The Anthology of the Texas Rangers

[vrobx1]

MAY 1, 1973
The begin a 7 game road trip against AL East teams with a pair of games in Boston against the Red Sox. The Red Sox were swept by the White Sox this past weekend and have lost 6 of their last 8. The are in the top three In batting average and OBP but in the bottom of the league in defense efficiency.

AL Batter of the Month: RF Bobby Darwin Minnesota Twins

NL Batter of the Month: LF Willie Stargell Pittsburgh Pirates

AL Pitcher of the Month: Bert Blyleven Minnesota Twins

NL Pitcher of the Month: Jon Matlack New York Mets

AL Rookie of the Month: 3B Dan Driessen Detroit Tigers

NL Rookie of the Month: Frank Tanana Atlanta Braves

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 10-9 at Detroit 10-10
Kansas City 17-5 at New York 10-10
Baltimore 11-9 at Chicago 9-10
Cleveland 8-13 at Minnesota 11-8
Oakland 12-9 at Milwaukee 9-12

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 9-15 at Philadelphia 8-10
Montreal 9-9 at Atlanta 10-10
Chicago 7-15 at Los Angeles 11-11
St Louis 10-9 at San Diego 9-13
Pittsburgh 11-9 at San Francisco 14-9

TEXAS RANGERS 5-15 AT BOSTON RED SOX 9-11
MATCHUPS
SP Pete Broberg vs Sonny Seibert Advantage Boston
C Ken Suarez vs Carlton Fisk Advantage Boston
1B Larry Biittner vs Carl Yasztremski Advantage Boston
2B Dave Nelson vs Pedro Garcia Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Rico Petrocelli Advantage Boston
SS Bucky Dent vs Luis Aparicio Advantage Texas
LF Frank Howard vs Tommy Harper Advantage Boston
CF Elliott Maddox vs Reggie Smith Advantage Boston
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Dwight Evans Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Doug Griffin Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Boston

In the top of the second, Seibert struck out Mason for his 10th K of the season.

Seibert had a no-hitter through three.

Through three: Texas 0 Boston 0.

Dent broke up the no-hitter with a one out single in the top of the fifth.

In the bottom of the fifth, Broberg struck out Petrocelli for his 20th K of the season.

In the bottom of the sixth, Fisk broke the scoreless tie with an RBI single. Smith followed up with his first home run of the season, a 2-run shot that gave him 10 RBI on the season.

After six: Boston 3 Texas 0.

In the bottom of the seventh, a 2-run triple put Yasztremski over 20 RBI for the season. That brought Paul Lindblad out to pitch with a runner on third and one out. And he kept Yasztremski from scoring.

Three walks and the Rangers loaded the bases with one out in the top of the eighth. Bobby Bolin replaced Seibert on the mound for the Red Sox. An error allowed the Rangers to avoid the shutout. Maddox then got his first hit of the season, a 2-run single. Roger Moret replaced Bolin on the mound with runners on the corners and two out. He walked pinch hitter Tom Grieve to load the bases and then walked Suarez to make it a one run game. Another error tied the game before Nelson grounded out to retire the side. The Rangers had a 5-run eighth with just 1 hit in the innning.

Bill Gogolewski took the mound for Texas in the bottom of the eighth as rain began to fall. It didn't fall long. An error gave the Red Sox the lead back. Griffin then hit an RBI triple for Boston's 10th hit of the game. Griffin injured himself sliding into third and was replaced by Ben Oglivie.

The Rangers were held to just 3 hits the entire game.

Final score: Boston 7 Texas 5.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Sonny Seibert 7.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 BB, 3 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 4 Detroit 2
New York 2 Kansas City 0
Baltimore 6 Chicago 1
Cleveland 5 Minnesota 2
Milwaukee 5 Oakland 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 7 Houston 0
Atlanta 9 Montreal 4
Los Angeles 12 Chicago 0
San Diego 5 St Louis 3
San Francisco 5 Pittsburgh 2

TOP PERFORMERS
1. George C Scott Milwaukee Brewers 2 for 2, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB

2. Tommy John 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, W

3. Bill Champion Philadelphia Phillies 9.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, W



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MAY 2, 1973
The second game of the series in Boston.

The Twins have placed SS Steve Braun on the DL because of a bone bruise in his knee. He is expected to miss 7 weeks.

The Cleveland Indians have traded C Joe Ferguson to the New York Mets for C Joe Nolan, LF Pepe Mangual, RF Jim Fuller and 2B Larvell Blanks.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 11-9 at Detroit 10-11
Kansas City 17-6 at New York 11-10
Cleveland 9-13 at Minnesota 11-9
Oakland 12-10 at Milwaukee 10-12
Baltimore 12-9 at Chicago 9-11

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 11-10 at New York 15-4
Montreal 9-10 at Atlanta 11-10
Houston 9-16 at Philadelphia 9-10
Pittsburgh 11-10 at San Francisco 15-9
Chicago 7-16 at Los Angeles 12-11
St Louis 10-10 at San Diego 10-13

Well. Half my write-up disappeared. Sometimes Tapatalk can be annoying like that.

Boston won 7-3 hitting 4 home runs off Steve Rogers.

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[vrobx1]

MAY 3, 1973
The Rangers had the day off.

STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST
Baltimore 12-10
Boston 11-11
Detroit 11-11
New York 11-11
Milwaukee 11-12
Cleveland 9-14

WEST
Kansas City 18-6
Minnesota 12-9
California 11-10
Oakland 12-11
Chicago 10-11
Texas 5-17

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST
New York 16-4
St Louis 11-10
Pittsburgh 11-11
Philadelphia 10-10
Montreal 9-11
Chicago 7-17

WEST
San Francisco 16-9
Atlanta 12-10
Los Angeles 13-11
Cincinnati 11-11
San Diego 10-14
Houston 9-17

TEXAS RANGERS TEAM LEADERS
Batting Average Toby Harrah .289
Home Runs Jeff Burroughs 3
RBI Jeff Burroughs 12
ERA Steve Rogers 3.55
Wins Steve Rogers 2
Strikeouts Pete Broberg 22

TEXAS RANGERS TEAM STATS AND AL RANK
Runs Scored 75 11th
Batting Average .216 12th
OBP .285 12th
Home Runs 8 12th
Stolen Bases 6 11th
Runs Against 125 12th
Starters ERA 4.50 11th
Bullpen ERA 5.19 11th
Defensive Eff .687 7th

TEXAS RANGERS CURRENT INJURIES
CF Vic Harris Out, 7 weeks, DL, 0 Days left

SS Bucky Dent Unknown

RP Danny Fife Out, 3 days, DL, 0 Days left

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 11-11 at New York 16-4
Pittsburgh 11-11 at San Francisco 16-9
Chicago 7-17 at Los Angeles 13-11
St Louis 11-10 at San Diego 10-14

OTHER SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 5 Cincinnati 3 11 innings
San Francisco 7 Pittsburgh 2
Chicago 3 Los Angeles 2
San Diego 2 St Louis 1

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Don Sutton Los Angeles Dodgers 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 11 K

2. Burt Hooton Chicago Cubs 7.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K

3. Jerry Koosman New York Mets 9.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K


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MAY 4, 1973
The Rangers are in Detroit for three. The Tigers swept the three games in Texas in April. Detroit leads the league in batting average, OBP and home runs and is second in the league in runs scored. The Tigers are last in the league in bullpen ERA and have the fewest stolen bases in the league. Since the Texas sweep, Detroit has lost 4 out of 5.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 11-10 at Baltimore 12-10
Oakland 12-11 at Cleveland 9-14
Boston 11-11 at Minnesota 12-9
Kansas City 18-6 at Milwaukee 11-12
New York 11-11 at Chicago 10-11

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 11-12 at Montreal 9-11
Houston 9-17 at New York 17-4
Atlanta 12-10 at Philadelphia 10-10
St Louis 11-11 at Los Angeles 13-12
Pittsburgh 11-12 at San Diego 11-14
Chicago 8-17 at San Francisco 17-9

TEXAS RANGERS 5-17 AT DETROIT 11-11
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Joe H Coleman Advantage Detroit
C Ken Suarez vs Bill Freehan Advantage Detroit
1B Larry Biittner vs Norm Cash Advantage Detroit
2B Dave Nelson vs Dick McAuliffe Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Dan Driessen Advantage Detroit
SS Bucky Dent vs Frank Duffy Advantage Push
LF Tom Grieve vs Rusty Torres Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Larry Hisle Advantage Detroit
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Al Kaline Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Willie Horton Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Detroit

The game began with Coleman getting his 30th K of the season by striking out Nelson.

Harrah led off the top of the second with a home run. Suarez added an RBI single.

Bosman started the bottom of the second by striking out Hisle for his 20th K of the season.

Taking advantage of an error, the Rangers loaded the bases with two out in the top of the third. But Coleman struck out Grieve to strike out the side the hard way.

After three: Texas 2 Detroit 0.

Burroughs got an RBI single in the top of the fifth.

Torres took the team lead in RBI in the bottom of the sixth when he put the Tigers on the board with a sacrifice fly.

After six: Texas 3 Detroit 1.

Nelson got an RBI single in the top of the ninth. And Bosman finally had his first win of the season.

Final score: Texas 4 Detroit 1.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dick Bosman 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 3 California 1
Oakland 10 Cleveland 6
Boston 7 Minnesota 2
Milwaukee 8 Kansas City 2
New York 4 Chicago 3 10 innings

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 4 Montreal 3
New York 2 Houston 1
Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 2
Los Angeles 4 St Louis 3
Pittsburgh 5 San Diego 0
San Francisco 5 Chicago 2

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Joe Lahoud 3 for 4, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, R

2. Bob Moose Pittsburgh Pirates 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, W

3. Balor Moore Montreal Expos 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K

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[BrianSul]

Originally Posted by vrobx1

Opening Day! April 6, 1972.
Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers will open the season on April 6th at home against the Kansas City Royals.

I noticed that Baseball reference had their first game as:

Saturday, April 15, 1972
Texas Rangers (0) @ California Angels (1)

And the teams didn't play 162 games either.

So I looked it up and found:

1972 was affected by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration. The strike erased the first week and a half of the season, and the Leagues decided to just excise the lost portion of the season with no makeups.
As a result, an uneven number of games were lost by each team; some as few as six, some as many as nine.
The lack of makeups, even when they affected the playoffs, led to the Boston Red Sox losing the American League East by half a game to the Detroit Tigers.

1972 marked the first year for the Texas Rangers, who had moved to Arlington from Washington, D.C. (where they played as the Washington Senators) after the 1971 season.
The team was one of the worst ever fielded by the franchise, losing 100 games for the first time since 1964. Manager Ted Williams hated it in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and resigned at the end of the season.
To make room for the Rangers in the American League West Division, one of the teams already in that division would have to switch to the East Division.
Technically, both the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers were the easternmost teams in the West Division, but only one of them could move.
It was decided that Milwaukee, as the newer franchise, would make the move.
The Brewers and White Sox would again become divisional rivals in 1994 with the formation of the American League Central, but this would last only through 1997,
when Milwaukee transferred to the National League.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_M...aseball_season

[vrobx1]

Originally Posted by BrianSul

I noticed that Baseball reference had their first game as:

Saturday, April 15, 1972
Texas Rangers (0) @ California Angels (1)

And the teams didn't play 162 games either.

So I looked it up and found:

1972 was affected by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration. The strike erased the first week and a half of the season, and the Leagues decided to just excise the lost portion of the season with no makeups.
As a result, an uneven number of games were lost by each team; some as few as six, some as many as nine.
The lack of makeups, even when they affected the playoffs, led to the Boston Red Sox losing the American League East by half a game to the Detroit Tigers.

1972 marked the first year for the Texas Rangers, who had moved to Arlington from Washington, D.C. (where they played as the Washington Senators) after the 1971 season.
The team was one of the worst ever fielded by the franchise, losing 100 games for the first time since 1964. Manager Ted Williams hated it in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and resigned at the end of the season.
To make room for the Rangers in the American League West Division, one of the teams already in that division would have to switch to the East Division.
Technically, both the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers were the easternmost teams in the West Division, but only one of them could move.
It was decided that Milwaukee, as the newer franchise, would make the move.
The Brewers and White Sox would again become divisional rivals in 1994 with the formation of the American League Central, but this would last only through 1997,
when Milwaukee transferred to the National League.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_M...aseball_season

Yes the 54-100 real life record threw me off too but researching it and I learned the same thing you did about the labor dispute and uneven season.

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MAY 5, 1973
The second game of the series in Detroit.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 13-11 at Cleveland 9-15
Boston 12-11 at Minnesota 12-10
Kansas City 18-7 at Milwaukee 12-12
California 11-11 at Baltimore 13-10
New York 12-11 at Chicago 10-12

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 12-12 at Montreal 9-12
Houston 9-18 at New York 18-4
Atlanta 12-11 at Philadelphia 11-10
Chicago 8-18 at San Francisco 18-9
St Louis 11-12 at Los Angeles 14-12
Pittsburgh 12-12 at San Diego 11-15

TEXAS RANGERS 6-17 AT DETROIT TIGERS 11-12
MATCHUPS
SP Kevin Kobel vs Tom Phoebus Advantage Texas
C Dick Billings vs Bill Freehan Advantage Detroit
1B Larry Biittner vs Norm Cash Advantage Detroit
2B Dave Nelson vs Dick McAuliffe Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Dan Driessen Advantage Detroit
SS Bucky Dent vs Frank Duffy Advantage Push
LF Frank Howard vs Rusty Torres Advantage Push
CF Elliott Maddox vs Larry Hisle Advantage Detroit
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Al Kaline Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Willie Horton Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Detroit

Dent put the Rangers on the board in the top of the third with an RBI single.

The Tigers loaded the bases with two out in the bottom of the third. But Hisle flew out to center to end the inning.

After three: Texas 1 Detroit 0.

Cash tied the game in the bottom of the fourth with a single that gave him his 10th RBI of the season. A walk loaded the bases with nobody out. But the Tigers would get no more.

After six: Texas 1 Detroit 1.

In the top of the seventh, Joe Niekro replaced Phoebus with runners at the corners and one out. Mason was thrown out at home trying to score on a Nelson flyout.

A Mason throwing error in the bottom of the seventh gave the Tigers the lead. With a runner on second and one out, Mike Garman replaced Kobel on the mound and he ended the inning without any more damage.

John Hiller took the mound for the Tigers in the top of the eighth. The Rangers loaded the bases with one out. But could not get the tying run in.

The Rangers could only get a man to first in the top of the ninth.

Final score: Detroit 2 Texas 1.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Tom Phoebus 6.1 IP 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 5 Cleveland 4
Minnesota 6 Boston 5
Milwaukee 9 Kansas City 5
Baltimore 8 California 3
New York 9 Chicago 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 7 Montreal 5
New York 4 Houston 3 10 innings
Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 0
Chicago 4 San Francisco 2
Los Angeles 9 St Louis 3
San Diego 4 Pittsburgh 2

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Bobby Murcer New York Yankees 3 for 4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB

2. Bill Bonham Chicago Cubs 7.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, W

3. Fritz Peterson New York Yankees 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, W

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[vrobx1]

MAY 6, 1973
The rubber match in Detroit. The Rangers have held the potent Tigers offense to 3 runs in 2 games.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 14-11 at Cleveland 9-16 (2)
California 11-12 at Baltimore 14-10
Boston 12-12 at Minnesota 13-10
Kansas City 18-8 at Milwaukee 13-12
New York 13-11 at Chicago 10-13

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 9-19 at New York 19-4
Atlanta 12-12 at Philadelphia 12-10
Cincinnati 13-12 at Montreal 9-13
Chicago 9-18 at San Francisco 18-10 (2)
St Louis 11-13 at Los Angeles 15-12
Pittsburgh 12-13 at San Diego 12-15

TEXAS RANGERS 6-18 AT DETROIT TIGERS 12-12
MATCHUPS
SP Pete Broberg vs Les Cain Advantage Texas
C Ken Suarez vs Bill Freehan Advantage Detroit
1B Frank Howard vs Norm Cash Advantage Detroit
2B Dave Nelson vs Dick McAuliffe Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Dan Driessen Advantage Detroit
SS Bucky Dent vs Frank Duffy Advantage Texas
LF Larry Biittner vs Rusty Torres Advantage Push
CF Elliott Maddox vs Larry Hisle Advantage Detroit
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Al Kaline Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Willie Horton Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Push

Boom! Before even the first out of the game was made, Burroughs had himself a 3-run homer. And one out later, the Tigers were already into their bullpen as Cain complained of arm pain and had to leave the game. He was replaced by Earl Stephenson.

Freehan answered with a solo home run in the bottom of the second.

After three: Texas 3 Detroit 1.

In the top of the fourth, the Rangers had runners at first and second and two out when Fred Holdsworth made his first appearance of the season. Nelson singled to load the bases but Maddox lined out to right to retire the side.

In the bottom of the fifth, three walks loaded the bases for the Tigers with one out. Driessen drew walk number four of the innning to bring home a run. Mason booted a ball and the score was tied. A popout and strikeout ended the innning.

Holdsworth struck out the side in the top of the sixth.

Cash led off the bottom of the sixth with a home run and the Tigers had the lead. Kaline added a 2-run shot.

After six: Detroit 6 Texas 3.

The Rangers had runners at first and second with one out and Joe Niekro replaced Holdsworth on the mound for the Tigers and kept the Rangers from scoring.

Paul Lindblad took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the seventh.

After a horrible April, Lindblad has gotten his ERA to drop below 7.0.

In the top of the ninth, the Rangers loaded the bases with nobody out as a Burroughs single gave the Rangers 10 hits for the game. John Hiller replaced Niekro on the mound. And the Rangers scored nothing.

Final score: Detroit 6 Texas 3.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Al Kaline 1 for 2, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 4 Oakland 1 Game 1
Cleveland 6 Oakland 2 Game 2
Baltimore 8 California 0
Minnesota 9 Boston 4
Kansas City 8 Milwaukee 3
Chicago 3 New York 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 9 Houston 8
Atlanta 8 Philadelphia 4
Cincinnati 9 Montreal 1
San Francisco 11 Chicago 1 Game 1
Chicago 13 San Francisco 8 Game 2
St Louis 4 Los Angeles 0
San Diego 3 Pittsburgh 2

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Bobby Darwin Minnesota Twins 3 for 3, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, BB

2. Rick Monday Chicago Cubs 3 for 5, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 2 R, BB

3. Reggie Cleveland St Louis Cardinals 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, W

Baltimore's Dave McNally pitched a complete game shutout.


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MAY 7, 1973
The Rangers had the day off. They won't have another day off for 2 weeks.

AL Player of the Week: 1B George C Scott Milwaukee Brewers

NL Player of the Week: 1B Bill Buckner Los Angeles Dodgers

POWER RANKINGS
1. New York Mets
2. Kansas City Royals
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Baltimore Orioles
5. Minnesota Twins
6. Cincinnati Reds
7. Los Angeles Dodgers
8. Detroit Tigers
9. Philadelphia Phillies
10. New York Yankees
11. Atlanta Braves
12. Oakland Athletics
13. Milwaukee Brewers
14. St Louis Cardinals
15. San Diego Padres
16. Chicago White Sox
17. Boston Red Sox
18. California Angels
19. Pittsburgh Pirates
20. Cleveland Indians
21. Chicago Cubs
22. Montreal Expos
23. Houston Astros
24. Texas Rangers

STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST
Baltimore 15-10
Detroit 13-12
New York 13-12
Milwaukee 13-13
Boston 12-13
Cleveland 11-16

WEST
Kansas City 19-8
Minnesota 14-10
Oakland 14-13
California 11-13
Chicago 11-13
Texas 6-19

NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST
New York 20-4
Philadelphia 12-11
St Louis 12-13
Pittsburgh 12-14
Montreal 9-14
Chicago 10-19

WEST
San Francisco 19-11
Cincinnati 14-12
Los Angeles 15-13
Atlanta 13-12
San Diego 13-15
Houston 9-20

TEXAS RANGERS TEAM LEADERS
Batting Average Toby Harrah .267
Home Runs Jeff Burroughs 4
RBI Jeff Burroughs 16
ERA Dick Bosman 3.18
Wins Steve Rogers 2
Strikeouts Pete Broberg 25

TEXAS RANGERS TEAM STATS AND AL RANK
Runs Scored 83 11th
Batting Average .223 12th
OBP .294 12th
Home Runs 10 12th
Stolen Bases 10 t-6th
Runs Against 134 12th
Starters ERA 4.32 11th
Bullpen ERA 4.70 8th
Defensive Eff .699 6th

TEXAS RANGERS CURRENT INJURIES
CF Vic Harris Out, 6-7 weeks, DL, 0 Days left

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 13-12 at Minnesota 14-10
Oakland 14-13 at Baltimore 15-10
Boston 12-13 at Chicago 11-13

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 13-12 at New York 20-4
Houston 9-20 at Montreal 9-14
Cincinnati 14-12 at Philadelphia 12-11
Pittsburgh 12-14 at Los Angeles 15-13
Chicago 10-19 at San Diego 13-15

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 6 Minnesota 1 12 innings
Baltimore 6 Oakland 2
Boston 6 Chicago 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 5 New York 2
Houston 8 Montreal 6
Philadelphia 7 Cincinnati 3
Pittsburgh 3 Los Angeles 1
San Diego 3 Chicago 1

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Steve Carlton Philadelphia Phillies 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, W

2. Jim Wynn Houston Astros 3 for 4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB

3. Clay Kirby San Diego Padres 8.2 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, W



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MAY 8, 1973
The Rangers begin a stretch of 15 games in 14 days as they visit Milwaukee for a 2-game series against the Brewers. Texas took 2 out of 3 at home against Milwaukee in the last weekend of April. The Brewers loss to Kansas City on Sunday ended a 5-game win streak. The Brewers have the second best bullpen ERA in the league. Only two teams in the league have allowed fewer runs than Milwaukee. Only one team in the league has fewer stolen bases than the Brewers.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 11-13 at Cleveland 11-16
Oakland 14-14 at Baltimore 16-10
New York 14-12 at Minnesota 14-11
Detroit 13-12 at Kansas City 19-8
Boston 13-13 at Chicago 11-14

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 10-20 at Montreal 9-15
Cincinnati 14-13 at Philadelphia 13-11
Atlanta 14-12 at New York 20-5
Pittsburgh 13-14 at Los Angeles 15-14
Chicago 10-20 at San Diego 14-15
St Louis 12-13 at San Francisco 19-11

TEXAS RANGERS 6-19 AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS 13-13
MATCHUPS
SP Steve Rogers vs Ken Brett Advantage Push
C Dick Billings vs Darrell Porter Advantage Milwaukee
1B Frank Howard vs George C Scott Advantage Milwaukee
2B Dave Nelson vs Ron Theobald Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Aurelio Rodriguez Advantage Push
SS Bucky Dent vs Rick Auerbach Advantage Texas
LF Angel Mangual vs John E Briggs Advantage Milwaukee
CF Elliott Maddox vs Dave May Advantage Push
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Joe Lahoud Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Ellie Rodriguez Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Milwaukee

In the bottom of the first, Scott extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a single that loaded the bases with nobody out. Porter then gave the Brewers the lead with a sacrifice fly. May added a run-scoring single for his 20th RBI of the season.

Brett ended the top of the second by striking out Mangual for his 30th K of the season.

Burroughs put the Rangers on the board with an RBI double in the top of the third.

After three: Milwaukee 2 Texas 1.

The middle innings went by quietly.

After six: Milwaukee 2 Texas 1.

Harrah led off the top of the eighth with a game-tying home run. Bill Campbell replaced Brett right away.

With a runner on first and one out in the bottom of the eighth, Bill Gogolewski replaced Rogers. Porter gave the Brewers the lead with an RBI triple.

Final score: Milwaukee 3 Texas 2.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Ken Brett 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 6 California 4
Baltimore 6 Oakland 5 10 innings
New York 5 Minnesota 4
Kansas City 3 Detroit 1
Boston 6 Chicago 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 5 Houston 4
Philadelphia 6 Cincinnati 2
New York 5 Atlanta 3 11 innings
Los Angeles 7 Pittsburgh 2
Chicago 2 San Diego 1
St Louis 4 San Francisco 1

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Eric Soderholm Minnesota Twins 2 for 2, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB

2. Jim Rooker Kansas City Royals 8.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, W

3. Don Sutton Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, W

San Francisco 3B Dave Kingman committed 3 errors in the Giants loss to St Louis.

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MAY 9, 1973
The stretch of 13 straight games against the AL East ends tonight in Milwaukee as the Rangers face the Brewers for the fifth time this season. Each team has a pair of wins in the season series.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 11-14 at Cleveland 12-16
Oakland 14-15 at Baltimore 17-10
Detroit 13-13 at Kansas City 20-8
New York 15-12 at Minnesota 14-12

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 10-21 at Montreal 10-15
Atlanta 14-13 at New York 21-5
Cincinnati 14-14 at Philadelphia 14-11
St Louis 13-13 at San Francisco 19-12
Pittsburgh 13-15 at Los Angeles 16-14
Chicago 11-20 at San Diego 14-16

TEXAS RANGERS 6-20 AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS 14-13
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Skip Lockwood Advantage Milwaukee
C Ken Suarez vs Darrell Porter Advantage Milwaukee
1B Frank Howard vs George C Scott Advantage Milwaukee
2B Dave Nelson vs Bob Heise Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Aurelio Rodriguez Advantage Push
SS Bucky Dent vs Rick Auerbach Advantage Texas
LF Larry Biittner vs John E Briggs Advantage Milwaukee
CF Elliott Maddox vs Dave May Advantage Push
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Joe Lahoud Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Ellie Rodriguez Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Milwaukee

Burroughs continued to pound the ball, smashing a solo shot in the top of the first.

Scott tied the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the first.

May gave the Brewers the lead back with an RBI single in the bottom of the third.

After three: Milwaukee 2 Texas 1.

Auerbach got a sacrifice fly RBI in the bottom of the fourth. Briggs added a run-scoring double for his 10th RBI of the season.

Rain began to fall in the top of the fifth. And the game went into a 49 minute rain delay.

With a runner on first and one out in the top of the sixth, Frank Linzy replaced Lockwood on the mound.

Lahoud led off the bottom of the sixth with a single to give the Brewers 10 hits in the game. Then, Auerbach came through again, this time with an RBI double. With a runner on second and two out, Danny Fife replaced Bosman and immediately gave up an RBI single to Briggs. The Brewers loaded the bases with two out but May grounded out to end the inning.

After six: Milwaukee 6 Texas 1.

In the top of the seventh, Maddox scored on a wild pitch.

In the bottom of the seventh, a single by Ellie Rodriguez scored Aurelio Rodriguez. The Rangers third error of the game helped the Brewers load the bases with two out and then Scott passed the 20 RBI mark on the season by hitting a grand slam.

The Rangers loaded the bases with one out in the top of the eighth and then Maddox added a 2-run single.

A leadoff single in the bottom of the eighth brought Paul Lindblad out to replace Fife.

Bill Parsons came on to pitch the ninth for the Brewers.

The Brewers ended up out hitting the Rangers in the contest 18-7.

Final score: Milwaukee 11 Texas 4.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
John E Briggs 4 for 4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 3 RBI, BB

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 2 California 1 11 innings
Oakland 4 Baltimore 2 10 innings
Kansas City 5 Detroit 3
Minnesota 2 New York 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 6 Montreal 2
New York 4 Atlanta 0
Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 0
San Francisco 5 St Louis 0
Los Angeles 2 Pittsburgh 1
Chicago 10 San Diego 3

TOP PERFORMERS
1. John E Briggs Milwaukee Brewers 4 for 4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB

2. Jon Matlack New York Mets 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, W

3. George C Scott Milwaukee Brewers 3 for 5, HR, 5 RBI, R

San Francisco's Steve Stone pitched a complete game shutout.

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MAY 10, 1973
The Rangers return home for their first 4-game series of the season as they face Oakland for the first time this season. The preseason favorites to win the West, the Athletics sit at .500 after last night's win ended a 4-game losing streak. While ranking in the top three in runs scored, they are not a good team in terms of batting average. In fact, the only team in the league that is worse is the Rangers. But only one team in the league has more stolen bases than Oakland.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 13-16 at Boston 14-13
Detroit 13-14 at Kansas City 21-8
Chicago 11-15 at California 11-15

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 13-14 at San Francisco 20-12

OAKLAND ATHLETICS 15-15 at TEXAS RANGERS 6-21
The game was cancelled due to bad weather.

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 6 Cleveland 2
Kansas City 7 Detroit 2
California 2 Chicago 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 9 San Francisco 0

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Scipio Spinks St Louis Cardinals 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, W

2. John Curtis Boston Red Sox 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, W

3. Lou Brock St Louis Cardinals 4 for 5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R



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MAY 11, 1973
The Rangers first double header of the season was not supposed to take place until Monday, May 14. But, because of yesterday's rainout, the Rangers and Athletics will battle in a Friday day-night double header.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 13-17 at Boston 15-13
Milwaukee 15-13 at Detroit 13-15
Baltimore 17-11 at New York 15-13
Minnesota 15-12 at Kansas City 22-8
Chicago 11-16 at California 12-15

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 15-11 at Chicago 12-20
San Diego 14-17 at Atlanta 14-14
New York 22-5 at Pittsburgh 13-16
Montreal 10-16 at St Louis 14-14
Cincinnati 14-15 at Houston 11-21
Los Angeles 17-14 at San Francisco 20-13

OAKLAND ATHLETICS 15-15 AT TEXAS RANGERS 6-21 GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Vida Blue vs Kevin Kobel Advantage Oakland
C Gene Tenace vs Dick Billings Advantage Oakland
1B Mike Epstein vs Frank Howard Advantage Oakland
2B Dick Green vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Sal Bando vs Jim Mason Advantage Oakland
SS Bert Campaneris vs Ted Kubiak Advantage Oakland
LF Joe Rudi vs Larry Biittner Advantage Oakland
CF George Hendrick vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Oakland
RF Reggie Jackson vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Push
DH Steve R Ontiveros vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Oakland

Campaneris put the Athletics on the board in the top of the third with an RBI double. Bando added an RBI single.

After three: Oakland 2 Texas 0.

The Rangers produced their first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth with a Burroughs groundout RBI.

After six: Oakland 2 Texas 1.

In the top of the seventh, the Athletics had a runner on first and one out when the Rangers went to the bullpen. Mike Garman replaced Kobel.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Rangers loaded the bases with one out. But failed to tie the game.

In the top of the eighth, Garman struck out Tenace for his 10th K of the season. But the Athletics got a run in on the Rangers second error of the innning and third error of the game. Epstein then added a 2-run single to go over 20 RBI on the season.

In the bottom of the eighth, Burroughs got his 20th RBI of the season with a run-scoring double. But he would be thrown out at home trying to score from second on a Harrah single to left.

The three unearned runs in the eighth ended up being the difference.

Final score: Oakland 5 Texas 2.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Vida Blue 9.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

OAKLAND ATHLETICS 16-15 AT TEXAS RANGERS 6-22 GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Denny McLain vs Pete Broberg Advantage Texas
C Curt Blefary vs Ken Suarez Advantage Push
1B Mike Epstein vs Frank Howard Advantage Oakland
2B Lenny Randle vs Dave Nelson Advantage Push
3B Sal Bando vs Jim Mason Advantage Oakland
SS Bert Campaneris vs Bucky Dent Advantage Oakland
LF Joe Rudi vs Larry Biittner Advantage Oakland
CF George Hendrick vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Oakland
RF Reggie Jackson vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Push
DH Mike Hegan vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas

Hegan led off the top of the third with a home run.

After three: Oakland 1 Texas 0.

In the top of the fifth, Rudi hit a 2-run homer.

In the top of the sixth, it was Epstein's turn to belt a 2-run shot.

After six: Oakland 5 Texas 0.

In the top of the seventh, the Athletics showed that they don't need home runs to score as Bando got an RBI single. It was Oakland's 10th hit of the game. The next batter, Epstein, hit his second home run of the game, a 3-run shot that made it 9-0. With one out in the innning, Paul Lindblad replaced Broberg.

McLain went the distance as the Athletics out hit the Rangers 14-3.

Final score: Oakland 9 Texas 0.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Mike Epstein 4 for 5, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 5 Cleveland 4
Milwaukee 10 Detroit 1
Baltimore 5 New York 1
Kansas City 2 Minnesota 1
California 7 Chicago 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 8 Chicago 5
San Diego 4 Atlanta 1
New York 6 Pittsburgh 3
Montreal 1 St Louis 0
Cincinnati 5 Houston 4
San Francisco 4 Los Angeles 2

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Mike Epstein Oakland Athletics 5 for 9, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 R

2. Rusty Staub New York Mets 3 for 4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R

3. Denny McLain Oakland Athletics 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, W

Mets manager Yogi Berra went on an angry rant at reporters and was fined by the league. The amount of the fine was not disclosed.



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MAY 12, 1973
The double header sweep yesterday gives the Rangers 6 straight losses. They have lost 9 of their last 10. They host the Athletics again tonight in the third game of this four game series.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 13-18 at Boston 16-13
Milwaukee 16-13 at Detroit 13-16
Baltimore 18-11 at New York 15-14
Chicago 11-17 at California 15-15
Minnesota 15-13 at Kansas City 23-8

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 23-5 at Pittsburgh 13-17
Philadelphia 16-11 at Chicago 12-21
San Diego 15-17 at Atlanta 14-15
Los Angeles 17-15 at San Francisco 21-13
Montreal 11-16 at St Louis 14-15
Cincinnati 15-15 at Houston 11-22

OAKLAND ATHLETICS 17-15 AT TEXAS RANGERS 6-23
MATCHUPS
SP Catfish Hunter vs Don Stanhouse Advantage Oakland
C Gene Tenace vs Ken Suarez Advantage Oakland
1B Mike Epstein vs Frank Howard Advantage Oakland
2B Dick Green vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Sal Bando vs Ted Kubiak Advantage Oakland
SS Bert Campaneris vs Bucky Dent Advantage Oakland
LF Joe Rudi vs Larry Biittner Advantage Oakland
CF George Hendrick vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Oakland
RF Reggie Jackson vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Push
DH Willie Mays vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas

Rudi got an infield single in the top of the first to run his hit streak to 11 games. Jackson then mashed a 3-run homer.

Harrah put the Rangers on the board in the bottom of the first with an RBI groundout.

After three: Oakland 3 Texas 1.

After Hendrick led off the top of the fifth with a single, Danny Fife replaced Stanhouse on the mound.

The 42 year old Mays got an RBI double in the top of the sixth. Mays later scored on a Hendrick's sacrifice fly.

After six: Oakland 5 Texas 1.

The Athletics had a runner on first and one out in the top of the seventh and Bill Gogolewski replaced Fife on the mound for the Rangers.

Bando had a two out double in the top of the ninth to give the Athletics 10 hits in the game. But he also left with an injury and was replaced by Steve R Ontiveros.

Final score: Oakland 5 Texas 1.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Catfish Hunter 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 5 Cleveland 3
Milwaukee 11 Detroit 7
New York 2 Baltimore 0
Chicago 5 California 4
Kansas City 5 Minnesota 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5 New York 4 12 innings
Philadelphia 6 Chicago 0
Atlanta 6 San Diego 3
San Francisco 3 Los Angeles 1
Montreal 8 St Louis 3
Cincinnati 4 Houston 2

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Doc Medich New York Yankees 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, W

2. Catfish Hunter Oakland Athletics 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, W

3. Luis Tiant Boston Red Sox 9.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, W

Cincinnati SS Dave Concepcion will be listed as DtD for the next 4 weeks due to a strained oblique.

Philadelphia's Steve Carlton pitched a complete game shutout.

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MAY 13, 1973
The final game of the series against the Athletics. Oakland has outscored Texas in this series 19-3.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 18-12 at New York 16-14 (2)
Cleveland 13-19 at Boston 17-13
Milwaukee 17-13 at Detroit 13-17
Minnesota 15-14 at Kansas City 24-8
Chicago 12-17 at California 13-16

NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 15-18 at Atlanta 15-15 (2)
New York 23-6 at Pittsburgh 14-17
Philadelphia 17-11 at Chicago 12-22 (2)
Montreal 12-16 at St Louis 14-16
Cincinnati 16-15 at Houston 11-23
Los Angeles 17-16 at San Francisco 22-13

OAKLAND ATHLETICS 18-15 AT TEXAS RANGERS 6-24
MATCHUPS
SP Ken Holtzman vs Steve Rogers Advantage Texas
C Gene Tenace vs Dick Billings Advantage Oakland
1B Mike Epstein vs Frank Howard Advantage Oakland
2B Dick Green vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Steve R Ontiveros vs Jim Mason Advantage Oakland
LF Joe Rudi vs Larry Biittner Advantage Oakland
CF George Hendrick vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Oakland
RF Reggie Jackson vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Oakland
DH Mike Hegan vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas

Maddox scored on a throwing error in the bottom of the first to give the Rangers the lead for the first time in the series. Biittner added an RBI triple.

In the bottom of the third, the Rangers loaded the bases with two out but Howard grounded out to short to end the inning.

After three: Texas 2 Oakland 0.

In the bottom of the fourth, the Rangers loaded the bases with one out. Burroughs then crushed a grand slam!

Hendrick put the Athletics on the board in the top of the fifth with an RBI single.

Howard led off the bottom of the fifth with a single for the Rangers 10th hit of the game.

Dave Hamilton took the mound for the Athletics in the bottom of the sixth.

After six: Texas 6 Oakland 1.

In the bottom of the ninth, Rogers struck out Tenace for his 30th K of the season.

Final score' Texas 6 Oakland 1.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Steve Rogers 9.0 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 6 New York 0 Game 1
New York 3 Baltimore 1 Game 2
Boston 3 Cleveland 0
Milwaukee 3 Detroit 2
Kansas City 11 Minnesota 2
Chicago 4 California 1 18 innings

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 10 San Diego 9 Game 1
Atlanta 18 San Diego 1 Game 2
New York 4 Pittsburgh 3 10 innings
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2 Game 1
Philadelphia 11 Chicago 3 Game 2
Montreal 3 St Louis 0
Houston 1 Cincinnati 0
San Francisco 4 Los Angeles 3

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Ralph Garr Atlanta Braves 7 for 12, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB

2. Von Joshua Atlanta Braves 7 for 12, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB

3. Mike Lum Atlanta Braves 3 for 10, HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, BB

Baltimore's Jim Palmer, Boston's Bill F Lee and Montreal's Ernie McAnally all pitched complete game shutouts.



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MAY 14, 1973
The Rangers host the Twins for three games in two days. Today is the officially scheduled first double header of the season for the Rangers. Minnesota has lost three straight and five of their last six. Only one team has a higher bullpen ERA in the American League than the Twins. Minnesota swept the three game series between the two teams at home back in April.

AL Player of the Week: 1B George C Scott Milwaukee Brewers

NL Player of the Week: RF Rusty Staub New York Mets

POWER RANKINGS
1. New York Mets
2. Kansas City Royals
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Milwaukee Brewers
5. Boston Red Sox
6. Philadelphia Phillies
7. Baltimore Orioles
8. Atlanta Braves
9. New York Yankees
10. Oakland Athletics
11. Cincinnati Reds
12. Los Angeles Dodgers
13. Minnesota Twins
14. Montreal Expos
15. Chicago White Sox
16. St Louis Cardinals
17. Pittsburgh Pirates
18. San Diego Padres
19. California Angels
20. Detroit Tigers
21. Cleveland Indians
22. Chicago Cubs
23. Houston Astros
24. Texas Rangers

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 13-18 at New York 17-15
Baltimore 19-13 at Boston 18-13
California 13-17 at Kansas City 25-8
Cleveland 13-20 at Milwaukee 18-13
Chicago 13-17 at Oakland 18-16

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 24-6 at Chicago 13-23
Montreal 13-16 at Pittsburgh 14-18
Philadelphia 18-12 at St Louis 14-17
Atlanta 17-15 at Houston 12-23
San Francisco 23-13 at San Diego 15-20

MINNESOTA TWINS 15-15 AT TEXAS RANGERS 7-24 GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Ray Corbin vs Dick Bosman Advantage Minnesota
C George Mitterwald vs Ken Suarez Advantage Minnesota
1B Harmon Killebrew vs Frank Howard Advantage Push
2B Rod Carew vs Dave Nelson Advantage Minnesota
3B Eric Soderholm vs Jim Mason Advantage Minnesota
SS Ray Busse vs Bucky Dent Advantage Texas
LF Steve Brye vs Larry Biittner Advantage Minnesota
CF Mickey Stanley vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Bobby Darwin vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Tony Oliva vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Texas

The Twins loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the first. Darwin brought in the game's first run with a sacrifice fly. Oliva added a run-scoring single for his 10th RBI of the season. Stanley followed up with his own RBI single. Brye then smacked a 2-run double as Minnesota batted around the order in the innning.

Stanley came through again as he got an RBI double in the top of the third.

After three: Minnesota 6 Texas 0.

Carew added to the Rangers misery in the top of the fourth with an RBI triple. Darwin followed up with his 10th homer of the season, a 2-run blast that traveled 355 feet.

Carew injured his leg making a catch in the bottom of the fourth and was replaced by Dan Monzon.

Corbin got the bottom of the sixth started by striking out Harrah for his 30th K of the season.

After six: Minnesota 9 Texas 0.

In the top of the seventh, Stanley tripled to give the Twins 10 hits for the game and leaving himself a home run shy of hitting for the cycle.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Rangers had a runner on first and one out. Jim Perry replaced Corbin on the mound for the Twins.

The Rangers finally pulled Bosman in the top of the ninth with a runner on third and two out. Paul Lindblad came in and threw a wild pitch that scored Killebrew.

Final score: Minnesota 10 Texas 0.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Ray Corbin 6.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 5 K

MINNESOTA TWINS 16-15 AT TEXAS RANGERS 7-25 GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Glenn Abbott vs Kevin Kobel Advantage Minnesota
C Glenn Borgmann vs Dick Billings Advantage Minnesota
1B Harmon Killebrew vs Frank Howard Advantage Push
2B Dan Monzon vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Eric Soderholm vs Jim Mason Advantage Minnesota
SS Ray Busse vs Bucky Dent Advantage Texas
LF Steve Brye vs Larry Biittner Advantage Minnesota
CF Mickey Stanley vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Bobby Darwin vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Tony Oliva vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Texas

Kobel struck out Darwin to lead off the top of the second for his 10th K of the season.

Kobel was perfect through three.

Biittner got his 10th RBI of the season with a run-scoring single in the bottom of the third. The inning ended, however, with Nelson being thrown out at home trying to score on a Burroughs flyout to center.

After three: Texas 1 Minnesota 0.

The Twins got their first baserunner of the game when Darwin led off the top of the fifth with a double. Stanley, who was a home run short of hitting for the cycle in Game 1, smacked a 3-run homer to give the Twins the lead.

After six: Minnesota 3 Texas 1.

In the top of the eighth, the Twins had a runner on first and two out when Mike Garman replaced Kobel on the mound.

In the bottom of the eighth, Abbott struck out Biittner for his 10th K of the season. With a runner on first and two out, Dave LaRoche replaced Abbott.

Final score: Minnesota 3 Texas 1.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Glenn Abbott 7.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 7 Baltimore 6 13 innings
Detroit 2 New York 0
Cleveland 8 Milwaukee 5
Oakland 9 Chicago 8
California at Kansas City ppd

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 5 Chicago 1
Pittsburgh 3 Montreal 1
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 3
Houston 4 Atlanta 3
San Francisco 4 San Diego 3 11 innings

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Dick Allen Chicago White Sox 3 for 3, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB

2. Mickey Stanley Minnesota Twins 4 for 8, 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R

3. Jon Matlack New York Mets 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, W

Detroit's Joe H Coleman pitched a complete game shutout.


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MAY 15, 1973
The final game of the series against the Twins. Minnesota outscored Texas 13-1 in yesterday's double header. In the five games against the Twins this season, the Rangers have been held to a single run or less three times.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
California 13-17 at Kansas City 25-8
Detroit 14-18 at New York 17-16
Baltimore 19-14 at Boston 19-13
Chicago 13-18 at Oakland 19-16
Cleveland 14-20 at Milwaukee 18-14

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 25-6 at Chicago 13-24
Philadelphia 19-12 at St Louis 14-18
Los Angeles 17-17 at Cincinnati 16-16
Montreal 13-17 at Pittsburgh 15-18
Atlanta 17-16 at Houston 13-23
San Francisco 24-13 at San Diego 15-21

MINNESOTA TWINS 17-15 AT TEXAS RANGERS 7-26
MATCHUPS
SP Jim Kaat vs Pete Broberg Advantage Push
C George Mitterwald vs Ken Suarez Advantage Minnesota
1B Harmon Killebrew vs Frank Howard Advantage Push
2B Dan Monzon vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Eric Soderholm vs Jim Mason Advantage Minnesota
SS Ray Busse vs Bucky Dent Advantage Texas
LF Steve Brye vs Larry Biittner Advantage Minnesota
CF Mickey Stanley vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Bobby Darwin vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Tony Oliva vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Texas

Oliva put the Twins on the board in the top of the first with an RBI single.

Broberg ended the top of the second by striking out Soderholm for his 30th K of the season.

After three: Minnesota 1 Texas 0.

Burroughs tied the game with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the fourth. Mason got his 10th RBI of the season and gave the Rangers the lead with a sacrifice fly.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Rangers had a runner on first and two out. Wayne Granger was brought in to replace Kaat on the mound.

After six: Texas 2 Minnesota 1.

In the top of the seventh, the Twins had a runner on first and two out and Paul Lindblad replaced Broberg on the mound. Killebrew then gave the Twins the lead back with a 2-run homer.

Linblad started the top of the eighth by striking out Darwin for his 10th K of the season.

Dave LaRoche came on to pitch for the Twins in the bottom of the eighth.

Rain began to fall in the bottom of the ninth. But it stopped almost as soon as it started. The Twins fifth error of the game gave the Rangers a chance as the tying run was on second but Biittner flew out to end the game.

Final score: Minnesota 3 Texas 2.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Jim Kaat 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 9 California 7 11 innings Game 1
California 12 Kansas City 7 Game 2
Detroit 11 New York 2
Baltimore 6 Boston 5
Oakland 4 Chicago 1
Milwaukee 5 Cleveland 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 6 New York 5 10 innings
Philadelphia 3 St Louis 1
Cincinnati 4 Los Angeles 1
Montreal 11 Pittsburgh 0
Atlanta 6 Houston 5
San Francisco 5 San Diego 2

TOP PERFORMERS
1. John Mayberry Sr Kansas City Royals 5 for 8, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB

2. Vida Blue Oakland Athletics 8.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K

3. Jim Northrup Kansas City Royals 4 for 7, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB

Baltimore CF Paul Blair had 5 hits in the Orioles win over Boston.

Montreal's Mike Torrez pitched a complete game shutout.

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MAY 16, 1973
The best team in the American League is in the Lone Star State! For two days. The Royals visit Texas. Kansas City's loss in the second game of the double header yesterday ended an 8 game winning streak. The Royals lead the league in runs scored, batting average and OBP. Only one team has hit more home runs than Kansas City and only two teams have more stolen bases. However, only one team in the league has a worse defensive efficiency. The two teams met in Kansas City in early April and the Royals swept the three game series.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 19-14 at New York 17-17
Boston 19-14 at Detroit 15-18
Chicago 13-19 at Minnesota 18-15
Oakland 20-16 at California 14-18

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 14-19 at Chicago 14-24
New York 25-7 at Montreal 14-17
Philadelphia 20-12 at Pittsburgh 15-19
Los Angeles 17-18 at Cincinnati 17-16
Atlanta 18-16 at Houston 13-24
San Francisco 25-13 at San Diego 15-22

KANSAS CITY ROYALS 26-9 AT TEXAS RANGERS 7-27
MATCHUPS
SP Steve Busby vs Don Stanhouse Advantage Kansas City
C Ed Kirkpatrick vs Dick Billings Advantage Kansas City
1B John Mayberry Sr vs Frank Howard Advantage Kansas City
2B Cookie Rojas vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Paul Schaal vs Jim Mason Advantage Kansas City
SS Freddie Patek vs Bucky Dent Advantage Kansas City
LF Jim Northrup vs Larry Biittner Advantage Kansas City
CF Amos Otis vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Kansas City
RF Richie Scheinblum vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Bob Oliver vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Kansas City

The first run of the game was unearned as the Royals cashed in a throwing error with a Mayberry RBI single in the top of the first.

Burroughs singled in the bottom of the first to extend his hit streak to 11 games.

After three: Kansas City 1 Texas 0.

Oliver led off the top of the fourth with a home run. With a runner on first and two out, the Rangers went to the bullpen real early and brought in Danny Fife.

After six: Kansas City 2 Texas 0.

Fife brought his ERA from above 7.0 to below 4.0 but left the game with one out in the top of the eighth after injuring his elbow. Mike Garman took the mound for the Rangers in his place.

Howard has been abysmal with a .133 batting average but he led off the bottom of the ninth with a home run to prevent the shutout. But that would be all the Rangers would get.

Final score: Kansas City 2 Texas 1.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Steve Busby 9.0 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 5 Milwaukee 3
Boston 4 Detroit 2
Minnesota 8 Chicago 7 14 innings
Oakland 3 California 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 9 St Louis 0
New York 7 Montreal 4
Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 1
Los Angeles 8 Cincinnati 2
Atlanta 4 Houston 1
San Diego 5 San Francisco 4

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Burt Hooton Chicago Cubs 9.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, W

2. Steve Carlton Philadelphia Phillies 9.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, W

3. Manny Mota Los Angeles Dodgers 5 for 6, 2B, 3B, 3 R

Milwaukee 1B George C Scott has hit safely in 20 straight games.

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MAY 17, 1973
The second game of the short series against the Royals. The Rangers are 2-13 in the month of May.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 20-14 at Cleveland 14-21
Boston 20-14 at Detroit 15-19
Milwaukee 19-15 at New York 18-17
Chicago 13-20 at Minnesota 19-15
Oakland 21-16 at California 14-19

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles 18-18 at Cincinnati 17-17
St Louis 14-20 at Chicago 15-24
New York 26-7 at Montreal 14-18
Philadelphia 21-12 at Pittsburgh 15-20
Atlanta 19-16 at Houston 13-25

KANSAS CITY ROYALS 27-9 AT TEXAS RANGERS 7-28
MATCHUPS
SP Al Fitzmorris vs Steve Rogers Advantage Texas
C Ed Kirkpatrick vs Ken Suarez Advantage Kansas City
1B John Mayberry Sr vs Frank Howard Advantage Kansas City
2B Cookie Rojas vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Paul Schaal vs Jim Mason Advantage Kansas City
SS Freddie Patek vs Bucky Dent Advantage Kansas City
LF Jim Northrup vs Larry Biittner Advantage Kansas City
CF Amos Otis vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Kansas City
RF Richie Scheinblum vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Bob Oliver vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Kansas City

In the bottom of the first, Burroughs singled to stretch his hitting streak to 12 games. He is now hitting .323 on the season, looking to be the first Ranger to hit .300.

After three: Kansas City 0 Texas 0.

Rojas put the Royals on the board with an RBI double in the top of the fourth. Kirkpatrick added an RBI single.

The bottom of the fourth ended with Fitzmorris striking out Mason for his 10th K of the season.

The Royals loaded the bases with one out in the top of the sixth. But failed to add to their lead.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Rangers got runners on the corners with one out. The Royals made a pitching change and brought in Bruce Dal Canton. Howard grounded one to third but beat out the double play, allowing Biittner to score from third.

After six: Kansas City 2 Texas 1.

With one out in the top of the seventh, Rogers issued his seventh walk of the game and was replaced by Mike Garman.

The Rangers committed 2 errors in the top of the eighth (putting them at 4 for the game) and the Royals loaded the bases with nobody out. Patek brought in a run with a sacrifice fly. But that would be all they would get.

The highest scoring team in the American League was held to just 5 runs in the 2 game series. And still won both games.

Final score: Kansas City 3 Texas 1.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Al Fitzmorris 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 7 Baltimore 5
Detroit 8 Boston 1
New York 8 Milwaukee 2
Minnesota 3 Chicago 2
California 4 Oakland 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 3 Los Angeles 2 10 innings
St Louis 8 Chicago 6
New York 5 Montreal 0
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 4
Atlanta 2 Houston 0

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Tom Seaver New York Mets 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, W

2. George H Stone Atlanta Braves 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, W

3. Charlie Spikes New York Yankees 3 for 4, HR, 4 RBI, R



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MAY 18, 1973
The Rangers travel to California for a three game series that does not promise many runs will be scored. In fact, these are the two lowest scoring teams in the American League. They are also tied for the fewest home runs hit in the league. The Angels have had strong pitching and defense which is even worse news for the abysmal Texas offense. Only one team in the league has allowed fewer runs. Only one team has a lower starters ERA. And only one team has a better defensive efficiency than California. The Angels have lost 4 of their last 6 and are just 5-10 in May. These two teams played in Texas in April and the Rangers won 2 out of 3. The Rangers have lost RP Danny Fife for the rest of the year because of a torn flexor tendon in his elbow. He is expected to miss 13 months.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 19-16 at New York 19-17
Baltimore 20-15 at Cleveland 15-21
Boston 20-15 at Detroit 16-19
Minnesota 20-15 at Chicago 13-21
Kansas City 28-9 at Oakland 21-17

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 15-20 at Montreal 14-19
Pittsburgh 15-21 at New York 27-7
Chicago 15-25 at Philadelphia 22-12
San Diego 16-22 at Cincinnati 18-17
Los Angeles 18-19 at Atlanta 20-16
San Francisco 25-14 at Houston 13-26

TEXAS RANGERS 7-29 AT CALIFORNIA ANGELS 15-19
MATCHUPS
SP Rich Hand vs Nolan Ryan Advantage California
C Dick Billings vs Jeff Torborg Advantage Push
1B Frank Howard vs Jim Spencer Advantage Texas
2B Dave Nelson vs Sandy Alomar Sr Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Ken McMullen Advantage California
SS Ted Kubiak vs Leo Cardenas Advantage Push
LF Tom Grieve vs Billy Parker Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Ken Berry Advantage Texas
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Leroy Stanton Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Orlando Cepeda Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Texas

The top of the first ended with Ryan striking out Howard with two men on. That put Ryan's strikeout total to 80 on the season which, surprise surprise, leads the American League.

Kubiak put the Rangers on the board in the top of the second with an RBI single. Nelson also got an RBI with a grounball out. A wild pitch and an error helped manufacture that run.

After three: Texas 2 California 0.

Hand struck out Berry in the bottom of the fourth for his 10th K of the season. Just 70 more to go to catch Nolan Ryan.

Ryan was having trouble with the strike zone and his 7th walk of the game came in the top of the fifth and loaded the bases with nobody out. That was followed by a run-scoring infield single by Harrah. Howard then brought a run home with a sacrifice fly.

Cepeda got the Angels on the board with a 2-run single in the bottom of the sixth.

After six: Texas 4 California 2.

Ryan found his groove in the top of the seventh and struck out the side.

The Rangers got the first two men on base in the top of the ninth and the Angels pulled Ryan and brought in Dave Sells to pitch. The Rangers did not score as Burroughs flied out to retire the side and ended his hit streak at 12 games.

A one out walk in the bottom of the ninth ended the night for Hand as Bill Gogolewski was brought in to try and close it out. One 4-6-3 double play later and the Rangers losing streak ended at 5 games.

Final score: Texas 4 California 2.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Rich Hand 8.1 IP 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 4 New York 3
Baltimore 7 Cleveland 1
Detroit 7 Boston 1
Minnesota 5 Chicago 4
Kansas City 4 Oakland 2 13 innings

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 8 Montreal 4
Pittsburgh 6 New York 2
Chicago 7 Philadelphia 5
San Diego 12 Cincinnati 5
Los Angeles 7 Atlanta 4
Houston 8 San Francisco 4

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Billy L Williams Chicago Cubs 2 for 3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB

2. Jim Palmer Baltimore Orioles 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, W

3. Mickey Lolich Detroit Tigers 8.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, W

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