Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
September 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Texas Rangers 1, Minnesota Twins 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson cf 3 0 0 0
Harrah ss 4 0 0 0
Biittner 1b 4 0 1 0
Ford rf 3 0 0 0
Grieve lf 3 0 0 0
Fahey c 3 1 1 0
Mason 3b 3 0 0 0
Harris 2b 3 0 1 1
Paul p 3 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Panther p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 4 1 1 0
Carew 2b 4 1 2 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 2 0
  Reese pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Darwin rf 4 0 1 2
Braun 3b 4 0 3 1
Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0
Brye cf 3 0 1 0
Guth ss 3 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Soderholm ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Texas 000 010 000–130
Minnesota 000 000 03x–3100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Paul  L (7-8) 7.1 8 2 2 0 7
  Pina   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Lindblad   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Panther   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
1
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (13-14) 8.0 2 1 1 2 4
  Granger  SV (17) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
5
  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Minnesota Braun (20,off Lindblad).  CS–Harris (3,2nd base by Perry/Mitterwald); Braun (5,2nd base by Paul/Fahey).  WP–Paul (3), Perry (4).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:17.  A–3,678.
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