Rangers @ White Sox
August 6, 1972

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Top 7	R	H	E
Rangers	0	2	2
White Sox	8	9	1

Top 7	R	H	E
Rangers	0	3	2
White Sox	8	9	1

Dick Billings Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.263
OBP	.000	.309
At Bats	2	304
Hits	0	80
• Singles	0	69
• Doubles	0	8
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	21
RBI’s	0	33

Wilbur Wood Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
17	11	0

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Comiskey Park - August 6, 1972

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Double

Wilbur Wood

Ed Herrmann

Tony Muser

Mike Andrews

Ed Spiezio

Luis Alvarado

Rick Reichardt

Jay Johnstone

Pat Kelly

Dick Billings

Count: - , 1 Out

Billings hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Billings reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 7 Howard hits a line drive towards short. Alvarado reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Muser strikes out.

Bottom 6 Reichardt hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Johnstone reaches second base with a double.

Top 6 Ford strikes out. Herrmann drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Ford out.

Top 6 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Tony Muser now playing first base. Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. Alvarado moves to second.

Bottom 5 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah misplays the ball. That's an error on Harrah. Spiezio scores. Andrews moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 5 Herrmann hits a popup towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Andrews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. May scores. Spiezio moves to second.

Bottom 5 Spiezio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. May moves to second.

Bottom 5 Bill Gogolewski now pitching. May takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Tom Grieve pinch hits for Steve Lawson. Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grieve for the out.

Top 5 Ragland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado fields it and throws to second for the out. Biittner moves to third.

Top 5 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Biittner moves to second.

Top 5 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May.

Top 5 Rick Reichardt now playing left field. Carlos May now playing first base. Billings hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Allen strikes out.

Bottom 4 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ragland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Kelly strikes out.

Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Harrah hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Wood is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 Alvarado hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ragland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Herrmann strikes out.

Bottom 3 Steve Lawson now pitching. Andrews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Vic Harris pinch hits for Pete Broberg. Harris strikes out.

Top 3 Ragland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 May takes first base on ball four. Allen moves to second.

Bottom 2 Allen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Johnstone scores.

Bottom 2 Johnstone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wood scores. Kelly moves to third. Johnstone moves to second.

Bottom 2 Kelly takes first base on ball four. Wood moves to second.

Bottom 2 Wood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alvarado scores.

Bottom 2 Alvarado hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Andrews scores. Alvarado moves to second.

Bottom 2 Herrmann hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Andrews moves to second.

Bottom 2 Andrews takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 May hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Maddox chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Harrah. Harrah fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Harrah. May moves all the way to home.

Top 2 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Wood, and towards Alvarado, who fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Biittner strikes out.

Top 2 Billings strikes out.

Bottom 1 Allen hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Johnstone hits a popup towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Kelly strikes out.

Top 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Dick Billings Season Stats

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Billings hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Billings reaches second base with a double.

Rangers @ White Sox
August 6, 1972