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AUGUST 5, 1973
After splitting the first two games of the series, the Rangers and White Sox will close it out with a Sunday double header.
Oakland SS Bert Campaneris has a torn quadriceps and is expected to miss 5 weeks.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 56-55 at Cleveland 51-61 (2)
Boston 53-58 at Baltimore 67-42
New York 57-56 at Detroit 51-58
Kansas City 60-52 at Minnesota 58-51
Oakland 71-40 at California 53-57
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 55-58 at Montreal 51-59
St Louis 47-65 at New York 62-47
Pittsburgh 52-56 at Philadelphia 53-58
San Diego 42-67 at Atlanta 47-69
Houston 55-58 at Cincinnati 67-45
Los Angeles 64-47 at San Francisco 72-38
TEXAS RANGERS 38-72 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX 48-61 GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Rich Hand vs Tom Bradley Advantage Chicago
C Ken Suarez vs Tom Egan Advantage Push
1B Frank Howard vs Dick Allen Advantage Chicago
2B Dave Nelson vs Mike Andrews Advantage Texas
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 Jeff Burroughs vs Pat H Kelly Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Gates Brown Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Texas
Nothing of note happened in the first three innings.
After three: Texas 0 Chicago 0.
Burroughs led off the top of the fourth with a home run.
In the bottom of the fourth, Hand struck out Allen for his 70th K of the season.
Biittner got an RBI single in the top of the fifth.
After six: Texas 2 Chicago 0.
In the top of the eighth, the Rangers had a runner at first and two out and the White Sox went to the bullpen and brought in Steve Kealey to pitch.
The Rangers added to their lead in the top of the ninth with Maddox scoring on a throwing error.
Hand went on to get the complete game shutout.
Final score: Texas 3 Chicago 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Rich Hand 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
TEXAS RANGERS 39-72 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX 48-62 GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Wilbur Wood Advantage Chicago
C Dick Billings vs Chuck Brinkman Advantage Push
1B Frank Howard vs Dick Allen Advantage Chicago
2B Ted Kubiak vs Mike Andrews Advantage Push
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 Joe Lovitto vs Rick Reichardt Advantage Chicago
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Pat H Kelly Advantage Texas
DH Toby Harrah vs Gates Brown Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Chicago
In the bottom of the first, Melton hit his 20th home run of the season, a 2-run shot.
After three: Chicago 2 Texas 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Andrews hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot.
After six: Chicago 3 Texas 0.
In the bottom of the second, Brinkman hit a 2-out double and the Rangers went to the bullpen and brought out Don Stanhouse.
In the bottom of the eighth, the White Sox loaded the bases with nobody out. Brown then got a sacrifice fly for his 60th RBI of the season.
Burroughs made sure the Rangers would not be shut out as he led off the top of the ninth with a home run.
Final score: Chicago 4 Texas 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Wilbur Wood 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Milwaukee 16 Cleveland 4 Game 1
Milwaukee 12 Cleveland 1 Game 2
New York 7 Detroit 4
Baltimore 8 Boston 4
California 5 Oakland 2
Kansas City at Minnesota ppd
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 8 Montreal 5
St Louis 5 New York 4
Pittsburgh 11 Philadelphia 10
Atlanta 9 San Diego 4
Houston 4 Cincinnati 1
Los Angeles 12 San Francisco 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. John E Briggs Milwaukee Brewers 4 for 9, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 4 R, BB
2. George C Scott Milwaukee Brewers 6 for 10, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R
3. Darrell Evans Atlanta Braves 3 for 3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
The New York Mets and St Louis Cardinals got into a brawl in yesterday's game, leading to the announcement today that Rusty Staub of the Mets and Bob Gibson of the Cardinals have each been suspended for 7 games.
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