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MAY 28, 1972
The Rangers will try to leave Minnesota today with a four game split against the Twins.
Atlanta Braves SS Sonny Jackson has a broken knee cap and will the next 4-5 months.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 21-19 at Baltimore 24-19
Milwaukee 16-25 at Boston 16-26
Detroit 18-22 at New York 30-14
Kansas City 28-13 at California 19-25
Chicago 19-23 at Oakland 21-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 28-20 at Atlanta 15-30 (2)
Philadelphia 23-22 at Pittsburgh 23-21
San Diego 20-29 at Cincinnati 15-30
New York 30-14 at St Louis 28-16
Montreal 18-26 at Chicago 21-23
Los Angeles 28-18 at Houston 24-24
TEXAS RANGERS (17-27) AT MINNESOTA TWINS (24-19)
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Bert Blyleven Advantage Minnesota
C Dick Billings vs George Mitterwald Advantage Minnesota
1B Don Mincher vs Harmon Killebrew Advantage Push
2B Ted Kubiak vs Rod Carew Advantage Minnesota
3B Dave Nelson vs Steve Braun Advantage Minnesota
SS Toby Harrah vs Danny Thompson Advantage Minnesota
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Steve Brye Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Cesar Tovar Advantage Texas
RF Larry Biittner vs Bobby Darwin Advantage Minnesota
Overall Advantage Minnesota
In the bottom of the first, Carew put the Twins in front with an RBI single.
After three: Minnesota 1 Texas 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Twins loaded the bases with two out. Blyleven then hit a 2 run single.
In the bottom of the fifth, Thompson hit an RBI single. Brye followed with his own RBI single.
After six: Minnesota 5 Texas 0.
Jim Panther took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the eighth.
Blyleven finished off the complete game shutout.
Final score: Minnesota 5 Texas 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bert Blyleven 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 9 Cleveland 4
Milwaukee 4 Boston 1
Detroit 8 New York 1
California 3 Kansas City 2
Oakland 6 Chicago 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 2 San Francisco 1 10 innings Game 1
San Francisco 8 Atlanta 3 Game 2
Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 1
Cincinnati 4 San Diego 3
New York 4 St Louis 2
Montreal 10 Chicago 5
Houston 8 Los Angeles 6
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Bert Blyleven Minnesota Twins 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, W
2. Ken Brett Milwaukee Brewers 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, W
3. Dock Ellis Pittsburgh Pirates 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, W
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