Gaylord Perry posted his 13th victory of the year and Ed Farmer gained his first of the season as the Indians edged the Rangers in both ends of a twi-night doubleheader, 4-3 and 6-5, with the second game going 12 innings. In the lidlifter, the Indians took a 4-1 lead with two runs in the seventh on singles by Alex Johnson and Ray Fosse, a late throw to the plate on a grounder by Lou Camilli and a single by John Lowenstein, enabling Perry to survive a two-run rally by the Rangers in the ninth.

Chris Chambliss, who had three hits for the Indians in the first game, came back with three more in the second contest. After the Rangers took a 5-2 lead, Jerry Moses hit a two-run homer for the Indians in the eighth and Chambliss batted in the tying tally with a double in the ninth. Johnson then singled in the 12th and raced home from first with the winning run on a double by Graig Nettles. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Texas Rangers 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, July      6, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  8  1
Indians      0  1  0    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   4  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrah ss             4   1   2   0     0   0   .260      Lowenstein cf         4   0   1   1     0   1   .214
Jones 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .182      Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Mincher 1b            3   0   0   1     1   0   .203      Lolich rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .273
Billings lf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .286      Nettles 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .233
Biittner rf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .302      Chambliss 1b          4   1   3   0     0   0   .254
King c                4   0   1   2     0   0   .165      A. Johnson lf         3   1   2   1     0   0   .229
  Nelson pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .252        Unser lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Lovitto cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Fosse c               2   1   1   1     0   0   .250
  Ford ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Camilli ss            3   0   0   1     0   0   .143
Kubiak 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Duffy pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Perry p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .158
  Howard ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Gogolewski p          2   0   1   0     0   0   .200
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Randle 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .205

Totals               34   3   8   3     1   3             Totals               31   4   9   4     0   3

Time of Game: 2:12
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Indians 5
DP: Rangers 0, Indians 2
Errors: Pina
Doubles: Harrah (11), Biittner (8), Chambliss (7), A. Johnson (8)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (9), Mincher (2)
Caught Stealing: A. Johnson (5), Chambliss (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Perry (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Fosse (1)
GIDP: King (2), Howard (13)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski L(3-7)       6     7   3   3   0   3   0  24   5.26
Pina                    0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   3   2.75
Lindblad                1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.29
Totals                  8     9   4   4   0   3   0  33

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(13-7)           9     8   3   3   1   3   0  35   1.98
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   3   0  35

Passed Balls: Fosse (9)
Wild Pitches: Perry (7)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Harrah singled to shortstop; Harrah stole second;
Jones grounded out (second to first) [Harrah to third]; Mincher
grounded out (second to first) [Harrah scored]; Billings
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein struck out; Brohamer flied out to left;
Lolich singled to left; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Biittner singled to center; King grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Biittner out at
second]; Lovitto grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Chambliss doubled to right; A. Johnson doubled to
right [Chambliss scored]; Fosse made an out to second; Camilli
grounded out (pitcher to first); Perry grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Kubiak made an out to second; Gogolewski flied out
to left; Harrah doubled to right; Jones struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Lowenstein made an out to first; Brohamer struck
out; Lolich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Mincher walked; Mincher stole second; Billings was
called out on strikes; Biittner struck out; King grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Nettles singled to center; Chambliss singled to
second [Nettles to second]; A. Johnson forced Chambliss (first
to shortstop) [Nettles to third]; Fosse hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Nettles scored]; A. Johnson was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Lovitto flied to right in foul territory; Kubiak
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gogolewski singled to right;
Fosse allowed a passed ball [Gogolewski to second]; Perry threw
a wild pitch [Gogolewski to third]; Harrah grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians
2.

INDIANS 5TH: Camilli flied out to right; Perry grounded out
(second to first); Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Jones grounded out (second to first); Mincher lined
to third; Billings singled to left; Biittner grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Brohamer flied out to center; Lolich grounded out
(pitcher to first); Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 2.

RANGERS 7TH: King grounded out (first unassisted); Lovitto flied
out to left; Kubiak flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Chambliss singled to left; A. Johnson singled to
right [Chambliss to second]; PINA REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI
(PITCHING); Chambliss was caught stealing third (catcher to
third) [A. Johnson to second]; Fosse singled to left [A. Johnson
to third]; Camilli reached on a fielder's choice [Fosse to
second, A. Johnson scored]; DUFFY RAN FOR CAMILLI; Perry reached
on an error by Pina on a sacrifice bunt [Duffy to second, Fosse
to third]; LINDBLAD REPLACED KUBIAK (PITCHING); RANDLE REPLACED
PINA (PLAYING 2B); Lowenstein singled to left [Perry to second,
Duffy to third, Fosse scored]; Brohamer flied out to left;
Lolich flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 4.

RANGERS 8TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); UNSER REPLACED
A. JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Randle grounded out (third to first);
Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Nettles flied out to center; Chambliss popped to
catcher in foul territory; Unser flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Mincher flied out to right; Billings singled to
right; Biittner doubled to right [Billings to third]; King
singled to center [Biittner scored, Billings scored]; NELSON RAN
FOR KING; FORD BATTED FOR LOVITTO; Ford reached on a fielder's
choice [Nelson to second]; HOWARD BATTED FOR LINDBLAD; Howard
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ford
out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians 4.