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JUNE 8, 1973
The Rangers end their 12 game home stand with a 3 game weekend series against the Red Sox. Boston swept the 2 game series at home between these two teams to begin the month of May. The Rangers need one win to have a .500 record on this home stand. The Red Sox are third in the league in stolen bases. Only two teams in the AL have a worse defensive efficiency than Boston. The Red Sox lost their last 2 games.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 32-22 at Baltimore 37-17
Chicago 19-34 at Cleveland 23-33
New York 25-32 at Kansas City 36-21
Milwaukee 28-27 at California 26-27
Detroit 27-27 at Oakland 34-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 30-23 at Chicago 26-34
San Francisco 38-20 at Montreal 22-30
Los Angeles 30-26 at New York 35-17
San Diego 23-34 at Philadelphia 30-24
St Louis 27-28 at Atlanta 24-31
Pittsburgh 23-31 at Houston 24-34
BOSTON RED SOX 27-27 AT TEXAS RANGERS 15-39
MATCHUPS
SP Bill F Lee vs Rich Hand Advantage Boston
C Carlton Fisk vs Dick Billings Advantage Boston
1B Carl Yasztremski vs Frank Howard Advantage Boston
2B Pedro Garcia vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Rico Petrocelli vs Jim Mason Advantage Boston
SS Luis Aparicio vs Bucky Dent Advantage Texas
LF Dwight Evans vs Larry Biittner Advantage Boston
CF Rick Miller vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Texas
RF Reggie Smith vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Push
DH Tommy Harper vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Boston
Lee had a no-hitter through three, striking out Maddox to end the third for his 30th K of the season.
After three: Boston 0 Texas 0.
Fisk broke the scoreless tie with a solo home run in the top of the fourth.
Harrah broke up the no-hitter with a single with one out in the bottom of the fourth.
Through six innings, the teams had combined for just 4 hits.
After six: Boston 1 Texas 0.
In the top of the seventh, pinch hitter Cecil Cooper came through with a 2-run triple. Petrocelli then got an RBI on a sacrifice fly. Yasztremski added an RBI single and that was all four Hand as Kevin Kobel came in to pitch with a runner on first and two out.
The Rangers had a runner on first and one out in the bottom of the ninth and Lee was pulled a despite giving up just 1 hit. Bobby Bolin came on and needed just 3 pitches to get Biittner to ground into the game-ending 4-6-3.
Final score: Boston 5 Texas 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bill F Lee 8.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 5 Minnesota 3
Cleveland 4 Chicago 1
New York 6 Kansas City 4 10 innings
California 3 Milwaukee 0
Oakland 2 Detroit 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 4 Chicago 0
San Francisco 6 Montreal 3
Los Angeles 1 New York 0
Philadelphia 5 San Diego 0
Atlanta 2 St Louis 0
Houston 3 Pittsburgh 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Andy Messersmith California Angels 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 12 K, W
2. Gary Matthews Sr San Francisco Giants 3 for 4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
3. Steve Carlton Philadelphia Phillies 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, W
Cincinnati's Gary Nolan and Tommy John of the Dodgers also pitched a complete game shutout.
Dodgers CF Willie Davis got his 2000th career hit in the win over the Mets.
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