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SEPTEMBER 1, 1973
A Texas Rangers first! For the first time ever, a member of the Texas Rangers won a monthly award. Steve Rogers was named AL Rookie of the Month after going 4-1 with an ERA of 1.89 and 23 strikeouts in 52.1 innnings. Rogers will be taking the mound tonight as the Rangers host the Twins in the third game of the series.
Today is roster expansion day in MLB.
AL Batter of the Month: 1B Dick Allen Chicago White Sox
NL Batter of the Month: 1B Mike Lum Atlanta Braves
AL Pitcher of the Month: Wilbur Wood Chicago White Sox
NL Pitcher of the Month: Gaylord Perry Los Angeles Dodgers
AL Rookie of the Month: SP Steve Rogers Texas Rangers
NL Rookie of the Month: LF Dave Winfield San Diego Padres
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 59-77 at Detroit 66-69
Baltimore 84-49 at New York 67-68
Boston 64-72 at Milwaukee 68-67
California 65-66 at Chicago 61-72
Oakland 84-49 at Kansas City 70-63
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 65-69 at Pittsburgh 63-67
Montreal 60-75 at Philadelphia 65-69
Atlanta 60-77 at San Francisco 81-52
New York 78-56 at St Louis 56-79
Houston 67-70 at Los Angeles 82-54
Cincinnati 80-55 at San Diego 50-84
MINNESOTA TWINS 67-66 AT TEXAS RANGERS 49-86
MATCHUPS
SP Dave Goltz vs Steve Rogers Advantage Texas
C George Mitterwald vs Ken Suarez Advantage Minnesota
1B Enos Cabell vs Frank Howard Advantage Texas
2B Dan Monzon vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Steve Braun vs Jim Mason Advantage Minnesota
SS Danny Thompson vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
LF Gorman Thomas vs Dick Sharon Advantage Push
CF Bobby Darwin vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Push
RF Ralph Garr vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Tony Oliva vs Dick Billings Advantage Push
Overall Advantage Texas
In the top of the first, Thompson got a run-scoring single. Mitterwald added an RBI single.
After three: Minnesota 2 Texas 0.
In the top of the fifth, Braun hit his 10th homer of the season.
After six: Minnesota 3 Texas 0.
Nothing of note happened in the last three innnings.
Final score: Minnesota 3 Texas 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dave Goltz 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 5 Cleveland 2
New York 3 Baltimore 1
Boston 3 Milwaukee 0
Chicago 4 California 1
Oakland 9 Kansas City 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 6 Chicago 4
Philadelphia 3 Montreal 1
San Francisco 3 Atlanta 2
New York 6 St Louis 4
Los Angeles 9 Houston 6 10 innings
Cincinnati 6 San Diego 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Ron Cey Los Angeles Dodgers 4 for 5, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R
2. Mike Epstein Oakland Athletics 4 for 4, HR, 5 RBI, R, BB
3. Dave Duncan Houston Astros 3 for 3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
Sonny Seibert of the Boston Red Sox and Scipio Spinks of the Cincinnati Reds each pitched a complete game shutout.
Ron Blomberg went 0 for 3 in the Yankees win over Baltimore to end his hit streak at 27 games.
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