Homers by Jeff Burroughs and Bill Sudakis among six hits off Jim Colborn enabled the Rangers to beat the Brewers, 5-2. Jim Merritt, who was the winner, gave up eight hits, but the Brewers' only runs scored on a double by Don Money and homer by George Scott in the first inning.

Sudakis cut into the Brewers' lead with his circuit clout in the third and the Rangers then went ahead with three runs in the fourth on a pass to Vic Harris, single by Alex Johnson, sacrifice fly by Rico Carty and Burroughs' homer. Dick Billings knocked in the last tally with a sacrifice fly in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Friday, July      6, 1973 (Night game) at County Stadium
Rangers      0  0  1    3  0  0    0  0  1  -   5  6  1
Brewers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .283      Money 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .234
Harris cf             2   1   1   0     2   0   .273      May cf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .307
Johnson dh            4   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Scott 1b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .270
Carty lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .222      Brown dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
  Grieve lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Ellie Rodriguez c     4   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .277      Briggs lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .240
Burroughs rf          2   2   1   2     2   0   .267      Coluccio rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .215
Sudakis 3b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .177      Johnson ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .246
  Mason 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .223        Mitchell ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Billings c            3   0   0   1     0   0   .165      Garcia 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Mackanin ss           4   0   0   0     0   3   .111      Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Merritt p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   5   6   5     5   6             Totals               36   2   8   2     0   2

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 12,609
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Brewers 7
DP: Rangers 0, Brewers 1
Errors: Sudakis
Doubles: Money (15)
Home Runs: Sudakis (3), Burroughs (9), Scott (10)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (20)
Caught Stealing: Harris (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Billings (2)
GIDP: Spencer (6)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt W(3-3)          9     8   2   2   0   2   1  36   3.61
Totals                  9     8   2   2   0   2   1  36

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn L(11-4)         9     6   5   5   5   6   2  36   2.93
Totals                  9     6   5   5   5   6   2  36

Wild Pitches: Colborn (2)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson struck out; Harris singled to right; Harris
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Johnson flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Money doubled to right; May flied out to right;
Scott homered [Money scored]; Brown flied out to center; Ellie
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Carty singled to center; Spencer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carty out at
second]; Burroughs lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs popped to first in foul territory; Coluccio
grounded out (third to first); Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Sudakis homered; Billings grounded out (second to
first); Mackanin was called out on strikes; Nelson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers
2.

BREWERS 3RD: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Money flied
out to center; May singled to second; Scott reached on an error
by Sudakis [May to third]; Brown popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Harris walked; Johnson singled to center [Harris to
third]; Carty grounded out (second to first) [Harris scored,
Johnson to second]; Spencer flied out to right; Burroughs
homered [Johnson scored]; Sudakis struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Ellie Rodriguez flied out to right; Briggs singled
to right; Coluccio singled to center [Briggs to third]; Johnson
flied out to left; Garcia flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 4, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Billings grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Nelson
singled to third; Nelson stole second; Harris walked; Johnson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Money singled to left; May popped to first in foul
territory; Scott singled to left [Money to second]; Brown flied
out to left; Ellie Rodriguez popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 4, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Carty flied out to left; Spencer walked; Burroughs
walked [Spencer to second]; Sudakis flied out to center;
Billings flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); Coluccio
flied out to left; Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Mackanin struck out; Nelson struck out; Harris
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
4, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Garcia struck out; Money popped to third; May
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
4, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Johnson flied out to right; Carty grounded out
(third to first); Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: GRIEVE REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Scott flied out
to center; Brown singled to center; Ellie Rodriguez flied out to
right; Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 4, Brewers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Burroughs walked; Colborn threw a wild pitch
[Burroughs to second]; Sudakis grounded out (second to first)
[Burroughs to third]; Billings hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Burroughs scored]; Mackanin struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: MASON REPLACED SUDAKIS (PLAYING 3B); Coluccio
popped to first; MITCHELL BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Mitchell struck
out; Garcia flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
5, Brewers 2.