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JUNE 15, 1973
The Rangers are in Baltimore for a weekend series against the Orioles. Baltimore has the best record in all of baseball. The Orioles just saw an 8 game winning streak come to an end against Kansas City. Baltimore is 10-2 in the month of June. The Orioles took 2 out of 3 against the Rangers in Texas at the beginning of the month. Baltimore leads the league in batting average, OBP, stolen bases, runs against, starters ERA, bullpen ERA and defensive efficiency. The Orioles are third in the league in runs scored. Only teams, Texas being one of them, have hit fewer home runs than Baltimore.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 33-27 at Detroit 29-30
Kansas City 38-25 at Cleveland 26-36
Milwaukee 31-30 at Chicago 21-38
New York 28-35 at California 30-29
Boston 30-30 at Oakland 39-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles 33-29 at Montreal 26-31
Chicago 31-35 at Atlanta 28-34
Pittsburgh 25-35 at Cincinnati 33-26
San Diego 24-38 at New York 38-20
San Francisco 40-24 at Philadelphia 34-26
St Louis 29-33 at Houston 27-37
TEXAS RANGERS 17-42 AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES 42-18
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Dave McNally Advantage Baltimore
C Dick Billings vs Andy Etchebarren Advantage Push
1B Frank Howard vs Davey Johnson Advantage Baltimore
2B Dave Nelson vs Bobby Grich Advantage Baltimore
3B Jim Mason vs Brooks Robinson Advantage Baltimore
SS Bucky Dent vs Mark Belanger Advantage Texas
LF Larry Biittner vs Don Baylor Advantage Baltimore
CF Elliott Maddox vs Paul Blair Advantage Baltimore
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Al Bumbry Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Boog Powell Advantage Push
Overall Advantage Baltimore
Bosman struck out Bumbry to begin the bottom of the first for his 40th K of the season.
Etchebarren put the Orioles on the board in the bottom of the second with an RBI double. Bumbry added an RBI single to run his hit streak to 14 games. Grich brought in the inning's third run with a sacrifice fly.
After three: Baltimore 3 Texas 0.
Burroughs led off the top of the fourth with a home run that brought his average back to .300.
In the bottom of the fourth, Grich got an RBI single.
Harrah hit an RBI double in the top of the sixth.
After six: Baltimore 4 Texas 2.
With a runner on first and two out in the bottom of the seventh, Paul Lindblad replaced Bosman on the mound for the Rangers.
In the bottom of the eighth with the bases empty and two out, Lindblad left the game with an injured shoulder and was replaced by Mike Garman.
Final score: Baltimore 4 Texas 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dave McNally 9.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 10 Minnesota 6
Kansas City 10 Cleveland 0
Milwaukee 3 Chicago 1
New York 8 California 1
Oakland 7 Boston 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 5 Los Angeles 2
Chicago 3 Atlanta 2
Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 1
New York 2 San Diego 1
San Francisco 8 Philadelphia 5
Houston 4 St Louis 3 11 innings
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Gary Matthews Sr San Francisco Giants 3 for 4, 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB
2. Steve Busby Kansas City Royals 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, W
3. Lou Piniella Kansas City Royals 2 for 3, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
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