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JULY 21, 1973
The game last night can be summed up in two words. Horacio. Pina. Tonight is the second game of the series between the Rangers and the Tigers.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 50-46 at Boston 47-51
Chicago 41-56 at New York 50-50
Cleveland 46-53 at Oakland 62-35
Milwaukee 49-49 at Kansas City 54-46
Baltimore 59-37 at California 49-48
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 38-58 at Pittsburgh 44-50
San Francisco 64-34 at Chicago 48-52
Montreal 44-51 at Cincinnati 56-42
Philadelphia 46-50 at Atlanta 45-57
Los Angeles 57-42 at St Louis 41-57
New York 55-39 at Houston 47-53
DETROIT TIGERS 46-50 AT TEXAS RANGERS 32-64
MATCHUPS
SP Joe H Coleman vs Kevin Kobel Advantage Detroit
C Bill Freehan vs Dick Billings Advantage Detroit
1B Norm Cash vs Frank Howard Advantage Detroit
2B Dick McAuliffe vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Dan Driessen vs Jim Mason Advantage Detroit
SS Frank Duffy vs Bucky Dent Advantage Push
LF Rusty Torres vs Larry Biittner Advantage Push
CF Larry Hisle vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Detroit
RF Al Kaline vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Willie Horton vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Detroit
Burroughs hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first.
The Tigers loaded the bases with one out in the top of the third. But Hisle grounded into the 6-4-3 to retire the side.
After three: Texas 1 Detroit 0.
Maddox kept the Rangers in the lead in the top of the fifth with a great defensive play. With runners at the corners and one out, Driessen flied out to center. Maddox made the catch. McAuliffe tagged up at third and tried to score but Maddox threw him out at home to retire the side.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Rangers loaded the bases with nobody out. Mason popped into the infield fly rule. Then Dent grounded into the 5-2-3 innning ending double play.
After six: Texas 1 Detroit 0.
Torres tied the game in the top of the seventh with a solo home run. It was his 40th RBI of the season. Kobel struck out the side around the home run.
In the top of the eighth, the Tigers had a runner on first and two out and Paul Lindblad replaced Kobel on the mound for the Rangers and struck out Cash to retire the side.
After a leadoff walk in the bottom of the eighth, Joe Niekro replaced Coleman on the mound for the Tigers. And he sent the game into the ninth still tied.
In the top of the ninth, McAuliffe gave the Tigers the lead with a 2-run homer.
Maddox tied the game with his own 2-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, his first home run of the season. Burroughs followed with a single for the Rangers 10th hit of the game. Burroughs advanced to second on a Harrah groundout but Biittner flew out to left to end the inning.
After nine: Detroit 3 Texas 3.
Fred Holdsworth came on to pitch the bottom of the tenth for the Tigers. Dent had a 2-out single but Billings struck out to end the inning.
Horacio Pina came in to pitch the eleventh for the Rangers. The Tigers got a runner to second but that was all.
The Rangers got the leadoff man on in the bottom of the eleventh but Burroughs grounded into the innning ending double play.
Hisle gave the Tigers the lead in the top of the twelfth with an RBI triple. It was Detroit's 10th hit of the game.
The game ended with Howard grounding into a double play.
Final score: Detroit 4 Texas 3 12 innings.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Kevin Kobel 7.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 4 Minnesota 3
New York 5 Chicago 4
Oakland 3 Cleveland 2
Kansas City 1 Milwaukee 0
Baltimore 4 California 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 7 Pittsburgh 5
San Francisco 6 Chicago 3
Cincinnati 7 Montreal 2
Philadelphia 4 Atlanta 3
Los Angeles 4 St Louis 2
Houston 3 New York 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Dick Drago Kansas City Royals 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, W
2. Bill Parsons Milwaukee Brewers 8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
3. Don Sutton Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 10 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, W
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