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AUGUST 3, 1973
The Rangers continue their road trip as they head to Chicago for 4 games in 3 days against the White Sox. Chicago is 5-3 since the All Star Break and coming off a 3 game sweep of the Royals. The White Sox are third in the league in home runs but that's about the only thing they have done well this year. The Rangers are the only team in the AL with a worse batting average than the White Sox. Only two teams have a worse OBP. Same goes for starters ERA as well as defensive efficiency. Chicago leads the season series 7-2.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 56-55 at Detroit 50-57
Boston 51-58 at Baltimore 67-40
Milwaukee 54-55 at Cleveland 51-59
Kansas City 60-50 at Minnesota 56-51
Oakland 69-40 at California 53-55
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 54-56 at Cincinnati 65-44 (2)
Pittsburgh 51-55 at Philadelphia 52-57
Chicago 53-58 at Montreal 51-57
San Diego 41-66 at Atlanta 46-68
St Louis 46-64 at New York 61-46
Los Angeles 62-47 at San Francisco 72-36
TEXAS RANGERS 37-71 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX 47-60
MATCHUPS
SP Kevin Kobel vs Bart Johnson Advantage Chicago
C Ken Suarez vs Tom Egan Advantage Push
1B Frank Howard vs Dick Allen Advantage Chicago
2B Dave Nelson vs Jorge Orta Advantage Chicago
3B Jim Mason vs Bill Melton Advantage Chicago
SS Bucky Dent vs Rich Morales Advantage Texas
LF Larry Biittner vs Carlos May Advantage Chicago
CF Elliott Maddox vs Rick Reichardt Advantage Texas
RF Pat H Kelly vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Gates Brown Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Texas
In the top of the second, Suarez got his first home run of the season, a solo shot that put the Rangers on the board first. Nelson added an RBI triple.
Rain began to fall in the bottom of the second. The Rangers committed 2 errors in the bottom of the second and the White Sox cashed in with a Reichardt RBI single.
In the top of the third, Mason's attempt at an RBI single was thwarted when Howard was thrown out trying to score from second.
The rain stopped in the bottom of the third. May tied the game with an RBI ground out as a balk cost the Rangers here.
After three: Texas 2 Chicago 2.
In the top of the fifth, Harrah gave the Rangers the lead back with an RBI double. Harrah would go on to score on a throwing error.
The rain returned in the bottom of the fifth but stopped two outs later.
After six: Texas 4 Chicago 2.
Biittner led off the top of the seventh with a double for the Rangers 10th hit of the game. Howard then came through with the RBI single.
After the White Sox second error of the game, the Rangers had a runner on second and one out in the top of the eighth. Chicago went to the bullpen and brought in Steve Kealey to pitch. The rain returned 2 pitches later. Nelson then whacked an RBI double but hurt his leg running the bases and was replaced by Ted Kubiak.
The rain once again stopped in the bottom of the eighth but just for a couple pitches and then started again. With runners at first and second and two out, the game went into an 87 minute rain delay. When the game resumed, Brown grounded out to end the inning.
Kealey began the top of the ninth by striking out Burroughs for his 10th K of the season. After a Harrah single, Denny O'Toole replaced Kealey.
Horacio Pina came in to pitch the ninth for the Rangers. The Rangers committed back-to-back fielding errors and the White Sox loaded the bases with nobody out. Kelly then brought in a run on a fielder's choice groundout. May hit an RBI single. Allen singled and Burroughs made the Rangers third error of the innning as another run scored. It was the White Sox 10th hit of the game. With the tying run at third and winning run at second and two out, Orta grounded to second to end the game.
Final score: Texas 6 Chicago 5.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Kevin Kobel 8.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 4 New York 3
Boston 3 Baltimore 1 10 innings
Milwaukee 8 Cleveland 4
Minnesota 8 Kansas City 7 11 innings
Oakland 10 California 4 10 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 1 Cincinnati 0 Game 1
Cincinnati 3 Houston 2 Game 2
Pittsburgh 11 Philadelphia 6
Chicago 6 Montreal 4
San Diego 8 Atlanta 1
New York 4 St Louis 3
Los Angeles 14 San Francisco 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. John E Briggs Milwaukee Brewers 3 for 4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB
2. Jim Northrup Kansas City Royals 4 for 5, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
3. Joe L Morgan Cincinnati Reds 4 for 6, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
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