs got the lead back to 4 by leading off the eighth with a home run.
Al Fitzmorris replaced Dal Canton in the ninth. And Horacio Pina replaced Cox.
Final score: Texas 5 Kansas City 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dave Nelson 2 for 4, 3B, 3 RBI.
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 9 Milwaukee 5
Detroit 4 Baltimore 3
Cleveland 4 New York 0
Minnesota 12 Chicago 5
California 4 Oakland 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 3 Chicago 2
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 2 Game 1
St Louis 8 Philadelphia 2 Game 2
New York 12 Montreal 0
Los Angeles 5 San Francisco 1
Houston 3 Atlanta 2
Cincinnati 2 San Diego 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Joe Torre St Louis Cardinals 6 for 9, 4 RBI, R
2. Luis Aparicio Boston Red Sox 4 for 4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, R, BB
3. Andy Messersmith California Angels 9.0 IP, 3 H. 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, W
Also of note, Cleveland's Dick Tidrow, Jon Matlack of the Mets and Reds SP Gary Nolan each had a complete game shutout. Milwaukee CF Dave May has a 20 game hit streak.
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