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Tuesday August 29, 1972
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Texas Rangers 7, New York Yankees 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, August 29, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Rangers      0  0  1    2  0  0    4  0  0  -   7 12  0
Yankees      0  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  0  -   4 10  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             2   1   1   0     2   1   .252      Allen 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .247
  Harris 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .103      Callison rf           4   2   2   1     1   1   .264
Nelson 3b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .231      Murcer cf             4   1   2   2     1   0   .294
Ford rf               3   1   1   1     1   1   .238      White lf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .278
Billings c            4   1   0   1     0   0   .272      Blomberg 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Howard 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .247      Ellis c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .292
  Lindblad p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Sanchez 3b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .254
Grieve lf             5   2   3   0     0   0   .237      Michael ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Ragland 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .194      Kekich p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .138
  Biittner ph,1b      2   0   1   2     0   1   .290        Beene p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Mason ss              5   0   1   2     0   2   .241        Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Bosman p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .116        Klimkowski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lovitto ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Blasingame p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Munson ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .283
                                                            Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  12   7     3   7             Totals               36   4  10   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 15,987
Left on Base: Rangers 10, Yankees 9
DP: Rangers 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Sanchez 2
Doubles: Howard (9), White (21)
Triples: Sanchez (3)
Home Runs: Ford (12), Murcer (24), Callison (7)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (37), Grieve (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bosman (12), Nelson (7), Michael (2)
GIDP: Billings (10)
Hit by Pitch: Ford (3,by Kekich), Billings (2,by Kekich), Sanchez (4,by Bosman)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman W(7-8)           6     6   3   3   2   1   1  27   4.03
Lindblad SV(9)          3     4   1   1   0   2   1  13   2.76
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   3   2  40

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich                  4.1   6   3   3   2   2   0  23   3.53
Beene                   1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.49
Klimkowski L(0-3)       0     4   4   3   0   0   1   5   3.51
Blasingame              2     0   0   0   1   0   0   6   5.95
Roland                  1     1   0   0   0   3   0   4   4.94
Totals                  9    12   7   6   3   7   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Bosman (6), Kekich 2 (4)
Wild Pitches: Bosman (2)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - John Rice


RANGERS 1ST: Maddox was called out on strikes; Nelson singled to
center; Ford flied out to center; Billings flied to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Allen flied out to left; Callison walked; Murcer
flied to center; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Howard flied to center; Grieve flied out to left;
Ragland grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Blomberg popped to shortstop; Ellis lined to
shortstop; Sanchez lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Mason popped to third in foul territory; Bosman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox walked; On a bunt
Nelson singled to third [Maddox to second]; Ford was hit by a
pitch [Maddox to third, Nelson to second]; Billings was hit by a
pitch [Maddox scored, Nelson to third, Ford to second]; Howard
forced Billings (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Michael popped to third in foul territory; Kekich
grounded out (shortstop to first); Allen grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Grieve singled to second; Ragland singled to right
[Grieve to third]; Mason singled to center [Grieve scored,
Ragland to third]; Bosman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Mason to second]; Maddox was walked intentionally;
only fourth ball was intentional; Nelson forced Maddox
(shortstop to second) [Ragland scored, Mason to third];
Bernie Allen couldn't get the ball out of his glove for the
relay; Nelson stole second; Ford was called out on strikes;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Callison singled to left; Murcer homered [Callison
scored]; White made an out to shortstop; Blomberg grounded out
(second to first); Ellis singled to center; Sanchez tripled to
center [Ellis scored]; Michael grounded out (first unassisted);
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Yankees 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Billings grounded out (second to first); Howard
doubled to left; BEENE REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Grieve flied
out to left; Ragland grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Beene struck out; Allen singled to left; Bosman
threw a wild pitch [Allen to second]; Callison grounded out
(first unassisted); Murcer was walked intentionally; White
forced Murcer (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 3, Yankees 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Mason struck out; Bosman struck out; Maddox singled
to left; Elliott Maddox jammed hand diving back into 1B
(broken hand); Nelson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Blomberg flied to center; Ellis singled to left;
Sanchez was hit by a pitch [Ellis to second]; Michael flied out
to center; ALOU BATTED FOR BEENE; Alou lined to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Yankees 3.

RANGERS 7TH: KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Ford homered;
Billings reached on an error by Sanchez; Howard singled to
center [Billings to second]; On a bunt Grieve singled to pitcher
[Billings to third, Howard to second]; BIITTNER BATTED FOR
RAGLAND; Biittner singled to right [Billings scored (unearned),
Howard scored, Grieve to third]; BLASINGAME REPLACED KLIMKOWSKI
(PITCHING); Mason grounded out (pitcher to first) [Grieve
scored, Biittner to second]; LOVITTO BATTED FOR BOSMAN; Biittner
was out trying to advance to third (catcher to third); Lovitto
popped to second; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: BIITTNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LOVITTO
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HARRIS REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING
2B); LINDBLAD REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Allen flied out to
right; Callison homered; Murcer grounded out (second to first);
White doubled to left; Blomberg flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Yankees 4.

RANGERS 8TH: On a bunt Harris reached on an error by Sanchez;
Nelson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harris to
second]; Ford was walked intentionally; Billings grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ford out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Ellis flied out to right; Sanchez singled to
center; Michael out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Sanchez to second]; MUNSON BATTED FOR BLASINGAME; Munson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Yankees 4.

RANGERS 9TH: ROLAND REPLACED MUNSON (PITCHING); Lindblad struck
out; Grieve singled to left; Grieve stole second; Biittner
struck out; Mason struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Yankees 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Allen grounded out (first unassisted); Callison
struck out; Murcer singled to center; White grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Yankees 4.



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