Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox
August 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1972 at Comiskey Park I. The Texas Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 11, Chicago White Sox 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 3b 3 4 2 1
Harrah ss 4 3 2 0
Ford rf 6 1 2 5
Howard 1b 3 1 1 2
  Lovitto pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Billings c 5 0 1 1
Biittner lf,1b 4 0 1 2
Maddox cf 4 1 1 0
Ragland 2b 3 1 0 0
Hand p 3 0 0 0
  Lawson p 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 11 11 11
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 1 2 0
Johnstone cf,lf 4 0 1 1
Allen 1b 3 0 0 1
  Geddes p 0 0 0 0
  Reichardt ph 1 0 0 1
May lf,1b 5 1 2 0
Spiezio 3b 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Herrmann c 2 1 1 2
  Egan ph,c 1 0 0 0
Alvarado ss 4 0 1 0
Lemonds p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 1 0 0 0
  Kealey p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 1 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford ph,cf 2 2 2 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Texas 200 502 20011110
Chicago 001 200 1015111
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hand  W (9-7) 7.1 9 4 4 2 4
  Lawson  SV (1) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lemonds  L (1-4) 0.2 2 2 2 3 2
  Gossage   3.0 1 3 3 2 2
  Kealey   0.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Romo   3.0 4 4 4 2 3
  Geddes   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
11
11
8
8

  E–Gossage (1).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Ford (12,off Kealey); Howard (6,off Kealey); Nelson (13,off Romo), Chicago May (16,off Hand); Johnstone (6,off Hand).  HR–Chicago Herrmann (6,4th inning off Hand 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Nelson (5,off Gossage); Ragland (1,off Gossage); Hand (3,off Romo).  SF–D Allen (2,off Hand).  SB–Harrah 2 (14,2nd base off Lemonds/Herrmann,2nd base off Romo/Herrmann); Nelson (34,2nd base off Gossage/Herrmann); Kelly (23,2nd base off Hand/Billings).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:50.  A–8,789.
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