The Rangers failed to hold a 4-1 lead and lost to the White Sox, 7-4, for their 10th straight defeat. After catching up at 4-4, the White Sox won with three runs in the eighth inning. Lee Richard singled, took third on a single by Pat Kelly and scored on a sacrifice fly by Mike Andrews to break the tie, and Dick Allen then clinched the game with a two-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 7, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  1    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
White Sox    0  0  1    2  1  0    0  3  x  -   7 15  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 3b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .230      Kelly rf              3   1   3   0     2   0   .267
Lovitto cf            5   0   1   1     0   1   .224      Andrews 2b,1b         3   0   0   1     0   1   .223
Ford rf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .233      D. Allen 1b           4   1   2   4     1   0   .309
Billings c            3   1   1   0     1   2   .253        Orta 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Grieve lf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .209      May lf                3   0   2   0     2   0   .301
Biittner 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .266        Johnstone pr,lf     0   0   0   0     0   0   .184
Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Reichardt cf          3   0   2   0     0   0   .250
Harris 2b             4   1   3   2     0   0   .131        Bradford pr,cf      0   1   0   0     2   0   .268
  Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .078      Spiezio 3b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .235
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .148      Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .249
Gogolewski p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .139      Alvarado ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .218
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .243
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Morales ss          3   1   1   0     0   0   .203
  Hinton p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Wood p                1   1   1   0     0   0   .142
  Martinez 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .165        Lyttle ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .246
                                                            H. Allen pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Egan ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .188
                                                            Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Richard ph          1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               35   4   9   4     3   5             Totals               32   7  15   7     8   3

Time of Game: 3:10   Attendance:  8,430
Left on Base: Rangers 7, White Sox 11
DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Spiezio, Herrmann
Doubles: Harris 2 (5), Spiezio (10)
Triples: Harris (1)
Home Runs: Ford (14), D. Allen (37)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (45), Bradford (2)
Caught Stealing: Lovitto (11), Kelly (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Andrews (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Andrews (7)
GIDP: Lovitto (8)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski              3.1   9   3   3   2   1   0  18   4.23
Lindblad                0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2.56
Pina                    0.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   5   3.27
Hinton L(1-1)           3.1   3   2   2   2   1   0  13   4.32
Broberg                 0.1   1   1   1   1   0   1   3   4.29
Stanhouse               0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.83
Totals                  8    15   7   7   8   3   1  42

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood                    4     5   4   4   1   2   1  18   2.50
Acosta                  2     2   0   0   1   2   0   9   1.60
Gossage W(7-0)          2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.39
Forster SV(28)          1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.30
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   5   1  38

Passed Balls: Billings (11), Herrmann (18)
Wild Pitches: Broberg (14), Wood (10)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lovitto
grounded out (second to first); Ford grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly singled to left; Kelly was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Andrews grounded out (third to first); D.
Allen popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Billings struck out; Grieve reached on an error by
Spiezio; Wood threw a wild pitch [Grieve to second]; Biittner
popped to catcher in foul territory; Harrah grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May singled to right; Reichardt singled to center
[May to third]; Spiezio lined into a double play (third to
first) [Reichardt out at first]; Herrmann was walked
intentionally; MUSER BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Muser struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: MORALES REPLACED MUSER (PLAYING SS); Harris doubled
to left; Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Harris to third];
Gogolewski grounded out (pitcher to first); Nelson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Harris stayed at third]; Lovitto singled
to right [Harris scored]; Lovitto was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Wood singled to right; Kelly walked [Wood to
second]; Andrews out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Kelly to second, Wood to third]; D. Allen singled to center
[Wood scored, Kelly out at home (center to catcher)]; May
singled to right [D. Allen to third]; Reichardt forced May
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, White
Sox 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Ford homered; Billings singled to left; Grieve
walked [Billings to second]; Biittner flied out to right; Harrah
made an out to second; Harris doubled to left [Grieve scored,
Billings scored]; Gogolewski struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Spiezio singled to left; Herrmann flied out to
center; Morales singled to left [Spiezio to second]; LYTTLE
BATTED FOR WOOD; Lyttle singled to third [Morales to second,
Spiezio scored]; H. ALLEN RAN FOR LYTTLE; LINDBLAD REPLACED
GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Kelly walked [Morales to third, H. Allen
to second]; PINA REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Andrews was
called out on strikes; D. Allen walked [Morales scored, H. Allen
to third, Kelly to second]; May forced Kelly (third unassisted);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 3.

RANGERS 5TH: ACOSTA REPLACED H. ALLEN (PITCHING); Nelson singled
to left; Nelson stole second [Nelson to third (error by
Herrmann)]; Lovitto struck out; Ford made an out to first;
Billings walked; Grieve made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Reichardt singled to first; BRADFORD RAN FOR
REICHARDT; Bradford stole second; Spiezio doubled to left
[Bradford scored]; HINTON REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); Herrmann
grounded out (second to first) [Spiezio to third]; Spiezio was
out trying to advance to home (catcher to third to pitcher);
Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 6TH: BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Biittner
lined to shortstop; Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory;
Harris tripled to right; Hinton was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: EGAN BATTED FOR ACOSTA; Egan struck out; Kelly
singled to left; Kelly was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Andrews popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 7TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED EGAN (PITCHING); Nelson made an
out to second; Lovitto grounded out (second to first); Ford made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: D. Allen grounded out (third to first); May
walked; Bradford walked [May to second]; Spiezio made an out to
first; Herrmann flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Billings was called out on strikes; Grieve walked;
Biittner flied out to left; Harrah singled to shortstop [Grieve
to second]; Harris forced Harrah (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Morales flied out to left; RICHARD BATTED FOR
GOSSAGE; Richard singled to center; Kelly singled to center
[Richard to third]; BROBERG REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); MARTINEZ
REPLACED HINTON (PLAYING 2B); Andrews hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Kelly to second, Richard scored]; Broberg threw a wild
pitch [Kelly to third]; D. Allen homered [Kelly scored]; May
walked; JOHNSTONE RAN FOR MAY; STANHOUSE REPLACED BROBERG
(PITCHING); Billings allowed a passed ball [Johnstone to
second]; Bradford walked; Spiezio made an out to second; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 7.

RANGERS 9TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FORSTER
REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); ORTA REPLACED D. ALLEN (PLAYING
2B); ANDREWS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Martinez grounded
out (pitcher to first); Nelson singled to center; Lovitto
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Nelson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White
Sox 7.