Minnesota Twins 6, Texas Rangers 3

Game Played on Tuesday, September 11, 1973 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Rangers      0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
Twins        0  0  2    0  4  0    0  0  x  -   6 10  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Carew 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .344
Harrah ss             5   0   1   0     0   1   .269      Thompson ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .234
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .269      Oliva dh              3   0   2   2     0   0   .294
Johnson dh            3   1   1   0     1   0   .294      Kusick 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .154
Burroughs rf          4   1   2   1     0   1   .272      Holt lf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .290
Biittner lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Darwin rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Madlock 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .235      Soderholm 3b          3   1   1   2     1   0   .346
Harris cf             2   0   1   2     1   1   .250      Brye cf               2   1   1   0     2   0   .246
Suarez c              2   0   0   0     1   1   .260      Borgmann c            3   0   1   1     0   0   .400
  Castle ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Siebert p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hands p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   8   3     3   7             Totals               30   6  10   6     4   3

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  3,912
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Twins 5
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 0
Doubles: Burroughs 2 (14), Harrah (16), Borgmann (1), Carew (27)
Triples: Madlock (1)
Stolen Bases: Johnson (10)
Caught Stealing: Brye (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Harris (4), Oliva (4)
GIDP: Darwin (20)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert L(6-12)         4     6   5   5   3   3   0  21   4.36
Brown                   1     3   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.62
Foucault                2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   4.50
Allen                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   8.74
Totals                  8    10   6   6   4   3   0  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker W(10-7)          5.2   7   3   3   3   4   0  27   3.69
Hands SV(2)             3.1   1   0   0   0   3   0  11   3.74
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   7   0  38

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Frank Umont


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson popped to catcher in foul territory; Harrah
struck out; Spencer popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Carew flied out to left; Thompson flied out to right;
Oliva flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Johnson walked; Johnson stole second; Burroughs
doubled to left [Johnson scored]; Biittner grounded out
(shortstop to first); Madlock flied out to right; Harris singled
to center [Burroughs scored, Harris to second (on throw)];
Suarez grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Holt was called
out on strikes; Darwin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Nelson flied out to center; Harrah grounded out
(third to first); Spencer singled to right; Johnson singled to
second [Spencer to second]; Burroughs was called out on strikes;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Soderholm walked; Brye singled to left [Soderholm to
second]; Borgmann doubled to left [Soderholm scored, Brye to
third]; Carew struck out; Thompson walked; Oliva hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Brye scored, Borgmann to third]; Kusick grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Twins 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Madlock
tripled to center; Harris hit a sacrifice fly to left [Madlock
scored]; Suarez was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Holt singled to right; Darwin flied out to center;
Soderholm popped to second; Brye walked [Holt to second];
Borgmann forced Brye (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
doubled to left; Spencer struck out; Johnson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Carew doubled to right; Thompson singled to right
[Carew to third]; Oliva singled to right [Carew scored, Thompson
to third]; BROWN REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Kusick singled to
left [Thompson scored, Oliva to second]; Holt singled to left
[Oliva to third, Kusick to second]; Darwin grounded into a
double play (first to catcher to first) [Kusick to third, Holt
to second, Oliva out at home]; Soderholm singled to left [Kusick
scored, Holt scored, Soderholm out at second (left to first to
second)]; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 6.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs doubled to left; Biittner grounded out
(third to first); Madlock flied out to center [Burroughs to
third]; Harris walked; Suarez walked [Harris to second]; HANDS
REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); Nelson popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Brye walked; Brye
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Borgmann
flied out to left; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 6.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Spencer
struck out; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva
singled to center; Kusick flied out to center; Holt flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 6.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs popped to first; Biittner flied out to
left; Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 8TH: ALLEN REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Darwin grounded
out (third to first); Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first);
Brye grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Twins 6.

RANGERS 9TH: Harris was called out on strikes; CASTLE BATTED FOR
SUAREZ; Castle struck out; Debut game for Don Castle;
Nelson singled to center; Harrah flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 6.