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Thursday May 10, 1973
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The Athletics piled up 23 hits, including homers by Ray Fosse and Deron Johnson, to overwhelm the Rangers, 17-2. [The Sporting News]


Oakland Athletics 17, Texas Rangers 2

Game Played on Thursday, May 10, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

A's          5  0  0    0  2  0    1  5  4  -  17 23  0
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  4  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   4   1     1   1   .289      Harris 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .149
  Maxvill pr,ss       1   0   1   1     0   0   .214      Harrah ss             4   1   1   0     0   1   .269
Rudi lf               6   1   3   3     0   0   .244      Johnson lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .309
Tenace 1b             6   1   0   0     1   4   .280      Carty dh              3   0   1   0     1   0   .179
Jackson rf            4   2   2   2     1   0   .291      Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .253
  Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Epstein 1b            2   1   0   0     1   1   .176
  Johnstone rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Sudakis 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .167
Johnson dh            5   3   3   1     1   1   .279      Maddox cf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .275
Bando 3b              4   2   2   0     1   1   .260      Suarez c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .313
  McKinney 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .150        Stelmaszek c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fosse c               4   1   2   3     0   0   .267      Paul p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hosley ph,c         2   2   2   2     0   0  1.000        Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Green 2b              6   1   2   2     0   1   .196        Hudson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
North cf              4   3   2   2     2   0   .264        Merritt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               50  17  23  17     7   8             Totals               29   2   4   1     2   2

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  6,024
Left on Base: A's 14, Rangers 2
DP: A's 2, Rangers 0
Errors: Harris, Harrah, Johnson
Doubles: Jackson (5), Rudi (5), Harrah (6), Sudakis (1)
Home Runs: Fosse (1), Johnson (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (2)
GIDP: Burroughs (3), Harris (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(6-2)         7     3   1   0   1   1   0  23   1.29
Pina SV(2)              2     1   1   1   1   1   0   8   2.18
Totals                  9     4   2   1   2   2   0  31

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paul L(3-2)             0.1   5   5   5   2   1   0   8   4.41
Gogolewski              4.1   3   2   2   4   5   1  20   3.05
Hudson                  2.2   7   6   6   1   1   0  17   6.94
Merritt                 1.2   8   4   4   0   1   1  13   6.35
Totals                  9    23  17  17   7   8   2  58

Passed Balls: Fosse (1)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Russ Goetz


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris singled to left; Rudi singled to
shortstop [Campaneris to third (error by Harrah), Rudi to
second]; Tenace walked; Jackson doubled to left [Campaneris
scored, Rudi scored, Tenace to third]; Johnson walked; Bando was
called out on strikes; Fosse singled to pitcher [Tenace scored,
Jackson to third, Johnson to second]; Green singled to third
[Jackson scored, Johnson scored, Fosse to second]; GOGOLEWSKI
REPLACED PAUL (PITCHING); North flied to center; Campaneris
walked [Fosse to third, Green to second]; Rudi forced Green
(third unassisted); 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 1ST: Harris grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah
doubled to left; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Harrah to third]; Fosse allowed a passed ball [Harrah scored
(unearned)]; Carty walked; Burroughs lined to center; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace struck out; Jackson flied to left; Johnson
singled to center; Bando popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Epstein lined to right; Sudakis popped to second;
Maddox grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Fosse lined to second; Green grounded out
(pitcher to first); North lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Suarez grounded out (first to pitcher); Harris
grounded out (third to first); Harrah grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris singled to center; Rudi forced
Campaneris (shortstop to second) [Rudi to second (error by
Harris)]; Tenace struck out; Jackson walked; Johnson struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (catcher to first); Carty
singled to right; Burroughs grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Carty out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando walked; Fosse homered [Bando scored]; Green
struck out; North walked; Campaneris was called out on strikes;
HUDSON REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Rudi flied to center; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Epstein was called out on strikes; Sudakis grounded
out (second to first); Maddox flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 7, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
reached on an error by Johnson [Jackson to third]; Johnson
reached on a fielder's choice [Jackson out at home (shortstop to
catcher)]; Bando singled to shortstop [Johnson to second]; Fosse
forced Bando (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
7, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Suarez singled to left; Harris grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Suarez out at
second]; Harrah lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
7, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Green flied out to left; North walked; Campaneris
singled to right [North to third]; Rudi hit a sacrifice fly to
right [North scored]; Tenace struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 8, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Carty
grounded out (first to pitcher); Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8,
Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson singled to right; Johnson singled to left
[Jackson to second]; Bando singled to left [Jackson to third,
Johnson to second]; HOSLEY BATTED FOR FOSSE; Hosley singled to
left [Jackson scored, Johnson scored, Bando to second]; Green
flied to right; North singled to right [Bando scored, Hosley to
second]; MERRITT REPLACED HUDSON (PITCHING); Campaneris singled
to right [Hosley scored, North to third]; MAXVILL RAN FOR
CAMPANERIS; Rudi singled to third [North scored, Maxvill to
second]; Tenace popped to third; MANGUAL BATTED FOR JACKSON;
Mangual grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 13, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: MAXVILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); JOHNSTONE
REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING RF); MCKINNEY REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING
3B); HOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); PINA REPLACED HOLTZMAN
(PITCHING); Epstein walked; Sudakis doubled to left [Epstein to
third]; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first) [Epstein
scored]; Suarez flied to right; Harris lined to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 13, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: STELMASZEK REPLACED SUAREZ (PLAYING C ); Johnson
homered; McKinney grounded out (second to first); Hosley singled
to left; Green singled to center [Hosley to second]; North
singled to center [Hosley scored, Green to second]; Maxvill
singled to left [Green scored, North to second]; Rudi doubled to
left [North scored, Maxvill to third]; Tenace struck out;
Johnstone grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 17, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah struck out; Johnson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 17, Rangers 2.



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