Minnesota Twins 11, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Friday, August    31, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Twins        2  2  0    1  4  1    0  0  1  -  11 19  1
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2 10  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle lf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .263      Nelson 2b             3   0   1   1     2   0   .279
Carew 2b              5   1   3   3     0   0   .354      Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     1   1   .265
  Monzon 2b           1   0   1   1     0   0   .237      Spencer 1b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Oliva dh              6   1   1   0     0   0   .289      Johnson dh            4   0   2   0     1   0   .297
Lis 1b                5   1   4   1     0   1   .248      Burroughs lf          2   0   0   0     0   2   .260
Brye cf               3   1   0   1     1   0   .241        Maddox rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Darwin rf             5   1   2   2     0   1   .245      Fregosi 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Thompson ss           4   2   2   1     0   1   .237      Sudakis c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .249
  Terrell ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Biittner rf,lf        4   0   2   0     0   1   .257
Mitterwald c          5   1   2   1     0   0   .258      Harris cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .252
Soderholm 3b          5   3   4   1     0   0   .333      Merritt p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fife p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44  11  19  11     2   4             Totals               36   2  10   2     5   4

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance:  4,445
Left on Base: Twins 10, Rangers 13
DP: Twins 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Brye
Doubles: Lis (8), Darwin (15)
Triples: Carew (10)
Stolen Bases: Soderholm (1), Harrah (6), Nelson (34)
Sacrifice Flies: Brye (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hisle (4,by Foucault), Fregosi (1,by Fife)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fife W(2-1)             6     8   2   2   4   3   0  31   1.93
Corbin SV(14)           3     2   0   0   1   1   0  11   3.18
Totals                  9    10   2   2   5   4   0  42

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt L(5-10)         2     5   4   4   1   2   0  12   4.23
Gogolewski              2.1   6   5   5   1   1   0  14   4.30
Allen                   2.2   4   1   1   0   1   0  12   8.93
Foucault                2     4   1   1   0   0   0  10   4.63
Totals                  9    19  11  11   2   4   0  48

Hit by Pitch: Fife (2), Foucault (3)
Wild Pitches: Fife (2), Merritt (7), Allen (8)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Larry McCoy


TWINS 1ST: Hisle struck out; On a bunt Carew singled to first;
Oliva singled to center [Carew to third, Oliva to second (on
throw)]; Lis doubled to right [Carew scored, Oliva to third];
Brye hit a sacrifice fly to right [Oliva scored, Lis to third];
Darwin struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson singled to center; Harrah forced Nelson
(second to shortstop); Spencer popped to third; Harrah stole
second; Johnson walked; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Thompson singled to center; Mitterwald grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Thompson to second]; Soderholm singled to
center [Thompson scored]; Soderholm stole second; Merritt threw
a wild pitch [Soderholm to third]; Hisle walked; Carew forced
Hisle (second to shortstop) [Soderholm scored]; Oliva flied out
to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi popped to shortstop; Sudakis grounded out
(catcher to first); Biittner singled to right; Harris singled to
right [Biittner to second]; Nelson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 0.

TWINS 3RD: GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); Lis singled
to center; Brye popped to second; Darwin flied out to center;
Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah struck out; Spencer grounded out (first
unassisted); Johnson singled to center; Burroughs was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 0.

TWINS 4TH: MADDOX REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING RF); BIITTNER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Mitterwald flied out to left;
Soderholm singled to right; Hisle flied out to right; Carew
tripled [Soderholm scored]; Oliva grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Fregosi popped to second; Sudakis singled to left;
Biittner singled to center [Sudakis to second]; Harris walked
[Sudakis to third, Biittner to second]; Nelson forced Harris
(third to second) [Sudakis scored, Biittner to third]; Nelson
stole second; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 1.

TWINS 5TH: Lis was called out on strikes; Brye walked; Darwin
doubled to center [Brye scored]; Thompson singled to right
[Darwin scored, Thompson to second (on throw)]; Mitterwald
singled to right [Thompson scored]; ALLEN REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI
(PITCHING); Soderholm singled to left [Mitterwald to second];
Hisle flied out to left; Carew singled to left [Mitterwald
scored, Soderholm to second]; Oliva flied out to left; 4 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 9, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Spencer popped to second; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Maddox popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 9, Rangers 1.

TWINS 6TH: Lis singled to center; Allen threw a wild pitch [Lis
to second]; Brye grounded out (second to first) [Lis to third];
Darwin singled to center [Lis scored]; Thompson struck out;
Mitterwald lined to pitcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 10,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: TERRELL REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING SS); Fregosi was
hit by a pitch; Fife threw a wild pitch [Fregosi to second];
Sudakis singled to center [Fregosi scored, Sudakis to second
(error by Brye)]; Biittner flied out to left; Harris flied out
to left; Nelson walked; Harrah walked [Sudakis to third, Nelson
to second]; Spencer popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 10, Rangers 2.

TWINS 7TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Hisle grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carew lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 10, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: MONZON REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 2B); Johnson singled
to center; CORBIN REPLACED FIFE (PITCHING); Maddox lined into a
double play (first unassisted) [Johnson out at first]; Fregosi
singled to right; Sudakis forced Fregosi (shortstop unassisted);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 10, Rangers 2.

TWINS 8TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED ALLEN (PITCHING); Oliva grounded
out (pitcher to second to first); Lis singled to left; Brye
forced Lis (shortstop to second); Darwin forced Brye (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 10, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Biittner struck out; Harris flied out to left;
Nelson walked; Harrah singled to left [Nelson to second];
Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 10, Rangers 2.

TWINS 9TH: Terrell lined to shortstop; Mitterwald singled to
left; Soderholm singled to right [Mitterwald out at third (right
to third)]; Hisle was hit by a pitch [Soderholm to second];
Monzon singled to left [Soderholm scored, Hisle to second];
Oliva popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Twins 11, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Johnson grounded out (second to pitcher); Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fregosi grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 11, Rangers 2.