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Saturday April 29, 1972
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A single by Ken Suarez with the bases loaded in the ninth inning enabled the Rangers to edge the Red Sox, 7-6. The Rangers' first three runs came on the 362nd homer of Frank Howard's career, moving the slugger into 20th place on the all-time list ahead of Joe DiMaggio.

After the Red Sox tied the score at 6-6 in the ninth, Dave Nelson singled for the Rangers and Ted Kubiak and Dick Billings walked to fill the sacks for Suarez' appearance. [The Sporting News]


Texas Rangers 7, Boston Red Sox 6

Game Played on Saturday, April 29, 1972 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium

Red Sox      0  0  0    1  0  1    2  0  2  -   6 10  2
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  3  1  -   7  7  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             4   2   2   0     1   1   .194      Randle 2b             4   0   0   0     1   3   .240
Aparicio ss           5   1   2   1     0   0   .275        Paul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Yastrzemski lf        4   1   2   1     0   0   .162        Cox p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Petrocelli 3b         5   0   1   1     0   1   .154      Nelson 3b             4   2   2   0     1   1   .283
  Miller pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mincher 1b            2   1   0   0     2   1   .185
Oglivie rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .167        Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gagliano ph,3b      1   0   1   1     0   0   .667        Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Cater 1b              3   0   1   2     1   0   .091      King c                1   0   0   0     2   1   .167
Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .281        Billings c,1b       1   1   1   0     1   0   .222
Fisk c                3   1   0   0     1   2   .316      Howard lf,1b          4   1   2   3     0   1   .250
Tiant p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Lovitto pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .130
  Tatum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Suarez c            1   0   1   1     0   0   .500
  Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Biittner rf           2   0   1   0     1   0   .192
  Moret p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Ford ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
  Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Maddox cf             1   1   0   0     2   0   .261
  Peters p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrah ss             3   0   0   1     1   1   .243
                                                          Gogolewski p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Driscoll ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Panther p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grieve lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .313

Totals               36   6  10   6     4   7             Totals               28   7   7   5    12  11

Time of Game: 3:19   Attendance:  9,531
Left on Base: Red Sox 10, Rangers 10
DP: Red Sox 2, Rangers 0
Errors: Aparicio 2, Nelson, Harrah
Triples: Oglivie (1)
Home Runs: Howard (2)
Stolen Bases: Fisk (1), Nelson 2 (7)
Caught Stealing: Nelson (1), Maddox (1), Randle (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cater (2), Yastrzemski (1)
GIDP: Howard (5)
Hit by Pitch: Griffin (1,by Pina), Maddox (1,by Tatum)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   5.1   2   2   2   6   5   0  21   2.45
Tatum                   0.2   1   1   1   2   1   1   6   1.50
Moret                   1     2   2   1   1   2   0   5   6.00
Bolin L(0-1)            1     1   2   1   2   3   0   7   8.10
Peters                  0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.70
Totals                  8     7   7   5  12  11   1  41

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski              5     4   1   1   1   5   0  21   8.18
Panther                 1.1   2   3   3   2   0   0   8  15.19
Lindblad                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Pina                    0.2   2   2   2   0   2   0   5   2.61
Paul                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.38
Cox W(1-0)              0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.40
Totals                  9    10   6   6   4   7   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Tatum (1), Pina (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro


RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
grounded out (catcher to first); Yastrzemski singled to center;
Petrocelli forced Yastrzemski (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Randle struck out; Nelson walked; Nelson was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Mincher walked; King
walked [Mincher to second]; Howard was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Oglivie lined to second; Cater flied out to center;
Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Biittner lined to second; Maddox walked; Harrah
struck out while Maddox was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Fisk struck out; Tiant struck out; Harper struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Gogolewski struck out; Randle struck out; Nelson
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first);
Yastrzemski singled; Petrocelli struck out; Oglivie walked
[Yastrzemski to second]; Cater singled [Yastrzemski scored,
Oglivie to third, Cater to second (on throw)]; Griffin grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Mincher flied out to center; King walked; Howard
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [King out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk flied out to center; Tiant struck out; Harper
singled to center; Aparicio reached on an error by Nelson
[Harper to second]; Yastrzemski flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Biittner singled to center; Maddox flied out to
center; Harrah flied out to center; DRISCOLL BATTED FOR
GOGOLEWSKI; Driscoll lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 6TH: PANTHER REPLACED DRISCOLL (PITCHING); Petrocelli
grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie tripled to right; Cater
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Oglivie scored]; Griffin grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Randle flied out to left; Nelson singled to center;
Mincher walked [Nelson to second]; TATUM REPLACED TIANT
(PITCHING); King was called out on strikes; Howard homered
[Nelson scored, Mincher scored]; Biittner walked; Maddox was hit
by a pitch [Biittner to second]; Harrah walked [Biittner to
third, Maddox to second]; Panther grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Rangers 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk walked; BURDA BATTED FOR TATUM; Burda made an
out to third; Fisk stole second [Fisk to third (error by
Harrah)]; Toby Harrah called for obstruction; Harper
walked; Aparicio singled to center [Fisk scored, Harper to
third]; LINDBLAD REPLACED PANTHER (PITCHING); Yastrzemski hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Harper scored, Aparicio to second];
Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: MORET REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Randle walked;
Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Nelson
was called out on strikes; Mincher was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers 3.

RED SOX 8TH: BILLINGS REPLACED KING (PLAYING C ); Oglivie flied
out to right; Cater walked; PINA REPLACED MINCHER (PITCHING);
GRIEVE REPLACED LINDBLAD (PLAYING LF); HOWARD CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); Griffin was hit by a pitch [Cater to second]; Fisk
struck out; Moret struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Billings singled to right; Howard singled to center
[Billings to second]; LOVITTO RAN FOR HOWARD; FORD BATTED FOR
BIITTNER; BOLIN REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Ford struck out;
Maddox walked [Billings to third, Lovitto to second]; Harrah
reached on a fielder's choice [Billings scored, Lovitto scored
(error by Aparicio) (unearned), Maddox scored (error by
Aparicio) (unearned), Harrah to second]; Grieve struck out;
Randle struck out; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Rangers 6.

RED SOX 9TH: SUAREZ REPLACED LOVITTO (PLAYING C ); BILLINGS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); Harper singled to center; Aparicio singled to right [Harper
to second]; PAUL REPLACED RANDLE (PITCHING); KUBIAK REPLACED
PINA (PLAYING 2B); Yastrzemski flied out to center; Petrocelli
singled to center [Harper scored, Aparicio to third]; MILLER RAN
FOR PETROCELLI; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR OGLIVIE; COX REPLACED PAUL
(PITCHING); Gagliano singled to left [Aparicio scored, Miller to
second]; Cater flied out to right; Griffin lined to second; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 9TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GAGLIANO STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Nelson singled to center; Nelson stole
second; Nelson stole third; Kubiak walked; PETERS REPLACED BOLIN
(PITCHING); Billings was walked intentionally [Kubiak to
second]; Suarez singled to left [Nelson scored, Kubiak to third,
Billings to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Rangers 7.



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