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Ted Ford drove in five runs to help the Rangers ride to an 11-5 victory over the White Sox. The Rangers counted twice in the first inning on a bases-loaded single by Larry Biittner and put themselves safely on the winning road with five runs in the fourth, three scoring on a double by Ford. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 11, Chicago White Sox 5Game Played on Saturday, August 5, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IRangers 2 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 - 11 11 0
White Sox 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 5 11 1
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Nelson 3b 3 4 2 1 2 0 .238 Kelly rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .267
Harrah ss 4 3 2 0 2 0 .275 Johnstone cf,lf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .180
Ford rf 6 1 2 5 0 2 .244 D. Allen 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .309
Howard 1b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .230 Geddes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lovitto pr,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Reichardt ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .273
Billings c 5 0 1 1 0 2 .265 May lf,1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .299
Biittner lf,1b 4 0 1 2 1 1 .300 Spiezio 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246
Maddox cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .244 Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .216
Ragland 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .000 Herrmann c 2 1 1 2 1 1 .231
Hand p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Egan ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .202
Lawson p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Alvarado ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .234
Lemonds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056
Gossage p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Kealey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Williams ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .244
Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bradford ph,cf 2 2 2 0 0 0 .500
Totals 37 11 11 11 8 8 Totals 36 5 11 5 3 5
Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 8,789
Left on Base: Rangers 10, White Sox 8
DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 0
Errors: Gossage
Doubles: Ford (12), Howard (6), Nelson (13), May (16), Johnstone (6)
Home Runs: Herrmann (6)
Stolen Bases: Harrah 2 (14), Nelson (34), Kelly (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (5), Ragland (1), Hand (3)
Sacrifice Flies: D. Allen (2)
GIDP: May (7)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hand W(9-7) 7.1 9 4 4 2 4 1 33 2.49
Lawson SV(1) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 2.70
Totals 9 11 5 5 3 5 1 40
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Lemonds L(1-4) 0.2 2 2 2 3 2 0 7 3.08
Gossage 3 1 3 3 2 2 0 13 4.10
Kealey 0.1 3 2 2 0 1 0 4 4.10
Romo 3 4 4 4 2 3 0 16 2.93
Geddes 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 8.44
Totals 9 11 11 11 8 8 0 48
Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Bill Haller
RANGERS 1ST: Nelson walked; Harrah singled to center [Nelson to
third]; Harrah stole second; Ford struck out; Howard walked;
Billings was called out on strikes; Biittner singled to right
[Howard to second, Nelson scored, Harrah scored]; Maddox walked
[Howard to third, Biittner to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED LEMONDS
(PITCHING); Ragland struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers
2, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Johnstone
flied out to right; D. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Hand reached on an error by Gossage; Nelson out on
a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Hand to second]; Harrah
grounded out (second to first) [Hand to third]; Ford struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: May doubled to center; Spiezio struck out;
Andrews made an out to shortstop; Herrmann struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Billings
made an out to shortstop; Biittner grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Alvarado struck out; Gossage struck out; Kelly
walked; Kelly stole second; Johnstone doubled to right [Kelly
scored]; D. Allen flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 1.
RANGERS 4TH: Maddox singled to center; Ragland out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Maddox to second]; Hand
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Maddox to third]; Nelson
walked; Nelson stole second; Harrah walked; KEALEY REPLACED
GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Ford doubled to right [Harrah scored, Nelson
scored, Maddox scored, Ford to third (on throw)]; Howard doubled
to left [Ford scored]; Billings singled to center [Howard
scored]; Biittner struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 7,
White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 4TH: May singled to right; Spiezio flied out to right;
Andrews made an out to shortstop; Herrmann homered [May scored];
Alvarado singled to left; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR KEALEY; Williams
singled to left [Alvarado to third]; Kelly flied out to left; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 7, White Sox 3.
RANGERS 5TH: ROMO REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Maddox grounded
out (shortstop to first); Ragland flied out to center; Hand
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, White Sox 3.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Johnstone popped to third in foul territory; D.
Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, White Sox 3.
RANGERS 6TH: Nelson singled to left; Harrah singled to right
[Nelson to third]; Harrah stole second; Ford reached on a
fielder's choice [Harrah to third, Nelson scored]; Howard forced
Ford (shortstop to second) [Harrah scored]; LOVITTO RAN FOR
HOWARD; Billings struck out; Biittner walked [Lovitto to
second]; Maddox forced Lovitto (third unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 3.
WHITE SOX 6TH: LOVITTO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BIITTNER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Spiezio flied out to left;
Andrews flied out to center; Herrmann walked; Alvarado flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 3.
RANGERS 7TH: Ragland walked; Hand out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Ragland to second]; Nelson doubled to right [Ragland
scored]; Harrah grounded out (third to first) [Nelson to third];
Ford singled to center [Nelson scored]; Lovitto was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 11, White Sox 3.
WHITE SOX 7TH: BRADFORD BATTED FOR ROMO; Bradford singled to
left; Kelly singled to right [Bradford to second]; Johnstone
flied out to right [Bradford to third]; D. Allen hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Bradford scored]; May made an out to third; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 11, White Sox 4.
RANGERS 8TH: BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GEDDES
REPLACED D. ALLEN (PITCHING); JOHNSTONE CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); MAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Billings
grounded out (shortstop to first); Biittner grounded out (second
to first); Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rangers 11, White Sox 4.
WHITE SOX 8TH: Spiezio grounded out (shortstop to first);
Andrews singled to left; EGAN BATTED FOR HERRMANN; LAWSON
REPLACED HAND (PITCHING); Egan was called out on strikes;
Alvarado forced Andrews (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 11, White Sox 4.
RANGERS 9TH: EGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Ragland lined to
second; Lawson singled to third; Nelson flied out to right;
Harrah walked [Lawson to second]; Ford made an out to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 11, White Sox 4.
WHITE SOX 9TH: Bradford singled to center; Kelly singled to
center [Bradford to second]; Johnstone walked [Bradford to
third, Kelly to second]; REICHARDT BATTED FOR GEDDES; Reichardt
forced Johnstone (shortstop to second) [Kelly to third, Bradford
scored]; May grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first to second) [Reichardt out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rangers 11, White Sox 5.
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