The Rangers, who had scored no more than seven runs in any of their first 42 games, finally went over that total in a 9-5 victory over the Indians. Jeff Burroughs doubled to bat in two of the Rangers' four runs in the first inning and Rico Carty homered with a man on base in the second. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 9, Cleveland Indians 5
Game Played on Thursday, May       31, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  3    0  0  0  -   5 10  1
Rangers      4  2  0    2  1  0    0  0  x  -   9 13  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .259      Nelson 2b             5   1   2   0     0   2   .297
Torres cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .171      Harrah 3b             5   2   3   1     0   0   .241
Chambliss 1b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .163      Carty dh              2   3   1   2     3   0   .194
Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .243      Johnson lf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .308
Lowenstein lf         4   2   2   2     0   1   .279        Grieve lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Gamble dh             4   1   4   3     0   0   .264      Billings c            5   1   3   2     0   0   .208
Hendrick rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .253      Spencer 1b            4   0   1   1     1   1   .262
Ragland 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .347      Burroughs rf          3   0   1   2     1   0   .226
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Harris cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .228
Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Mason ss              4   1   1   0     0   2   .290
Strom p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Siebert p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   5     1   6             Totals               35   9  13   9     6   6

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance:  5,571
Left on Base: Indians 3, Rangers 9
DP: Indians 1, Rangers 3
Errors: Ragland
Doubles: Lowenstein (4), Burroughs (3)
Triples: Gamble (2)
Home Runs: Gamble (6), Carty (2)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (1)
GIDP: Duncan (4), Duffy (4), Williams (4), Johnson (5)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(1-6)            0.2   4   4   4   1   1   0   7   5.34
Lamb                    3     6   4   4   3   4   1  18   2.13
Mingori                 2.1   3   1   1   2   0   0  11   4.70
Farmer                  2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   5.40
Totals                  8    13   9   9   6   6   1  42

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert W(3-3)          5.1   6   3   3   0   3   1  20   2.78
Gogolewski SV(3)        3.2   4   2   2   1   3   0  15   3.35
Totals                  9    10   5   5   1   6   1  35

Wild Pitches: Siebert (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Art Frantz


INDIANS 1ST: Bell popped to first in foul territory; Torres
grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: On a bunt Nelson singled to second; Harrah singled
to left [Nelson to second]; Nelson stole third; Carty walked
[Harrah to second]; Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Nelson scored]; Billings singled to left [Harrah scored, Carty
to second]; Spencer struck out; Burroughs doubled to left [Carty
scored, Billings scored]; LAMB REPLACED STROM (PITCHING); Harris
struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 2ND: Duncan struck out; Lowenstein grounded out (second
to first); Gamble tripled; Hendrick grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 2ND: Mason was called out on strikes; Nelson struck out;
Harrah singled to third; Carty homered [Harrah scored]; Johnson
flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 6.

INDIANS 3RD: Ragland flied out to center; Duffy popped to
shortstop; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 3RD: Billings singled; Spencer walked [Billings to
second]; Burroughs popped to second; Harris reached on an error
by Ragland [Billings to third, Spencer to second]; Mason struck
out; Nelson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Indians
0, Rangers 6.

INDIANS 4TH: Torres grounded out (first to pitcher); Chambliss
singled; Duncan grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah flied out to left; Carty walked; Johnson
singled to center [Carty to second]; Billings singled to center
[Carty scored, Johnson to second]; Spencer singled to center
[Johnson scored, Billings out at third (center to second)];
Burroughs walked [Spencer to second]; MINGORI REPLACED LAMB
(PITCHING); Harris grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 8.

INDIANS 5TH: Lowenstein singled to first; Gamble homered
[Lowenstein scored]; Hendrick singled to left; Ragland was
called out on strikes; Duffy grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hendrick out at second]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Rangers 8.

RANGERS 5TH: Mason singled to center; Nelson singled to left
[Mason to second]; Harrah singled [Mason scored, Nelson to
third, Harrah to second (on throw)]; Carty was walked
intentionally; Johnson grounded into a double play (pitcher to
catcher to first) [Harrah to third, Carty to second, Nelson out
at home]; Billings flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Rangers 9.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to left; Siebert threw a wild pitch
[Bell to second]; Torres was called out on strikes; GOGOLEWSKI
REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Chambliss walked; Duncan struck
out; Lowenstein doubled to right [Bell scored, Chambliss
scored]; Gamble singled to right [Lowenstein scored]; Hendrick
was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5,
Rangers 9.

RANGERS 6TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Burroughs
flied out to left; Harris walked; Mason flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 9.

INDIANS 7TH: Ragland flied out to center; Duffy grounded out
(third to first); Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 9.

RANGERS 7TH: FARMER REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Nelson struck
out; Harrah grounded out (second to first); Carty grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 9.

INDIANS 8TH: Torres popped to first in foul territory; Chambliss
grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan singled to center;
Lowenstein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 5, Rangers 9.

RANGERS 8TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Billings
grounded out (second to first); Spencer flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 9.

INDIANS 9TH: GRIEVE REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Gamble
singled to center; Hendrick flied out to right; WILLIAMS BATTED
FOR RAGLAND; Williams grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Gamble out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 9.