The Rangers, who had won five straight games, were stopped on their streak by a 7-6 loss to the White Sox in 10 innings after a Texas rally was chilled when Don Mincher batted out of turn. Bill Melton walked, Jay Johnstone sacrificed and Tom Egan doubled to produce the tie-breaking run for the White Sox in the 10th.

With one out in the home half, Hal King and Mincher both singled. However, Mincher batted out of turn in place of Paul Lindblad. Under the rules, Lindblad was called out. Elliott Maddox, the Rangers' next batter, was retired to end the game. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 7, Texas Rangers 6
Game Played on Monday, May       22, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    1  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  1    1  -   7 10  4
Rangers      1  0  0    0  1  0    1  3  0    0  -   6  8  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf              4   1   0   0     1   0   .326      Maddox cf             5   4   1   0     1   1   .216
Andrews 2b            4   2   2   1     1   0   .265      Nelson 3b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .294
May lf                4   0   3   5     1   0   .310      Howard 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .220
D. Allen 1b           5   0   1   0     0   2   .313        Mincher 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .132
Melton 3b             4   1   0   0     1   1   .229      Billings c            4   0   2   2     0   1   .283
Johnstone cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .175      Burroughs lf          5   0   1   0     0   2   .167
Herrmann c            3   0   2   0     0   0   .206      Lovitto rf            4   1   1   0     1   0   .191
  Orta pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .203      Kubiak 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .000
  Egan c              2   0   1   1     0   0   .179        King ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Morales ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .245      Harrah ss             4   1   2   0     0   0   .233
  Alvarado pr,ss      1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Bosman p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wood p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .154        Panther p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Reichardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .212        Biittner ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .191
  Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Paul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ford ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .182
  Williams ph         1   1   0   0     0   0   .294        Lindblad p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Romo p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   7  10   7     4   7             Totals               36   6   8   4     5   6

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance:  8,431
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Rangers 10
DP: White Sox 1, Rangers 0
Errors: May, Egan, Morales, Forster, Nelson
Doubles: May 2 (6), Egan (1), Nelson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Johnstone (2), Nelson (4), Bosman (7), Harrah (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Billings (3), Ford (1)
GIDP: Maddox (3)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood                    6     7   2   1   0   2   0  26   1.37
Kealey                  0     0   1   1   3   0   0   3   1.17
Forster                 2     0   3   1   2   1   0  10   1.56
Romo W(1-0)             2     1   0   0   0   3   0   7   3.00
Totals                 10     8   6   3   5   6   0  46

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman                  6.2   6   5   1   3   5   0  30   4.40
Panther                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.75
Paul                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.45
Lindblad L(2-2)         2     4   2   2   1   1   0  11   1.16
Totals                 10    10   7   3   4   7   0  45

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Nestor Chylak


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly grounded out (first to pitcher); Andrews
singled to center; May doubled [Andrews scored]; D. Allen flied
out to left; Melton flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: On a bunt Maddox singled to third; Nelson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Maddox to second]; Howard
grounded out (third to first); Billings singled to left [Maddox
scored]; Burroughs singled to center [Billings to second];
Lovitto popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnstone made an out to shortstop; Herrmann
grounded out (second to first); Morales grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Kubiak struck out; Harrah singled to right; Bosman
reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Harrah to
second]; Maddox grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Harrah out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Wood struck out; Kelly grounded out (second to
first); Andrews grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Nelson flied out to left; Howard popped to catcher
in foul territory; Billings grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May walked; D. Allen singled to center [May to
second]; Melton popped to first in foul territory; Johnstone
flied out to center; Herrmann singled to shortstop [May to
third, D. Allen to second]; Morales struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs was called out on strikes; Lovitto
singled to center; Kubiak forced Lovitto (shortstop to second);
Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Wood was called out on strikes; Kelly grounded
out (first unassisted); Andrews popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Bosman made an out to shortstop; Maddox reached on
an error by May [Maddox to second]; Nelson doubled [Maddox
scored (unearned), Nelson to third (on throw)]; Howard reached
on a fielder's choice [Nelson out at home (shortstop to
catcher)]; Billings singled to left [Howard to second];
Burroughs flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May grounded out (pitcher to first); D. Allen
struck out; Melton made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Lovitto flied out to center; Kubiak grounded out
(third to first); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Johnstone popped to third in foul territory;
Herrmann singled to center; ORTA RAN FOR HERRMANN; Morales
reached on an error by Nelson [Orta to second]; REICHARDT BATTED
FOR WOOD; Reichardt was called out on strikes; Kelly walked
[Orta to third, Morales to second]; Andrews walked [Orta scored
(unearned), Morales to third, Kelly to second]; May doubled to
center [Morales scored (unearned), Kelly scored (unearned),
Andrews scored (unearned)]; PANTHER REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING);
D. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: EGAN REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING C ); KEALEY REPLACED
REICHARDT (PITCHING); BIITTNER BATTED FOR PANTHER; Biittner
walked; Maddox walked [Biittner to second]; Nelson walked
[Biittner to third, Maddox to second]; FORSTER REPLACED KEALEY
(PITCHING); Howard forced Biittner (third to catcher) [Maddox to
third, Nelson to second]; Billings hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Maddox scored]; Burroughs was called out on strikes; 1 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: PAUL REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Melton struck
out; Johnstone flied out to center; Egan popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Lovitto walked; Kubiak walked [Lovitto to second];
Harrah reached on an error by Forster on a sacrifice bunt
[Lovitto to third, Kubiak to second]; FORD BATTED FOR PAUL; Ford
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lovitto scored]; Maddox reached on
an error by Morales [Kubiak to third, Harrah to second]; Nelson
forced Kubiak (first to catcher) [Harrah scored (error by Egan)
(unearned), Maddox scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Howard grounded
out (shortstop to first); 3 R (1 ER), 0 H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Rangers 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED FORD (PITCHING); MINCHER
REPLACED HOWARD (PLAYING 1B); Morales singled to right; ALVARADO
RAN FOR MORALES; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR FORSTER; Williams forced
Alvarado (third to second); Kelly flied to left in foul
territory; Andrews singled to left [Williams to second]; May
singled to center [Williams scored, Andrews to second]; D. Allen
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 9TH: ALVARADO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ROMO REPLACED
WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Billings struck out; Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lovitto grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 6.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Melton walked; Johnstone out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Melton to second]; Egan doubled to left
[Melton scored]; Alvarado grounded out (pitcher to first); Romo
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 7, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 10TH: KING BATTED FOR KUBIAK; King was called out on
strikes; Harrah singled to shortstop; On a bunt Lindblad made an
out to catcher; Don Mincher singled with Toby Harrah reaching
3B; White Sox manager Chuck Tanner pointed out that Mincher
batter out of turn, so the proper batter, Paul Lindblad, was
called out; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 7, Rangers 6.