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Wednesday September 12, 1973
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Texas Rangers 5, Minnesota Twins 2

Game Played on Wednesday, September 12, 1973 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Rangers      1  0  0    2  0  2    0  0  0  -   5  6  1
Twins        0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  9  3


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .288      Brye cf               3   0   2   1     1   0   .253
Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     1   0   .267      Carew 2b              5   0   3   0     0   1   .347
Burroughs rf          1   0   0   1     3   0   .271      Soderholm 3b          5   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Johnson dh            4   1   1   0     1   0   .293      Killebrew dh          3   1   1   1     1   0   .250
Madlock 3b            4   1   0   0     0   0   .190      Kusick lf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .133
  Mackanin 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .097        Holt ph,lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Fregosi 1b            2   1   0   0     1   1   .247      Darwin rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .247
  Spencer 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Lis 1b                3   0   0   0     1   1   .240
Grieve lf             3   1   2   2     1   1   .323      Thompson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Maddox lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Borgmann c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .286
Billings c            4   0   1   2     0   1   .169        Reese ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .153
Harris cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Bane p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Henninger p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Albury p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   6   5     7   4             Totals               33   2   9   2     5   5

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  4,597
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Twins 10
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 0
Errors: Clyde, Soderholm 2, Lis
Doubles: Grieve (6)
Triples: Reese (1)
Home Runs: Grieve (5), Killebrew (4)
Stolen Bases: Madlock (1), Carew 2 (38)
Caught Stealing: Nelson 2 (15), Brye (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Burroughs (10), Brye (2)
GIDP: Lis (11)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde                   2.1   3   1   1   3   2   1  12   5.35
Henninger W(1-0)        6.2   6   1   1   2   3   0  27   2.76
Totals                  9     9   2   2   5   5   1  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bane L(0-5)             5.1   4   5   2   3   4   1  25   4.75
Corbin                  2.2   2   0   0   1   0   0  10   2.98
Albury                  1     0   0   0   3   0   0   6   0.55
Totals                  9     6   5   2   7   4   1  41

Wild Pitches: Bane (3), Albury (3)
Balks: Bane (2)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson reached on an error by Lis; Bane balked
[Nelson to second]; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Nelson to third]; Burroughs hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Nelson scored (unearned)]; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye walked; Brye was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first); Carew was
called out on strikes (catcher to first); Soderholm grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Madlock reached on an error by Soderholm [Madlock
to second]; Fregosi flied out to right; Madlock stole third;
Grieve struck out; Billings struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew homered; Kusick walked; Darwin struck out;
Lis walked [Kusick to second]; Lis was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Clyde [Kusick to third, Lis to second];
Thompson flied out to left; Borgmann lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Harris flied out to center; Nelson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Brye singled to right; Carew singled to right [Brye
to third]; Soderholm flied out to center; HENNINGER REPLACED
CLYDE (PITCHING); Carew stole second; Killebrew walked; Kusick
struck out; Darwin flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Johnson
singled to center; Bane threw a wild pitch [Johnson to second];
Madlock reached on an error by Soderholm [Madlock to first];
Fregosi struck out; Grieve walked [Johnson to third, Madlock to
second]; Billings singled to center [Johnson scored (unearned),
Madlock scored (unearned), Grieve to third]; Harris struck out;
2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Lis flied out to right; Thompson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Borgmann popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Nelson singled to left; Nelson was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Harrah
flied out to left; Burroughs walked; Johnson lined to pitcher; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Brye flied out to center; Carew singled to right;
Carew stole second; Soderholm grounded out (first unassisted)
[Carew to third]; Killebrew flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Madlock flied out to center; Fregosi walked; Grieve
homered [Fregosi scored]; CORBIN REPLACED BANE (PITCHING);
Billings flied out to right; Harris popped to shortstop; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: SPENCER REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 1B); Kusick flied
out to left; Darwin singled to left; Lis grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Darwin out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Twins 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Nelson singled to third; Nelson was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to
first); Burroughs walked; Johnson forced Burroughs (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Borgmann
walked; Brye singled to second [Borgmann to second]; Carew
grounded out (second to first) [Borgmann to third, Brye to
second]; Soderholm lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 5, Twins 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Madlock flied out to center; Spencer popped to
first in foul territory; Grieve doubled to left; Billings
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: MACKANIN REPLACED MADLOCK (PLAYING 3B); MADDOX
REPLACED GRIEVE (PLAYING LF); Killebrew grounded out (third to
first); HOLT BATTED FOR KUSICK; Holt singled to center; Darwin
was called out on strikes; Lis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 5, Twins 1.

RANGERS 9TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ALBURY REPLACED
CORBIN (PITCHING); Harris popped to first; Nelson flied out to
right; Harrah walked; Burroughs walked [Harrah to second];
Albury threw a wild pitch [Harrah to third]; Johnson walked
[Burroughs to second]; Mackanin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Thompson flied out to right; REESE BATTED FOR
BORGMANN; Reese tripled to right; Brye hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Reese scored]; Carew singled to right; Soderholm forced
Carew (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Twins 2.



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