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SEPTEMBER 9, 1973
The series finale against the Athletics.
The Twins have lost yet another player to injury. RF Ralph Garr has a torn thumb ligament and will be out for one week.
Cubs 2B Ron Hunt also has a torn thumb ligament. He is expected to miss 3 weeks.
The Houston Astros have officially been eliminated from the post season.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 88-52 at Cleveland 61-84 (2)
Detroit 71-72 at Boston 68-75
Milwaukee 73-70 at New York 70-72
California 68-71 at Kansas City 74-66 (2)
Chicago 65-76 at Minnesota 71-70
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 86-56 at Atlanta 63-82 (2)
New York 83-59 at Montreal 62-80
Pittsburgh 66-72 at Philadelphia 70-72
St Louis 61-82 at Chicago 68-73
San Diego 53-89 at Los Angeles 86-58
Houston 68-76 at San Francisco 87-54
OAKLAND ATHLETICS 90-51 AT TEXAS RANGERS 51-91
MATCHUPS
SP Denny McLain vs Rich Hand Advantage Push
C Adrian Garrett vs Ken Suarez Advantage Push
1B Gene Tenace vs Frank Howard Advantage Oakland
2B Dick Green vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Sal Bando vs Jim Mason Advantage Oakland
SS Rudy Meoli vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
LF Joe Rudi vs Larry Biittner Advantage Oakland
CF Bobby Tolan vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Oakland
RF Reggie Jackson vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Oakland
DH Mike Epstein vs Dick Billings Advantage Oakland
Overall Advantage Oakland
In the top of the second, Hand walked the first three batters of the innning. Bases loaded. Nobody out. Green was the third hitter to walk giving him 50 bases on balls for the season. Meoli lined out to first. One away. Garrett lined out to third. Two away. Tolan then flied out to right to retire the side.
Bando led off the top of the third with a home run.
McLain had a no-hitter through three.
After three: Oakland 1 Texas 0.
In the bottom of the fifth, McLain struck out Maddox for his 50th K of the season.
With two out in the bottom of the sixth, Biittner singled to break up the no-hitter.
After six: Oakland 1 Texas 0.
In the top of the seventh with a runner on first and one out, Hand left the game with an elbow injury and was replaced by Horacio Pina. Jackson got an RBI single.
Burroughs led off the bottom of the seventh with a single for his 150th hit of the season. The Rangers went on to load the bases with one out. Suarez flew out to left. Two down. Billings then flew out to left as well to end the inning.
Tenace hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth. It was the Athletics 10th hit of the game.
Harrah hit a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth. The Rangers then put two men on base but pinch hitter Tom Grieve hit into the game ending 4-6-3.
Final score: Oakland 3 Texas 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Denny McLain 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 5 Cleveland 0 Game 1
Cleveland 5 Baltimore 1 Game 2
Boston 10 Detroit 3
Milwaukee 5 New York 1
Kansas City 8 California 1 Game 1
California 2 Kansas City 1 Game 2
Chicago 6 Minnesota 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 10 Atlanta 1 Game 1
Cincinnati 7 Atlanta 5 Game 2
New York 7 Montreal 1
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 1
Chicago 4 St Louis 1
San Diego 2 Los Angeles 1
Houston 8 San Francisco 6 10 innings
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Joe L Morgan Cincinnati Reds 3 for 8, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, BB
2. Rudy May Baltimore Orioles 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, W
3. Wilbur Wood Chicago White Sox 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, W
Cincinnati 2B Joe L Morgan has a 20 game hit streak.
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