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AUGUST 25, 1972
The Rangers continue their 9-game road trip with a weekend visit to Boston for three games against the Red Sox. Boston has won 3 of their last 4. Texas leads the season series 6-3.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 67-58 at New York 73-55
Detroit 61-64 at Minnesota 55-69
Chicago 72-53 at Milwaukee 68-57
Cleveland 46-82 at California 64-62
Baltimore 81-45 at Oakland 66-60
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 65-63 at Chicago 58-68
Los Angeles 78-47 at Pittsburgh 80-45
New York 62-61 at Atlanta 66-66
Philadelphia 58-67 at Cincinnati 72-54
San Diego 48-79 at St Louis 55-69
Montreal 56-70 at Houston 60-69
TEXAS RANGERS 47-80 AT BOSTON RED SOX 53-68
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs John Curtis Advantage Boston
C Hal King vs Carlton Fisk Advantage Boston
1B Frank Howard vs Don Mincher Advantage Texas
2B Ted Kubiak vs Doug Griffin Advantage Texas
3B Dave Nelson vs Rico Petrocelli Advantage Push
SS Toby Harrah vs Juan Beniquez Advantage Texas
LF Larry Biittner vs Ben Oglivie Advantage Push
CF Elliott Maddox vs Rick Miller Advantage Boston
RF Ted Ford vs Reggie Smith Advantage Boston
Overall Advantage Boston
Smith put the Red Sox on the board with an RBI double in the bottom of the first. Petrocelli added a sac fly RBI.
The Rangers loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the second. And failed to score as Ford was thrown out at home to retire the side after Maddox flew out to left.
After three: Boston 2 Texas 0.
The Red Sox loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the fourth. And they also failed to score.
After six: Boston 2 Texas 0.
Paul Lindblad took the mound for the Rangers to start the bottom of the eighth.
In the top of the ninth, Harrah tied the game with a 2-run homer. Bobby Bolin then replaced Curtis on the mound. Joe Lovitto got a pinch hit single but injured his knee and had to leave the game. Maddox then gave the Rangers the lead with an RBI single. Biittner tried to add to the list but Tom Grieve was thrown out at home trying to score from second on the base hit.
Horacio Pina was brought on to pitch the ninth for the Rangers. Griffin tied the game with an RBI single, Boston's tenth hit of the game, and Fisk won it with an RBI double.
Final score: Boston 4 Texas 3.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
John Curtis 8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R. 2 ER, 5 BB, 2 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 4 New York 2
Detroit 5 Minnesota 0
Chicago 5 Milwaukee 4
Cleveland 2 California 0
Oakland 5 Baltimore 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 3 San Francisco 2
Pittsburgh 4 Los Angeles 3
Atlanta 5 New York 0
Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 0 11 innings
San Diego 3 St Louis 1
Montreal 5 Houston 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Gary Nolan Cincinnati Reds 10.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K
2. Balor Moore Montreal Expos 9.0 IP, ,6 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, W
3. Dick Tidrow Cleveland Indians 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, W
Atlanta's Ron Reed pitched a complete game shutout against the Mets.
Detroit's Joe H Coleman pitched a complete game shutout against the Twins.
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