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SEPTEMBER 19, 1972
The Rangers resume their road trip with three games in Minnesota against the Twins beginning with a Tuesday double header. The first game of the double header is a makeup game that will have the Rangers batting as the home team. This is the last series of the season between these two teams. The Twins lead the season series 8-7.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 96-55 at Boston 72-76
Detroit 68-80 at Cleveland 75-77
New York 77-74 at Milwaukee 68-82
Chicago 75-74 at Oakland 84-64
Kansas City 91-56 at California 59-89
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 68-81 at Chicago 78-71
Pittsburgh 88-59 at New York 83-65
Houston 71-79 at Atlanta 59-91
Philadelphia 74-72 at St Louis 80-69
San Francisco 74-76 at Cincinnati 78-72
Los Angeles 82-67 at San Diego 58-91
MINNESOTA TWINS (71-76) VS TEXAS RANGERS (57-90) AT MINNESOTA GAME ONE
SP Dick Woodson vs Dick Bosman Advantage Push
C George Mitterwald vs Dick Billings Advantage mi7
1B Harmon Killebrew vs Don Mincher Advantage Texas
2B Rod Carew vs Ted Kubiak Advantage Minnesota
3B Steve Braun vs Dave Nelson Advantage Minnesota
SS Danny Thompson vs Toby Harrah Advantage Push
LF Steve Brye vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
CF Cesar Tovar vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Bobby Darwin vs Jim Wynn Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Minnesota
In the top of the second, Brye hit an RBI double.
After three: Minnesota 1 Texas 0.
In the top of the fourth, Mitterwald got an RBI single.
In the bottom of the fourth, Burroughs scored on a wild pitch.
In the top of the sixth, Mitterwald added an RBI double.
After six: Minnesota 3 Texas 1.
In the bottom of the seventh, Tovar threw Nelson out at home as he was trying to score from second on a Wynn single.
In the bottom of the eighth, with runners a first and second and two out, Wayne Granger took the mound for the Twins and got Kubiak to fly out to end the inning.
Dave LaRoche took the mound for the Twins in the bottom of the ninth. Pinch hitter Frank Howard led off with a home run. The Rangers then loaded the bases with one out. Jim Strickland took the mound for the Twins. Mincher grounded into the 4-2 for the second out. Billings tied the game with a single. Harrah then flew to left to send the game into extra innings.
After nine: Minnesota 3 Texas 3.
Paul Lindblad took the mound for the Rangers in the top of the tenth. Brye brought two home with a single.
In the bottom of the tenth, Maddox picked up an RBI single. With runners at the corners and one out, Wynn grounded into the game-ending 6-4-3.
The two teams combined for 28 hits in the contest. Nelson had a 5-hit game.
Final score: Minnesota 5 Texas 4 10 innings.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dick Woodson 7.2 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
TEXAS RANGERS (57-91) AT MINNESOTA TWINS (72-76) GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Rich Hand vs Dave Goltz Advantage Push
C Hal King vs Glenn Borgmann Advantage Texas
1B Don Mincher vs Harmon Killebrew Advantage Texas
2B Ted Kubiak vs Rod Carew Advantage Minnesota
3B Dave Nelson vs Steve Braun Advantage Minnesota
SS Toby Harrah vs Danny Thompson Advantage Push
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Steve Brye Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Cesar Tovar Advantage Texas
RF Jim Wynn vs Bobby Darwin Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Push
In the bottom of the first, the Twins loaded the bases with one out. Darwin grounded into the 1-2 for the second out. Thompson then popped to short to end the inning.
In the top of the third, Nelson put the Rangers on the board first with an RBI single.
In the bottom of the third, Maddox threw Braun out at home as he had tagged up from third and try to score on a Carew fly ball.
After three: Texas 1 Minnesota 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Twins loaded the bases with one out. Goltz grounded into the 6-2 for the second out. Brye then scored on a passed ball to tie the game.
In the top of the sixth, Burroughs put the Rangers back in front with an RBI single.
After six: Texas 2 Minnesota 1.
Bob Gebhard took the mound for the Twins in the top of the seventh. The Rangers loaded the bases with two out. Nelson then grounded to short to retire the side.
Jim Strickland took the mound for the Twins in the top of the eighth. Burroughs hit a solo home run. With a runner on first and one out, Jim Perry took the mound for the Twins. Kubiak delivered an RBI single.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Twins loaded the bases with nobody out. Horacio Pina took the mound for the Rangers. Pinch hitter Tony Oliva brought two home with a single. Brye walked to reload the bases still with nobody out. Pina then walked Borgmann on four pitches to tie the game. Pinch hitter Jim Holt grounded into the 4-2 for the first out. Tovar brought all three base runners home with a double to give the Twins the lead. Casey Cox took the mound for the Rangers. Killebrew brought Tovar home with a single. Carew added his own RBI single. Darwin was hitby a pitch to load the bases with one out. Oliva popped up to second and there were two out. Harrah fumbled a Brye grounder and Killebrew scored. Borgmann grounded to short to finally end the inning but not before the Twins had scored nine runs.
Wayne Granger took the mound for the Twins in the top of the ninth.
The Twins overcame three errors with a 13-hit attack.
Final score: Minnesota 10 Texas 4.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dave Goltz 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 6 Cleveland 2
Milwaukee 5 New York 4 10 innings
California 3 Kansas City 0
Chicago 4 Oakland 1
Baltimore at Boston ppd
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 6 Chicago 5
New York 3 Pittsburgh 1
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 2
Cincinnati 4 San Francisco 3
San Diego 11 Los Angeles 0
Houston at Atlanta ppd
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Bill Greif San Diego Padres 8.2 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, W
2. Nolan Ryan California Angels 9.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, W
3. Tom Seaver New York Mets 8.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K, W
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