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August 3, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 9 11 0
Rangers 0 1 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 9 11 0
Rangers 0 2 1

Dave Nelson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .234
OBP .333 .326
At Bats 3 338
Hits 1 79
• Singles 1 63
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 0 21

Jim Perry Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 9 0
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Arlington Stadium - August 3, 1972
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Single
Jim Perry
Glenn Borgmann
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Steve Braun
Danny Thompson
Steve Brye
Bobby Darwin
Charlie Manuel
Dave Nelson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Frank Howard pinch hits for Bill Gogolewski. Howard strikes out.
Top 9 Manuel is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mason hits a fly ball into right field. Manuel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Harris strikes out.
Bottom 8 Fahey hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Borgmann scores.
Top 8 Brye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Billings throws the ball in to Harris who tags Brye, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Borgmann moves to third.
Top 8 Perry bunts towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. Borgmann moves to second.
Top 8 Borgmann takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Billings hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Biittner for the out.
Bottom 7 Steve Brye now playing left field. Ford hits a fly ball into right field. Manuel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Top 7 Manuel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Manuel for the out. Darwin moves to third.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Braun scores. Darwin moves to second.
Top 7 Darwin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carew scores. Braun moves to third.
Top 7 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops it up and throws to first, with Gogolewski covering, for the out. Carew moves to third. Braun moves to second.
Top 7 Braun takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to second.
Top 7 Bill Gogolewski now pitching. Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Maddox is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Nelson bunts towards the mound. Perry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Steve Lawson. Jones strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Perry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Borgmann hits a fly ball into left field. Billings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fahey hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Billings strikes out.
Top 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Manuel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner fields it and throws to second for the out. Reese moves to third.
Top 5 Darwin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Braun scores. Reese moves to second.
Top 5 Steve Lawson now pitching. Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tovar scores. Carew scores. Braun moves to second.
Top 5 Braun hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Borgmann scores. Tovar moves to third. Carew moves to second.
Top 5 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Borgmann moves to third. Tovar moves to second.
Top 5 Tovar takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Perry bunts towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. Borgmann moves to second.
Top 5 Elliott Maddox now playing center field. Borgmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Biittner hits a fly ball into right field. Manuel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nelson hits a line drive towards third. Braun reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Manuel hits a fly ball into left field. Billings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Braun tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason misplays the ball. That's an error on Mason.
Top 4 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ford throws the ball in to Biittner who tags Reese trying to return to first, for the out. Carew scores. Braun moves to third.
Top 4 Braun takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to second.
Top 4 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bosman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Tovar hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fahey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Perry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Borgmann hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fahey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Billings is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Perry covering, for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Manuel hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Darwin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Billings. Darwin reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ford is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Lovitto hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Braun hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out.
Top 1 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.