David Clyde, the Rangers' No. 1 draft choice from Houston's Westchester High School, made his pro debut and allowed only one hit in five innings in a 4-3 victory over the Twins. The eighteen-year-old righthander walked seven and struck out eight. The only hit off his delivery was a homer by Mike Adams with a man on base in the second.

The Rangers came back to tie the score in their half on a bases-loaded single by Dave Nelson. Toby Harrah doubled and scored in the third before driving in what proved to be the winning run with a single in the fourth. Bill Gogolewski replaced Clyde and held the Twins to three hits and one run in the final four frames. Promotion of Clyde's debut brought out a Ranger record crowd of 35,698. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Wednesday, June      27, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Twins        0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  4  0
Rangers      0  2  1    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   4 11  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Terrell ss            3   0   1   0     2   1   .301      Nelson 2b             4   0   2   2     0   2   .290
Carew 2b              1   0   0   0     4   0   .332      Harrah ss             4   1   2   1     0   0   .267
Darwin rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .269      Johnson dh            4   0   3   0     0   0   .281
Mitterwald dh         3   0   0   0     0   2   .242      Carty lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  Oliva ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Burroughs rf          2   1   1   0     2   0   .273
Lis 1b                4   0   0   0     0   2   .179      Harris 3b             3   1   2   1     0   0   .279
Braun 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .287      Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .278
Hisle cf              3   1   1   0     1   2   .260      Suarez c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .301
Roof c                3   1   0   0     1   2   .210      Maddox cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .233
Adams lf              2   1   1   2     0   0   .143      Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holt ph,lf          2   0   1   0     0   0   .277        Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Goltz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   3   4   2     9  10             Totals               31   4  11   4     4   5

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 35,698
Left on Base: Twins 8, Rangers 8
DP: Twins 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Nelson, Suarez
Doubles: Harrah (11)
Home Runs: Adams (1)
Stolen Bases: Hisle (9), Terrell (7), Nelson (19)
Caught Stealing: Braun (2), Carew (6), Harris (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Harris (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat L(8-6)             3.2   8   4   4   3   2   0  20   4.33
Goltz                   4.1   3   0   0   1   3   0  16   4.18
Totals                  8    11   4   4   4   5   0  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde W(1-0)            5     1   2   2   7   8   1  21   3.60
Gogolewski SV(6)        4     3   1   0   2   2   0  17   2.49
Totals                  9     4   3   2   9  10   1  38

Wild Pitches: Kaat (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Haller


TWINS 1ST: Terrell walked; Debut game for David Clyde;
Carew walked [Terrell to second]; Darwin struck out; Mitterwald
struck out; Lis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson singled to left; Nelson stole second; Harrah
popped to shortstop; Johnson was credited with a single when a
runner was hit by the batted ball to third [Nelson out at third
(third unassisted)]; Carty forced Johnson (shortstop to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Braun walked; Braun was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Hisle walked; Hisle stole second; Roof was
called out on strikes; Adams homered [Hisle scored]; Terrell
walked; Terrell stole second [Terrell to third (error by
Suarez)]; Carew walked; Carew was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs walked; Harris singled to left [Burroughs
to second]; Spencer walked [Burroughs to third, Harris to
second]; Suarez popped to second; Maddox was called out on
strikes; Nelson singled to center [Burroughs scored, Harris
scored, Spencer out at third (center to third to second to
third)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 2.

TWINS 3RD: Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald
struck out; Lis popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah doubled to left; Johnson singled to
shortstop [Harrah stayed at second]; Carty lined to right
[Harrah to third]; Burroughs walked [Johnson to second]; Harris
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Harrah scored]; Spencer flied out
to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 3.

TWINS 4TH: Braun flied out to center; Hisle was called out on
strikes; Roof struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Suarez grounded out (third to first); Maddox
singled to center; Kaat threw a wild pitch [Maddox to second];
Nelson struck out (catcher to first); Harrah singled to center
[Maddox scored]; GOLTZ REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Johnson singled
to right [Harrah to second]; Carty grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 4.

TWINS 5TH: Adams popped to shortstop; Terrell struck out; Carew
walked; Darwin lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Burroughs singled to center; Harris singled to
right [Burroughs to third]; Spencer struck out while Harris was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Suarez walked;
Maddox forced Suarez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 4.

TWINS 6TH: GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Mitterwald
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lis was called out on
strikes; Braun lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson was called out on strikes; Harrah lined to
shortstop; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 4.

TWINS 7TH: Hisle struck out; Roof walked; HOLT BATTED FOR ADAMS;
Holt singled to center [Roof to second]; On a bunt Terrell
singled to second [Roof scored (error by Nelson) (unearned),
Holt to third, Terrell to second]; Carew was walked
intentionally; Darwin popped to second; OLIVA BATTED FOR
MITTERWALD; Oliva forced Carew (second to shortstop); 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: OLIVA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HOLT STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Carty lined to left; Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); Harris popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 4.

TWINS 8TH: Lis grounded out (pitcher to first); Braun flied out
to center; Hisle singled to center; Roof forced Hisle (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Suarez
struck out; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 4.

TWINS 9TH: Holt popped to first; Terrell flied out to right;
Carew popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Rangers 4.