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APRIL 12, 1972
Texas is at Oakland for the second game of the series.
The Atlanta Braves placed SP Ron Schueler on the DL because of bone chips in his elbow. He is expected to miss 4-5 months.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 3-1 at Baltimore 2-3
Boston 3-1 at Cleveland 0-4
Chicago 3-2 at Minnesota 4-1
California 1-3 at Kansas City 2-3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 4-0 at Chicago 2-2
Montreal 1-3 at Philadelphia 3-1
San Francisco 1-4 at Cincinnati 4-1
San Diego 4-2 at Houston 4-3
Atlanta 3-3 at Los Angeles 1-4
TEXAS RANGERS (2-3) AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2-2)
MATCHUPS
P Dick Bosmani vs Blue Moon Odom Advantage: Texas
C Ken Suaez vs Gene Tenace Advantage: Oakland
1B Frank Howard vs Mike Epstein Advantage: Push'
2B Ted Kubiak vs Dick Green Advantage: Oakland
3B Dave Nelson vs Sal Bando Advantage: Oakland
SS Toby Harrah vs Bert Campaneris Advantage: Oakland
LF Larry Biittner vs Joe Rudi Advantage: Oakland
CF Elliott Maddox vs Angel Mangual Advantage: Push
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Reggie Jackson Advantage: Oakland
For the first time ever, the Rangers have a matchup advantage!
The drought ends in the top of the second! Jeff Burroughs leads off with the first ever home run hit by a Texas Ranger!
After three: Texas 1 Oakland 0.
In the top of the fifth, clean-up hitter Frank Howard finally got his first RBI of the season, smashing a 2-run homer to give Texas a 3-0 lead. One out later and Burroughs had his second solo shot of the game to make it 4-0.
Meanwhile, Bosman continued to blank the A's.
After six: Texas 4 Oakland 0.
The Rangers continued to make up for their lack of runs the previous three games. In the top of the seventh, Larry Biittner added an RBI single to make it 5-0.
The A's got an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh and then Reggie Jackson hit a 3-run homer and just like that it was 5-4. All runs courtesy of an error. Finally, an error had come back to bite Texas hard!
The Rangers pinch hit for Bosman in the top of the eighth and then, in the bottom of the eighth, brought in Horacio Pina to pitch. In 2.1 innings of relief, he had mustered up a horrendous 19.29 ERA. Pina held the A's to a harmless walk in the eighth and the game headed to the ninth with Texas still leading 5-4.
Jim Mason had come in as a defensive replacement in the eighth and led off the top of the ninth with a double and moved to third on a Dave Nelson ground ball. Frank Howard then drew an intentional walk. Biittner then brought home Mason with a sac fly to make it 6-4 Texas.
Pina got the first two in the bottom of the ninth but then Angel Mangual doubled and that brought up Reggie Jackson. Pina walked Jackson on four pitches and then Sal Bando came to bat.
And Pina got him to ground to short to end the game!
Final score: Texas 5 Oakland 4.
Player of the Game: Reggie Jackson 4 AB, 3 H, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 0 LOB
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 6 Baltimore 4
Boston 5 Cleveland 2
Chicago 5 Minnesota 2
Kansas City 6 California 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 8 Chicago 7
Montreal 5 Philadelphia 2
San Francisco 5 Cincinnati 3 10 innings
Houston 8 San Diego 1
Atlanta 1 Los Angeles 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Don Sutton Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K
2. Carlos May Chicago White Sox 2-for-2, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
3. Ron Reed Atlanta Braves 8.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, W
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