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JULY 29, 1973
The Rangers are 0-4 since returning from the All Star Break and have lost 6 of their last 7 and 8 of their last 10. They have committed 7 errors in their last 4 games. Today they have a double header in Oakland against the Athletics.
New York Yankees 3B Dave Chalk will miss a week due to a concussion.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 50-53 at Cleveland 48-57 (2)
Detroit 47-54 at Baltimore 64-38
New York 52-53 at Milwaukee 51-52 (2)
California 52-51 at Kansas City 59-46 (2)
Chicago 43-59 at Minnesota 54-48
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 50-53 at Pittsburgh 48-52 (2)
St Louis 42-62 at Chicago 49-56 (2)
Montreal 48-54 at New York 59-42
Atlanta 46-63 at Houston 51-54
Cincinnati 60-44 at San Diego 41-62 (2)
San Francisco 69-35 at Los Angeles 59-45
TEXAS RANGERS 33-69 AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS 65-38 GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Kevin Kobel vs Catfish Hunter Advantage Oakland
C Ken Suarez vs Gene Tenace Advantage Oakland
1B Frank Howard vs Mike Epstein Advantage Oakland
2B Dave Nelson vs Dick Green Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Sal Bando Advantage Oakland
SS Bucky Dent vs Bert Campaneris Advantage Oakland
LF Larry Biittner vs George Hendrick Advantage Oakland
CF Elliott Maddox vs Bobby Tolan Advantage Oakland
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Reggie Jackson Advantage Oakland
DH Toby Harrah vs Joe Rudi Advantage Oakland
Overall Advantage Oakland
Each team had just 1 hit in the first three innings.
After three: Texas 0 Oakland 0.
In the top of the sixth, Mason hit his 10th double of the season. The Rangers went on to load the bases with nobody out. Nelson grounded to short and Mason was forced out at home. One out. Maddox grounded to first and Suarez was forced out at home. Two away. But Burroughs was not going to let this opportunity get away. He took the first pitch he saw 421 feet for a grand slam! Biittner tried to add to the big innning with a single but Harrah was thrown out trying to score from second.
In the bottom of the sixth, Tenace put the Athletics on the board with a 2-run double.
After six: Texas 4 Oakland 2.
Kobel ended the bottom of the seventh by striking out Hendrick for his 50th K of the season.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Athletics had a runner on first and two out and the Rangers went to the bullpen and brought out Paul Lindblad and he got Bando to ground right back to him to end the inning.
An error to start the bottom of the ninth led to Campaneris drawing his 40th walk of the season with two out to put the tying run on base. But Hendrick flew out to right to end the game.
Final score: Texas 4 Oakland 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Kevin Kobel 7.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
TEXAS RANGERS 34-69 AT OAKLAND ATHLETICS 65-39 GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Steve Rogers vs Ken Holtzman Advantage Texas
C Dick Billings vs Curt Blefary Advantage Push
1B Frank Howard vs Mike Epstein Advantage Oakland
2B Dave Nelson vs Dick Green Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Sal Bando Advantage Oakland
SS Bucky Dent vs Bert Campaneris Advantage Oakland
LF Larry Biittner vs George Hendrick Advantage Oakland
CF Elliott Maddox vs Bobby Tolan Advantage Oakland
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Reggie Jackson Advantage Oakland
DH Toby Harrah vs Joe Rudi Advantage Oakland
Overall Advantage Oakland
In the top of the second, Dent got his 50th hit of the season.
After three: Texas 0 Oakland 0.
In the top of the fourth, Biittner got his 100th hit of the season.
After a leadoff walk by Burroughs in the top of the sixth, Bob Locker replaced Holtzman on the mound for the Athletics.
In the bottom of the sixth, Jackson broke the scoreless tie with a solo home run with one out. Horacio Pina immediately replaced Rogers on the mound for the Rangers.
After six: Texas 1 Oakland 0.
In the top of the seventh, Nelson tied the game with an RBI single.
Rollie Fingers took the mound for the Athletics in the top of the eighth. But he only faced two batters before leaving the game with a hand injury. Mike Paul, the former Texas Ranger, replaced Fingers and struck out Harrah to retire the side.
With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Casey Cox replaced Pina on the mound for the Rangers.
After nine: Texas 1 Oakland 1.
Don Stanhouse came in to pitch the bottom of the eleventh for the Rangers. Hendrick led off the bottom of the eleventh with a walk off home run.
Final score: Oakland 2 Texas 1 11 innings.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Ken Holtzman 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, ER, 4 BB, 2 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 6 Boston 2 Game 1
Cleveland 3 Boston 1 Game 2
Detroit 3 Baltimore 0
New York 1 Milwaukee 0 Game 1
Milwaukee 5 New York 3 Game 2
Kansas City 3 California 0 Game 1
California 6 Kansas City 4 Game 2
Minnesota 6 Chicago 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 0 Game 1
Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 3 Game 2
St Louis 4 Chicago 3 10 innings Game 1
Chicago 6 St Louis 5 Game 2
Montreal 8 New York 6
Houston 11 Atlanta 8
Cincinnati 7 San Diego 5 Game 1
Cincinnati 8 San Diego 0 Game 2
San Francisco 4 Los Angeles 2 10 innings
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Tony Perez Cincinnati Reds 4 for 8, 2 HR, 5 RBI, BB
2. Mike Hedlund Kansas City Royals 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, W
3. Marty Perez Atlanta Braves 4 for 5, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI, R
Other complete game shutouts belonged to Philadelphia's Steve Carlton, Mel Stottlemyre Sr of the Yankees, Tigers SP Mickey Lolich and Ross Grimsley Jr for Cincinnati.
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