Texas Rangers 4, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 8, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Rangers      1  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   4 10  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Nelson 2b             3   1   1   0     1   1   .285
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Harrah ss             4   1   2   2     1   0   .269
Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .282      Johnson dh            3   0   1   0     2   1   .293
Jackson rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Burroughs lf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .269
  Davalillo pr,rf,1b  3   2   2   0     0   0   .183        Maddox pr,lf        1   0   1   1     0   0   .233
Rudi lf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .255      Madlock 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Bourque dh            3   1   0   1     0   1   .211      Fregosi 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .249
Tenace 1b             2   0   0   1     1   2   .255      Biittner rf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .259
  Lewis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Suarez c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .262
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Harris cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .249
Fosse c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .255      Henninger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Green 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .251        Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alou ph,rf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .290
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     3   6             Totals               32   4  10   4     6   5

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  6,086
Left on Base: A's 7, Rangers 10
DP: A's 3, Rangers 0
Errors: Fosse, Madlock
Doubles: Rudi (23), Campaneris (17), Fosse (21), Fregosi (5), Biittner (6)
Home Runs: Harrah (8)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (39)
Caught Stealing: Lewis (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Bourque (1), Tenace (5)
GIDP: Harris (15), Suarez (10)
Hit by Pitch: Biittner (1,by Lindblad)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman                4     6   3   3   4   3   1  21   2.78
Lindblad L(0-5)         4.2   4   1   1   2   2   0  19   3.75
Totals                  8.2  10   4   4   6   5   1  40

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Henninger               3.2   5   3   2   1   1   0  18   3.72
Brown W(5-4)            5.1   3   0   0   2   5   0  19   3.53
Totals                  9     8   3   2   3   6   0  37

Passed Balls: Suarez (4)
Hit by Pitch: Lindblad (2)
Wild Pitches: Henninger (2)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Jim Evans


ATHLETICS 1ST: Billy Martin's first game as Rangers
manager; North lined to shortstop; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bando lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson struck out; Harrah homered; Johnson struck
out; Burroughs walked; Madlock forced Burroughs (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson reached on an error by Madlock; DAVALILLO
RAN FOR JACKSON; Rudi doubled to left [Davalillo to third];
Bourque hit a sacrifice fly to left [Davalillo scored
(unearned)]; Tenace struck out; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: DAVALILLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Fregosi
doubled to left; Biittner struck out; Suarez singled to left
[Fregosi scored]; Harris grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Suarez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green lined to shortstop; North flied out to
left; Campaneris doubled to left; Bando flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Nelson popped to first in foul territory; Harrah
popped to catcher; Johnson singled to right; Burroughs grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Davalillo singled to left; Rudi singled to left
[Davalillo to second]; Bourque forced Rudi (pitcher to
shortstop) [Davalillo to third]; Tenace hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Davalillo scored]; Henninger threw a wild pitch [Bourque
to second]; Fosse doubled to left [Bourque scored]; Green
walked; BROWN REPLACED HENNINGER (PITCHING); Suarez allowed a
passed ball [Fosse to third, Green to second]; North walked;
Campaneris forced North (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Fregosi
grounded out (pitcher to first); Biittner doubled to right;
Suarez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando singled to center; Davalillo singled to
center [Bando out at third (center to third), Davalillo to
second (on throw)]; Rudi flied out to left; Bourque struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Harris walked; Nelson walked [Harris to second];
Harrah singled to left [Harris scored, Nelson to second];
Johnson walked [Nelson to third, Harrah to second]; LINDBLAD
REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Burroughs lined into a double play
(shortstop to second) [Harrah out at second]; Madlock was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Tenace struck out; Fosse popped to shortstop;
Green grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Fregosi grounded out (second to first); Biittner
was hit by a pitch; Suarez grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Biittner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris struck out; Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Harris singled to left; Nelson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Harris to second]; Harrah flied out to
center [Harris to third]; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Davalillo popped to first; Rudi was called out on
strikes; Bourque grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs singled to shortstop; MADDOX RAN FOR
BURROUGHS; Madlock forced Maddox (third to shortstop); Fregosi
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Madlock to second]; Biittner
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers
3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Tenace
walked; LEWIS RAN FOR TENACE; Lewis was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Fosse popped to first in foul territory;
ALOU BATTED FOR GREEN; Alou singled to second; North grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: DAVALILLO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); KUBIAK
REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); ALOU STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Suarez popped to second; Harris was called out on strikes;
Nelson singled to right; Nelson stole second [Nelson to third
(error by Fosse)]; Harrah walked; Johnson was walked
intentionally [Harrah to second]; Maddox singled to left [Nelson
scored, Harrah to third, Johnson to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Athletics 3, Rangers 4.