The Rangers made use of an error, walk and hit batsman to gain a 5-3 vistory over the Brewers. A wild throw by Jim Slaton led to the Rangers' initial tally in the fourth inning. Doubles by Vic Harris and Ken Suarez added two runs in the fifth. Then, after a single by Dave Nelson, Toby Harrah and Alex Johnson walked to force in Suarez. Texas Rangers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3Game Played on Tuesday, May 8, 1973 (Night game) at County StadiumRangers 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 - 5 9 0 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 11 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nelson 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Johnson ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .235 Mason 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .429 Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Harrah ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 .282 Money 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .210 Johnson lf 3 1 2 2 2 1 .337 May cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .224 Grieve lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scott 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .253 Epstein 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .190 Briggs lf 4 0 0 1 0 2 .256 Carty dh 2 0 0 1 1 1 .181 Lahoud dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .089 Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Coluccio ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .150 Maddox cf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .297 Thomas rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .200 Harris 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .167 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .192 Suarez c 3 2 1 1 1 0 .346 Garcia 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .260 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hudson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Champion p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 5 9 5 5 6 Totals 34 3 11 3 3 6 Time of Game: 2:49 Attendance: 4,005 Left on Base: Rangers 8, Brewers 7 DP: Rangers 1, Brewers 2 Errors: Slaton Doubles: Harrah (5), Harris (1), Suarez (3), Scott (5) Caught Stealing: Thomas (1), Briggs (2) Sacrifice Hits: Mason (1) Sacrifice Flies: Carty (2) GIDP: Harrah (3), Porter (2) Hit by Pitch: Epstein (3,by Champion) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg 5 6 2 2 2 4 0 21 6.37 Hudson W(1-0) 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 3.00 Foucault SV(5) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.54 Totals 9 11 3 3 3 6 0 37 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton 4.1 7 3 2 3 1 0 21 2.86 Champion L(0-1) 3.2 1 2 2 2 4 0 15 3.86 Lockwood 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.16 Totals 9 9 5 4 5 6 0 40 Hit by Pitch: Champion (1) Wild Pitches: Broberg (2), Slaton (2), Champion (3) Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jim Evans RANGERS 1ST: Nelson lined to first; Harrah doubled to right; Johnson walked; Slaton threw a wild pitch [Harrah to third, Johnson to second]; Epstein flied out to left; Carty was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Johnson flied out to center; Money flied out to center; May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs flied out to center; Maddox lined to shortstop; Harris grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Scott popped to second; Briggs struck out; Lahoud was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Suarez popped to shortstop; Nelson singled to left; Harrah grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nelson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: MASON REPLACED NELSON (PLAYING 2B); Thomas singled to left; Thomas was picked off and caught stealing second (catcher to first to shortstop to first); Porter walked; Garcia singled to left [Porter to second]; Johnson flied out to left; Money struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Johnson singled to left; Epstein singled to center [Johnson to second]; Epstein was picked off first but was safe on an error by Slaton [Johnson to third, Epstein to second]; Carty hit a sacrifice fly to right [Johnson scored (unearned), Epstein to third]; Burroughs reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Epstein out at home (third to catcher), Burroughs out at second (catcher to third to second)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: May flied out to right; Scott singled to center; Briggs flied out to right; Scott was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Brewers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Maddox flied out to left; Harris doubled to left; Suarez doubled to center [Harris scored]; Mason singled to second [Suarez to third]; Harrah walked [Mason to second]; Johnson walked [Suarez scored, Mason to third, Harrah to second]; CHAMPION REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Epstein was called out on strikes; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Lahoud flied out to center; Thomas singled to left; Porter struck out; Broberg threw a wild pitch [Thomas to second]; Garcia flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs singled to center; Maddox was called out on strikes; Champion threw a wild pitch [Burroughs to second]; Harris was called out on strikes; Suarez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Johnson walked; Money singled to left [Johnson to second]; May singled to center [Johnson scored, Money to third]; HUDSON REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Scott doubled to center [Money scored, May out at home (center to shortstop to catcher), Scott to third (on throw)]; Briggs reached on a fielder's choice [Scott scored]; COLUCCIO BATTED FOR LAHOUD; Briggs was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Coluccio struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 3. RANGERS 7TH: COLUCCIO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Mason flied out to center; Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 3. BREWERS 7TH: Thomas grounded out (pitcher to first); Porter popped to second; Garcia walked; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 3. RANGERS 8TH: Epstein was hit by a pitch; Carty walked [Epstein to second]; Burroughs forced Carty (shortstop to second) [Epstein to third]; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first) [Epstein scored, Burroughs to second]; Harris lined to first; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Brewers 3. BREWERS 8TH: Money flied out to right; May singled to right; FOUCAULT REPLACED HUDSON (PITCHING); Scott singled to center [May to second]; Briggs struck out; Coluccio flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Brewers 3. RANGERS 9TH: Suarez walked; LOCKWOOD REPLACED CHAMPION (PITCHING); Mason out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Suarez to second]; Harrah struck out; Johnson singled to center [Suarez scored, Johnson to second (on throw)]; Epstein lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Brewers 3. BREWERS 9TH: GRIEVE REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Thomas singled to center; Porter grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Thomas out at second]; Garcia singled to third; BROWN BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Brown forced Garcia (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Brewers 3. |
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