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AUGUST 25, 1973
Saturday afternoon baseball in Cleveland. The second game of the four game series between the Rangers and Indians.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 61-66 at Chicago 57-69
Kansas City 68-60 at Baltimore 78-49
New York 65-65 at Oakland 68-49
Milwaukee 63-65 at Minnesota 66-60
Boston 63-66 at California 64-62
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 81-46 at New York 71-56
San Diego 50-78 at Montreal 56-72
Pittsburgh 58-67 at Atlanta 57-75
Los Angeles 78-51 at Philadelphia 60-67
St Louis 54-74 at Cincinnati 77-53
Chicago 65-64 at Houston 63-67
TEXAS RANGERS 46-81 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS 56-73
MATCHUPS
SP Pete Broberg vs Steve Dunning Advantage Texas
C Dick Billings vs Jerry Moses Advantage Push
1B Frank Howard vs Chris Chambliss Advantage Cleveland
2B Dave Nelson vs Jack Brohamer Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Graig Nettles Advantage Cleveland
SS Bucky Dent vs Eddie Leon Advantage Texas
LF Larry Biittner vs Kurt Bevacqua Advantage Push
CF Elliott Maddox vs Tommy McCraw Advantage Texas
RF Jeff Burroughs vs John Lowenstein Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Alex Johnson Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Texas
The Rangers committed 2 errors in the bottom of the first and Johnson scored to give the Indians a 1-0 lead. Chambliss then hit an RBI single. McCraw had a run-scoring single as well.
In the bottom of the third, Biittner got an RBI on a fielder's choice grounder. Harrah then extended his hit streak to 16 games with an RBI single. Dunning ended the frame by striking out Howard for his 80th K of the season.
In the bottom of the third, Brohamer surpassed the 20 RBI mark on the season by smashing a 3-run homer.
After three: Cleveland 6 Texas 2.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Indians loaded the bases with nobody out but Chambliss had to leave the game with a back injury and was replaced by Andre Thornton. Nettles went down on strikes for the first out. But then Leon hit a 2-run single. McCraw then surpassed 20 RBI on the season with a 3-run homer for the Indians 10th hit of the game.
In the top of the fifth, Burroughs hit an RBI single. Howard also brought one home with a single.
After six: Cleveland 11 Texas 4.
In the top of the seventh, Nelson got his 30th stolen base of the season. And scored on an error.
Jim Panther took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the seventh. Rain began to fall in the bottom of the seventh.
The rain stopped in the top of the ninth. But immediately came right back. With a runner on first and two out, Jim Crawford took the mound for the Indians and struck out Harrah to end the game.
Final score: Cleveland 11 Texas 5.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Tommy McCraw 3 for 4, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 5 Chicago 4
Baltimore 5 Kansas City 4
Oakland 5 New York 0
Milwaukee 4 Minnesota 3
Boston 7 California 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 5 San Francisco 1
Montreal 7 San Diego 6
Pittsburgh 10 Atlanta 6
Los Angeles 5 Philadelphia 4
Cincinnati 6 St Louis 1
Houston 4 Chicago 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Bill F Lee 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, W
2. Tommy McCraw Cleveland Indians 3 for 4, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
3. Vida Blue Oakland Athletics 9.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, W
The Royals have lost 1B John Mayberry Sr for 2-3 weeks due to a strained back.
Pirates C Al Oliver went 2 for 4 in Pittsburgh's win over the Braves to extend his hit streak to 20 games.
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