Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox
April 18, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1972 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 0, Chicago White Sox 14

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Randle 2b 4 0 1 0
Nelson 3b 4 0 1 0
Howard 1b 3 0 0 0
Billings c 3 0 0 0
Grieve lf 3 0 1 0
Maddox rf 3 0 0 0
Lovitto cf 3 0 0 0
Harrah ss 2 0 0 0
Gogolewski p 1 0 0 0
  Panther p 0 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak ph 1 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 3 0
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 3 3 3 1
Orta ss 4 3 3 2
Allen 1b 4 3 2 2
Melton 3b 3 2 2 2
May lf 4 1 4 6
Reichardt cf 5 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 5 0 0 0
Herrmann c 3 1 1 0
  Egan pr,c 1 0 0 0
Wood p 4 1 0 0
Totals 36 14 15 13
Texas 000 000 000032
Chicago 500 450 00x14151
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Gogolewski  L (0-1) 3.2 8 8 8 3 6
  Panther   0.2 6 6 5 1 1
  Paul   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Shellenback   3.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
15
14
13
6
9
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (1-0) 9.0 3 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
7

  E–Randle (1), Howard (1), Orta (1).  DP–Texas 2, Chicago 2.  PB–Billings (1).  2B–Texas Randle (1,off Wood), Chicago Orta (1,off Gogolewski); D Allen (2,off Gogolewski); May (1,off Panther); Kelly (2,off Panther).  3B–Chicago Kelly 2 (2,off Gogolewski 2).  HR–Chicago May (1,1st inning off Gogolewski 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Orta (1,off Gogolewski); Wood (1,off Panther).  HBP–Herrmann (1,by Shellenback).  CS–Melton (1,3rd base by Gogolewski/Billings).  WP–Gogolewski (1).  HBP–Shellenback (1,Herrmann).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:19.  A–20,944.
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