In a Texas-sized victory, the Rangers piled up 15 hits including four homers, and walloped the Twins, 16-2. Toby Harrah drove in five runs, including three in the second inning when the Rangers exploded for nine runs.

Hal King started the outburst with a homer and Dick Billings connected for the circuit with two men on base. Harrah hit a double and single in two trips during the stanza. The Rangers went on a rampage again in the third, scoring six times. Don Mincher homered with two men on base and Harrah knocked in two runs with a single. Ted Ford wound up the Rangers' scoring with a homer in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 16, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       27, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  9  6    0  0  0    1  0  0  -  16 15  0
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2 12  5


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             4   2   3   0     2   0   .250      Tovar rf              2   1   1   0     0   0   .302
Lovitto rf            4   2   1   1     0   1   .172        Nettles rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .171
  Biittner rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Thompson ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Mincher 1b            3   2   1   3     1   0   .156        Monzon ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  Burroughs pr,1b     2   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Carew 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Billings 3b           5   2   1   3     1   1   .273        Reese 1b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .200
King c                4   2   1   1     1   1   .158        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Killebrew 1b          2   0   1   0     0   0   .230
Ford lf               5   3   3   1     1   0   .231        Soderholm 3b        2   0   1   0     0   0   .206
Randle 2b             6   1   1   0     0   1   .198      Braun 3b,2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .310
Harrah ss             3   2   3   5     0   0   .223      Darwin cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
  Kubiak ss           0   0   0   0     1   0   .034      Renick lf,1b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .235
Bosman p              3   0   1   1     0   1   .077      Mitterwald c          2   0   1   0     0   1   .158
  Suarez ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Dempsey c           2   0   1   0     0   0   .174
                                                          Woodson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .118
                                                            Gebhard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Manuel ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .150
                                                            Norton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Corbin p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Brye ph,lf          2   0   1   0     0   0   .198

Totals               41  16  15  15     7   6             Totals               37   2  12   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance:  9,477
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Twins 9
DP: Rangers 2, Twins 3
Errors: Carew, Killebrew, Braun, Darwin, Mitterwald
Doubles: Harrah (3), Renick (1)
Home Runs: King (2), Billings (2), Mincher (3), Ford (4)
Stolen Bases: Maddox 2 (9), Harrah (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bosman (8)
GIDP: Billings (1), Burroughs 2 (2), Carew (2), Darwin (4)
Hit by Pitch: Kubiak (1,by Corbin), Lovitto (1,by Corbin), Biittner (1,by LaRoche)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman W(3-4)           6     6   1   1   1   3   0  24   4.08
Lindblad SV(3)          3     6   1   1   0   1   0  14   1.37
Totals                  9    12   2   2   1   4   0  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Woodson L(3-3)          1.1   5   8   4   2   1   2  13   3.30
Gebhard                 0.2   2   1   1   1   2   0   5   1.93
Norton                  0.2   5   6   3   1   0   1   9   4.09
Corbin                  4.1   2   1   1   3   2   1  18   1.86
LaRoche                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   1.67
Totals                  9    15  16   8*  7   6   4  52

Hit by Pitch: Corbin 2 (2), LaRoche (2)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Dave Phillips


RANGERS 1ST: Maddox singled to left; Lovitto struck out; Mincher
flied out to left; Maddox stole second; Billings grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: On a bunt Tovar singled to pitcher; Thompson singled
to center [Tovar to third]; Carew grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Tovar scored, Thompson out at second];
Killebrew singled to left; Braun grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 2ND: King homered; Ford walked; On a bunt Randle singled
to second [Ford to second]; Harrah doubled to center [Ford
scored, Randle scored]; Bosman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Harrah to third]; Maddox walked; Harrah stole home
and Maddox stole second [Maddox to third (error by Mitterwald)];
Lovitto reached on an error by Killebrew [Maddox scored
(unearned), Lovitto to second]; Mincher reached on an error by
Carew [Lovitto to third]; Billings homered (unearned) [Lovitto
scored (unearned), Mincher scored (unearned)]; GEBHARD REPLACED
WOODSON (PITCHING); King walked; Ford singled to left [King to
second]; Randle struck out; Harrah singled to center [King
scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Ford to second];
Bosman struck out; 9 R (5 ER), 6 H, 3 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 9,
Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Renick
singled to center; Mitterwald struck out; MANUEL BATTED FOR
GEBHARD; Manuel walked [Renick to second]; Tovar forced Manuel
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 9, Twins 1.

RANGERS 3RD: NORTON REPLACED MANUEL (PITCHING); Maddox singled
to pitcher; Lovitto singled to right [Maddox to third]; Mincher
homered [Maddox scored, Lovitto scored]; Billings walked; King
grounded out (third to first) [Billings to second]; Ford reached
on an error by Braun [Billings to third, Ford to second]; Randle
popped to shortstop in foul territory; Harrah singled to left
[Billings scored (unearned), Ford scored (unearned), Harrah to
second (on throw)]; Bosman singled to center [Harrah scored
(unearned)]; CORBIN REPLACED NORTON (PITCHING); Maddox walked
[Bosman to second]; Lovitto lined to first; 6 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 15, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: KUBIAK REPLACED HARRAH (PLAYING SS); Thompson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew grounded out (first
unassisted); Killebrew flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 15, Twins 1.

RANGERS 4TH: MONZON REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING SS); REESE
REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 1B); SODERHOLM REPLACED KILLEBREW
(PLAYING 3B); BRAUN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Mincher
walked; BURROUGHS RAN FOR MINCHER; Billings grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Burroughs out at second]; King
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 15, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: BURROUGHS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Braun lined to
left; Darwin struck out; Renick grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 15, Twins 1.

RANGERS 5TH: NETTLES REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING RF); Ford grounded
out (third to first); Randle flied out to left; Kubiak was hit
by a pitch; Bosman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 15, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald singled to left; Corbin struck out;
Nettles flied to center; Monzon grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 15, Twins 1.

RANGERS 6TH: DEMPSEY REPLACED MITTERWALD (PLAYING C ); Maddox
singled to center [Maddox to second (error by Darwin)]; Lovitto
was hit by a pitch; Burroughs grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Maddox to third, Lovitto out at
second]; Billings struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 15,
Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: BIITTNER REPLACED LOVITTO (PLAYING RF); Reese singled
to second; Soderholm forced Reese (third to second); Braun flied
out to left; Darwin popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 15, Twins 1.

RANGERS 7TH: King made an out to second; Ford homered; Randle
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak walked; SUAREZ BATTED
FOR BOSMAN; Suarez forced Kubiak (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 16, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: SUAREZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); LINDBLAD REPLACED
KING (PITCHING); Renick doubled to left; Dempsey grounded out
(third to first); BRYE BATTED FOR CORBIN; Brye singled to left
[Renick to third]; Nettles struck out; Monzon singled to center
[Renick scored, Brye to third]; Reese grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 16, Twins 2.

RANGERS 8TH: BRYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); RENICK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LAROCHE REPLACED REESE (PITCHING);
Maddox flied out to left; Biittner was hit by a pitch; Burroughs
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Biittner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 16,
Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: Soderholm singled to left; Braun singled to right
[Soderholm to second]; Darwin grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Soderholm to third, Braun out at
second]; Renick popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 16, Twins 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Billings grounded out (third to first); Lindblad
struck out; Ford singled to center; Randle flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 16, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: Dempsey singled to left; Brye forced Dempsey
(shortstop to second); Nettles made an out to second; Monzon
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 16, Twins 2.