Fred Beene, who pitched what amounted to a complete game in relief, gained his sixth straight victory when the Yankees rallied for two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Rangers, 3-2. Fritz Peterson, who started for the Yankees, delivered only one pitch on which Dave Nelson bunted safely. Peterson hurt his right thigh running to cover first base and had to leave the game.

Beene relieved and allowed only four hits the rest of the way, but one of them was a homer by Bill Sudakis in the fifth. The Yankees, who were trailing, 2-1, opened the ninth with the tying run on a double by Bobby Murcer and single by Thurman Munson. After advancing to second on an infield out by Felipe Alou, Munson scored the winning run on a single by Gene Michael. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 3, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    8, 1973 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Rangers      1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  2  -   3 11  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .276      Clarke 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .268      M. Alou 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Fregosi 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      White lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Johnson dh            4   0   2   0     0   0   .293      Murcer cf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .319
Sudakis rf            3   1   1   1     0   1   .216      Hart dh               4   1   1   0     0   0   .242
Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .281      Munson c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .295
Grieve lf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Sanchez 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .244
  Harris ph,cf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .254      F. Alou rf            3   0   1   1     0   0   .234
Suarez c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .276      Lanier ss             2   0   1   0     0   0   .224
Maddox cf,lf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .210        Nettles ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Merritt p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Michael ss          1   0   1   1     0   0   .226
                                                          Peterson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Beene p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   5   1     2   5             Totals               34   3  11   3     1   2

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 17,433
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Yankees 7
DP: Rangers 2, Yankees 0
Doubles: Murcer (18)
Home Runs: Sudakis (9)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Sudakis (3)
Sacrifice Flies: F. Alou (4)
GIDP: Hart (15), M. Alou (12)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt L(4-7)          8.2  11   3   3   1   2   0  36   4.10
Totals                  8.2  11   3   3   1   2   0  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson                0     1   1   1   0   0   0   1   3.88
Beene W(6-0)            9     4   1   1   2   5   1  33   1.52
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   5   1  34

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger


RANGERS 1ST: On a bunt Nelson singled to pitcher; Fritz
Peterson left with unknown injury; BEENE REPLACED PETERSON
(PITCHING); Nelson stole second; Harrah grounded out (second to
first) [Nelson to third]; Fregosi popped to shortstop in foul
territory [Nelson scored (no RBI)]; Hal Lanier fell down
after catching popup; Johnson flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke popped to first in foul territory; M. Alou
grounded out (pitcher to first); White flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Sudakis struck out; Spencer grounded out (second to
first); Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Murcer walked; Hart grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Murcer out at second]; Munson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Suarez grounded out (third to first); Maddox struck
out; Nelson popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Sanchez grounded out (shortstop to first); F. Alou
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lanier grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah struck out; Fregosi grounded out (third to
first); Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Clarke flied out to left; M. Alou grounded out
(second to first); White singled; Murcer grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sudakis homered; Spencer grounded out (first
unassisted); Grieve popped to first; Suarez walked; Maddox
popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Hart singled to left; Munson singled to right [Hart
to second]; Sanchez forced Munson (first to shortstop) [Hart to
third]; F. Alou hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hart scored];
Lanier singled to right [Sanchez to second]; Clarke forced
Lanier (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Yankees 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson struck out; Harrah flied out to left;
Fregosi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: On a bunt M. Alou singled to first; White popped to
first; Murcer singled to right [M. Alou to third]; Hart popped
to right; Munson forced Murcer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Yankees 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Johnson singled to left; Sudakis out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Johnson to second]; Spencer was
walked intentionally; HARRIS BATTED FOR GRIEVE; Harris struck
out; Suarez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: HARRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MADDOX CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Sanchez struck out; F. Alou flied out to
left; NETTLES BATTED FOR LANIER; Nettles flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Yankees 1.

RANGERS 8TH: MICHAEL REPLACED NETTLES (PLAYING SS); Maddox
popped to second; Nelson grounded out (third to first); Harrah
singled; Fregosi popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Clarke singled to right; M. Alou grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Clarke out at
second]; White flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Yankees 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Johnson singled to third; Sudakis flied out to
center; Spencer flied out to right; Harris flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Murcer doubled to right; Hart popped to second;
Munson singled to center [Murcer scored]; Sanchez was called out
on strikes; F. Alou singled to shortstop [Munson to second];
Michael singled to right [Munson scored, F. Alou to second]; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Yankees 3.