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The Tigers scored three runs in the ninth inning and then stood off a rally by the Rangers to emerge with a 3-2 victory. The Rangers were held to one hit by Woodie Fryman until the eighth when they scored on a single by Elliott Maddox and double by Ken Suarez. The Tigers, scoreless on three hits through the eighth, opened the ninth with a single by Dick McAuliffe. Norm Cash walked and Jim Northrup singled to drive in the tying run. Aurelio Rodriguez then tripled to score two runs and beat Pete Broberg. Detroit Tigers 3, Texas Rangers 2Game Played on Thursday, April 26, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumTigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 6 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 4 3 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Northrup rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .241 Nelson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .179 Rodriguez 3b 5 0 1 2 0 1 .186 Harrah ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Reese 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .053 Carty dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .170 Freehan c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .343 Grieve pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 G. Brown dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Johnson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .375 Horton lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .326 Burroughs rf 2 0 0 1 1 1 .227 McAuliffe 2b,ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .205 Biittner 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .063 Stanley cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Billings ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Lovitto 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .152 N. Cash ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .180 Maddox cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .316 Taylor pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .212 Suarez c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .300 Fryman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 3 6 3 3 3 Totals 30 2 4 2 2 7 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 5,399 Left on Base: Tigers 9, Rangers 4 DP: Tigers 0, Rangers 0 Errors: Harrah, Lovitto 2 Doubles: Northrup (2), Biittner (1), Suarez (1), Johnson (4) Triples: Rodriguez (1) Sacrifice Flies: Burroughs (1) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fryman W(2-0) 8.1 3 2 2 2 7 0 30 3.38 LaGrow 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.71 Hiller SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 4 2 2 2 7 0 33 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg L(0-2) 9 6 3 3 3 3 0 39 6.05 Totals 9 6 3 3 3 3 0 39 Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Joe Brinkman TIGERS 1ST: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez struck out; Reese walked; Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Nelson was called out on strikes; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. TIGERS 2ND: G. Brown grounded out (first to pitcher); Horton struck out; McAuliffe reached on an error by Lovitto; Stanley popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Johnson struck out; Burroughs walked; Biittner popped to shortstop; Lovitto grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman flied out to left; Northrup doubled to left; Rodriguez flied out to center; Reese reached on an error by Lovitto [Northrup to third]; Freehan popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Suarez grounded out (third to first); Nelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. TIGERS 4TH: G. Brown grounded out (second to first); Horton reached on an error by Harrah; McAuliffe flied out to right; Stanley popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Harrah flied out to center; Carty flied out to right; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman popped to third; Northrup grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Burroughs struck out; Biittner doubled to left; Lovitto grounded out (second to first) [Biittner to third]; Maddox was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. TIGERS 6TH: Reese singled to right; Freehan flied out to left; G. Brown flied out to right; Horton walked [Reese to second]; McAuliffe popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Suarez grounded out (pitcher to first); Nelson flied out to center; Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. TIGERS 7TH: Stanley flied out to left; Brinkman singled to left; Northrup forced Brinkman (second to shortstop); Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Carty flied out to center; Johnson grounded out (second to first); Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. TIGERS 8TH: Reese lined to right; Freehan flied out to center; G. Brown lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 8TH: Biittner was called out on strikes; Lovitto grounded out (second to first); Maddox singled to center; Suarez doubled to left [Maddox scored]; Nelson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 1. TIGERS 9TH: Horton struck out; McAuliffe singled to right; Stanley flied out to left; N. CASH BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; N. Cash walked [McAuliffe to second]; TAYLOR RAN FOR N. CASH; Northrup singled to center [McAuliffe scored, Taylor to third]; Rodriguez tripled to center [Taylor scored, Northrup scored]; Reese popped to third; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: MCAULIFFE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Harrah popped to third; Carty walked; GRIEVE RAN FOR CARTY; LAGROW REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Johnson doubled to center [Grieve to third]; Burroughs hit a sacrifice fly to right [Grieve scored]; HILLER REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); BILLINGS BATTED FOR BIITTNER; Billings flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 2. |
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