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JULY 7, 1972
If only they could play the Indians all year. The Rangers have to travel to Baltimore to face the Orioles for three games. Baltimore leads the AL East by a half game over Milwaukee.
Cubs CF Rick Monday suffered a ruptured disc and will miss the rest of the season.
SP George H Stone of Atlanta will miss the rest of the year because of a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament.
Rumor has it that Atlanta 1B Orlando Cepeda is on the trade block.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 47-34 at Cleveland 26-55
Detroit 39-38 at Chicago 50-31
Boston 36-42 at California 46-35
New York 43-40 at Minnesota 30-50
Milwaukee 45-34 at Oakland 40-42
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 57-25 at Atlanta 41-44 (2)
San Diego 35-51 at Philadelphia 40-42
Los Angeles 46-37 at New York 41-40
San Francisco 42-44 at Montreal 36-46
Chicago 38-44 at Cincinnati 46-34
Houston 39-47 at St Louis 37-44
TEXAS RANGERS 34-47 AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES 47-35
MATCHUPS
SP Don Stanhouse vs Doyle Alexander Advantage Baltimore
C Ken Suarez vs Andy Etchebarren Advantage Baltimore
1B Frank Howard vs Boog Powell Advantage Baltimore
2B Vic Harris vs Davey Johnson Advantage Baltimore
3B Dave Nelson vs Brooks Robinson Advantage Push
SS Toby Harrah vs Mark Belanger Advantage Texas
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Don Baylor Advantage Baltimore
CF Elliott Maddox vs Paul Blair Advantage Baltimore
RF Larry Biittner vs Merv Rettenmund Advantage Baltimore
It's no surprise that this is a huge mismatch on paper. It is also no surprise that the Orioles have won 5 out of 6 against Texas.
Stanhouse had trouble finding the strike zone in the first inning and Baltimore loaded the bases with nobody out. Powell then got an RBI single but the second runner, Belanger, was thrown out at home. Robinson then singled up the middle but Johbson, like Belanger, was thrown out at home trying to score from second. So all the Orioles got out of it was a single run.
Burroughs then tied it in the top of the second with a leadoff home run.
Nelson gave the Rangers the lead in the top of the third with an RBI double. Burroughs then singled but this time it was Nelson thrown out at home trying to score from second.
After three: Texas 2 Baltimore 1.
A Nelson throwing brought in the tying run in the bottom of the fourth. Stanhouse then struck out Alexander to reach 60 K on the season.
Howard tried to give Texas the lead back in the sixth with a would-be RBI single but, for the second time in the game, Nelson was thrown out at home trying to score from second.
After six: Texas 2 Baltimore 2.
Paul Lindblad took the mound for Texas in the seventh. Johnson then went yard with two men on to break the tie. This put Johnson over the 20 mark in RBI for the season. Mike Paul immediately replaced Lindblad.
Grant Jackson came on in the ninth to close it out for the Orioles and he got the 1-2-3.
Final score: Baltimore 5 Texas 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Doyle Alexander 8.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 7 Cleveland 1
Chicago 1 Detroit 0 10 innings
Boston 7 California 6
New York 4 Minnesota 2
Oakland 4 Milwaukee 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 0 Game 1
Atlanta 8 Pittsburgh 7 Game 2
San Diego 5 Philadelphia 4
Los Angeles 2 New York 0
San Francisco 2 Montreal 1
Cincinnati 4 Chicago 1
Houston 6 St Louis 5 10 innings
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Bill Singer Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, W
2. Tom Bradley Chicago White Sox 9.2 IP, 9 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K
3. Gary Gentry Pittsburgh Pirates 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 7 BB, 5 K, W
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