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MAY 27, 1973
The Texas Rangers finally have 10 wins this season! They remain in New York for the third game of the series against the Yankees.
The Minnesota Twins have placed 2B Rod Carew on the DL with a torn meniscus in his knee. He is expected to miss 4-5 months.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 26-16 at Minnesota 26-17 (2)
Oakland 26-20 at Detroit 22-22
California 19-22 at Milwaukee 23-20 (2)
Cleveland 20-26 at Chicago 16-27
Boston 22-21 at Kansas City 31-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 21-28 at Cincinnati 21-22
Houston 18-29 at Pittsburgh 19-25
Philadelphia 27-16 at San Diego 18-28 (2)
Atlanta 22-23 at St Louis 19-25
New York 32-11 at Los Angeles 25-21
Montreal 17-25 at San Francisco 31-17
TEXAS RANGERS 10-33 AT NEW YORK 22-24
MATCHUPS
SP Steve Rogers vs Mike Kekich Advantage Texas
C Ken Suarez vs Thurman Munson Advantage New York
1B Frank Howard vs Felipe Alou Advantage Texas
2B Dave Nelson vs Horace Clarke Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Dave Chalk Advantage New York
SS Ted Kubiak vs Gene Michael Advantage New York
LF Larry Biittner vs Roy White Advantage New York
CF Elliott Maddox vs Bobby Murcer Advantage New York
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Charlie Spikes Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Ron Blomberg Advantage New York
Overall Advantage New York
White led off the bottom of the first with a home run. Murcer hit a solo home run as well.
After three: New York 2 Texas 0.
Chalk had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth. Alou scored on a wild pitch. Blomberg added an RBI single.
After six: New York 5 Texas 0.
Maddox singled in the top of the seventh to run his hit streak to 12 games. Suarez put the Rangers on the board with an RBI single. Kubiak added an RBI single as well. Nelson hit an RBI double.
Blomberg led off the bottom of the eighth with a single for the Yankees 10th hit of the game.
In the top of the ninth, with a runner on first and two out, Sparky Lyle replaced Kekich and got pinch hitter Angel Mangual to ground out to end the game.
Final score: New York 5 Texas 3.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Mike Kekich 8.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 9 Minnesota 3 Game 1
Baltimore 4 Minnesota 3 Game 2
Detroit 8 Oakland 1
California 6 Milwaukee 4 Game 1
Milwaukee 10 California 3 Game 2
Chicago 4 Cleveland 0
Boston 7 Kansas City 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 7 Chicago 3
Pittsburgh 2 Houston 1
San Diego 5 Philadelphia 4 Game 1
Philadelphia 5 San Diego 2 Game 2
St Louis 3 Atlanta 2 10 innings
New York 9 Los Angeles 4
Montreal 13 San Francisco 10 10 innings
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Bob Bailey Montreal Expos 3 for 4, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 R, 3 BB
2. John E Briggs 5 for 8, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
3. Dave Rader San Francisco Giants 3 for 4, HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB
White Sox SP Wilbur Wood pitched a complete game shutout.
LF Gary Matthews Sr of the Giants has a 20 game hit streak.
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