Texas Rangers 9, Cleveland Indians 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, August    26, 1973 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      0  4  1    1  0  2    1  0  0  -   9 14  1
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             5   0   2   2     0   1   .278      Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Harrah ss,3b          5   0   1   0     0   1   .260        Cardenas 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     2   1   .275      Williams lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .287
Johnson dh            5   0   0   0     0   2   .298      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .271
Burroughs lf          4   2   3   2     0   0   .269      Ellis c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .274
  Grieve lf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .314        Ashby c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .120
Fregosi 3b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .252      Spikes dh             3   0   0   0     1   0   .233
  Mason ss            1   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Lolich rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Sudakis c             4   3   2   1     1   1   .249      Duffy ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Biittner rf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .234      Torres cf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .207
Harris cf             4   2   4   3     0   0   .252      Ragland 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Maddox cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Merritt p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bosman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   9  14   9     4  10             Totals               30   0   3   0     3   2

Time of Game: 2:23
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Indians 6
DP: Rangers 1, Indians 2
Errors: Fregosi
Doubles: Fregosi (2), Nelson (20), Sudakis (6), Duffy (12), Ellis (9)
Home Runs: Burroughs 2 (23), Sudakis (13), Harris (6)
Caught Stealing: Nelson (10)
GIDP: Johnson (15), Lolich (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt W(5-9)          9     3   0   0   3   2   0  33   4.03
Totals                  9     3   0   0   3   2   0  33

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(14-17)          5     9   6   6   2   4   2  24   3.49
Bosman                  2     4   3   3   0   4   2  10   5.61
Johnson                 2     1   0   0   2   2   0   9   5.24
Totals                  9    14   9   9   4  10   4  43

Passed Balls: Ellis (9)
Wild Pitches: Perry 2 (17)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson singled to right; Harrah flied out to left;
Spencer struck out while Nelson was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell reached on an error by Fregosi [Bell to
second]; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); Chambliss
grounded out (catcher to first); Ellis flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Johnson struck out; Burroughs flied out to right;
Fregosi doubled to right; Perry threw a wild pitch [Fregosi to
third]; Sudakis walked; Biittner singled to center [Fregosi
scored, Sudakis to second]; Harris singled to right [Sudakis
scored, Biittner to third]; Nelson doubled to center [Biittner
scored, Harris scored]; Harrah struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes walked; Lolich grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Spikes out at second]; Duffy doubled
to left; Torres walked; Ragland popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Spencer walked; Johnson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Spencer out at second];
Burroughs homered; Fregosi flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell flied out to right; Williams struck out
(catcher to first); Chambliss walked; Ellis flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Indians 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Sudakis homered; Biittner grounded out (second to
first); Harris singled to left; Nelson forced Harris (second to
shortstop); Harrah popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Spikes grounded out (pitcher to first); Lolich
flied out to center; Duffy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Spencer flied out to left; Johnson grounded out
(second to first); Burroughs singled to left; Ellis allowed a
passed ball [Burroughs to second]; Perry threw a wild pitch
[Burroughs to third]; Fregosi was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Torres grounded out (second to first); Ragland
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 0.

RANGERS 6TH: BOSMAN REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Sudakis doubled
to right; Biittner flied out to center; Harris homered [Sudakis
scored]; Nelson struck out; Harrah singled to left; Spencer
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 8, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Williams flied out to center; Chambliss grounded
out (second to first); Ellis doubled to center; Spikes grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 8, Indians
0.

RANGERS 7TH: CARDENAS REPLACED BELL (PLAYING 3B); Johnson struck
out; Burroughs homered; Fregosi struck out; Sudakis struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 9, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: HARRAH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); GRIEVE
REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING LF); MASON REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING
SS); Lolich flied out to center; Duffy flied out to left; Torres
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 9,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 8TH: ASHBY REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING C ); JOHNSON REPLACED
BOSMAN (PITCHING); Biittner struck out; Harris singled to
center; Nelson flied out to center; Harrah flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 9, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: MADDOX REPLACED HARRIS (PLAYING CF); Ragland flied
out to center; Cardenas flied out to left; Williams singled to
right; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 9, Indians 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Spencer walked; Johnson flied out to center; Grieve
walked [Spencer to second]; Mason was called out on strikes;
Sudakis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 9, Indians 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Ashby struck out; Spikes lined to shortstop; Lolich
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 9, Indians 0.