David Clyde, the Rangers' 18-year-old lefthander, evened his record at 4-4, pitching seven innings to receive credit for an 8-1 victory over the Yankees. The youngster allowed seven hits and walked four, but the Yankees' only run scored in the second inning on a double by Thurman Munson and single by Gene Michael. Jackie Brown pitched the last two frames. The Rangers collected 13 hits, including a two-run homer by Dave Nelson. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 8, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Friday, August    17, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Yankees      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  3  1    1  3  x  -   8 13  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             5   0   3   0     0   1   .274      Nelson 2b             5   2   3   2     0   1   .276
M. Alou 1b            4   0   1   0     1   1   .310      Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
White lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .251      Fregosi 3b            2   0   1   1     0   1   .248
Murcer cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .317        Spencer 1b          2   1   1   0     0   0   .285
Munson c              3   1   3   0     1   0   .308      Johnson dh            4   0   2   1     0   0   .297
Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .240      Sudakis 1b,3b         4   0   1   0     0   2   .226
Hart dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .245      Burroughs lf          3   2   2   0     1   0   .270
F. Alou rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Billings c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .170
  Blomberg ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .341      Grieve rf             3   1   1   1     0   0   .308
  Callison rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Maddox cf             2   2   1   1     2   0   .213
Michael ss            4   0   1   1     0   0   .239      Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McDowell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   9   1     4   5             Totals               32   8  13   6     4   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 19,600
Left on Base: Yankees 10, Rangers 7
DP: Yankees 2, Rangers 1
Errors: Nettles
Doubles: Munson (23), Johnson (24), Burroughs (11)
Triples: Spencer (5)
Home Runs: Nelson (5)
Caught Stealing: White (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrah (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Fregosi (2), Grieve (1)
GIDP: Blomberg (6), Grieve (3), Billings (8)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell L(5-5)         4.2   6   3   3   4   3   0  22   4.07
Buskey                  3.1   7   5   5   0   1   1  17   5.79
Totals                  8    13   8   8   4   4   1  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde W(4-4)            7     7   1   1   4   3   0  31   3.41
Brown SV(2)             2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.51
Totals                  9     9   1   1   4   5   0  38

Wild Pitches: Buskey (1), Clyde (3)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Bill Deegan


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled to right; On a bunt M. Alou struck
out; White flied out to center; Murcer popped to shortstop; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson was called out on strikes; Harrah popped to
first; Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Rangers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Munson doubled to center; Nettles walked; Hart
forced Nettles (second to shortstop) [Munson to third]; F. Alou
struck out; Michael singled to center [Munson scored, Hart to
third]; Clarke flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 1, Rangers 0.

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

YANKEES 3RD: M. Alou grounded out (third to first); White
walked; Murcer popped to second; White was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Billings walked; Grieve grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Billings out at second]; Maddox
walked; Nelson singled to center [Maddox to third]; Harrah lined
to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson walked; Nettles popped to second; Hart
popped to first in foul territory; F. Alou popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Fregosi singled to left; Johnson forced Fregosi
(shortstop to second); Sudakis singled to left [Johnson to
second]; Burroughs walked [Johnson to third, Sudakis to second];
Billings grounded into a double play (third to first) [Sudakis
out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Michael flied out to left; Clarke singled to right;
M. Alou singled to center [Clarke to second]; White forced M.
Alou (third to second) [Clarke to third]; Murcer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Grieve singled to left; Maddox walked [Grieve to
second]; Nelson singled to third [Grieve scored (error by
Nettles), Maddox scored (no RBI), Nelson to second]; Harrah out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Nelson to third]; Fregosi
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Nelson scored]; Johnson doubled to
left; BUSKEY REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Sudakis flied out to
center; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson singled to left; Nettles flied out to right;
Hart flied out to right; Clyde threw a wild pitch [Munson to
second]; F. Alou grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs doubled to center; Billings grounded out
(second to first) [Burroughs to third]; Grieve hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Burroughs scored]; Maddox grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 4.

YANKEES 7TH: SPENCER REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 1B); SUDAKIS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Michael grounded out (second to
first); Clarke singled to left; M. Alou walked [Clarke to
second]; White struck out; Murcer popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah
flied out to center; Spencer tripled to right; Johnson singled
to left [Spencer scored]; Sudakis struck out (catcher to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 5.

YANKEES 8TH: BROWN REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Munson singled to
left; Nettles singled to center [Munson to second]; Hart struck
out; BLOMBERG BATTED FOR F. ALOU; Blomberg grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Nettles out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: CALLISON REPLACED BLOMBERG (PLAYING RF); Burroughs
singled to shortstop; Billings grounded out (third to first)
[Burroughs to second]; Grieve popped to second; Buskey threw a
wild pitch [Burroughs to third]; Maddox singled to right
[Burroughs scored]; Nelson homered [Maddox scored]; Harrah
singled to left; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Rangers 8.

YANKEES 9TH: Michael grounded out (second to first); Clarke
struck out; M. Alou flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Rangers 8.