Hitting for the cycle, Cesar Tovar completed the feat with a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Twins a 5-3 victory over the Rangers. Tovar tripled and scored in the first, singled in the fifth and doubled in the seventh before hitting his homer with George Mitterwald on base in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Tuesday, September 19, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
Twins        3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   5 11  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson cf             1   1   0   0     3   0   .230      Tovar lf              5   2   4   2     0   0   .261
Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Carew 2b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .321
Biittner 1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .262      Braun 3b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .290
Ford rf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .232      Killebrew 1b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .233
Billings lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Darwin rf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .265
Mason 3b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .235      Nettles cf            1   0   0   0     2   0   .212
Fahey c               4   0   2   1     0   1   .169        Renick ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .163
Harris 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .103        Brye cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Bosman p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .104      Thompson ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .267
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Mitterwald c          4   1   1   0     0   2   .201
                                                          Woodson p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .065
                                                            LaRoche p           1   0   0   0     1   1   .091

Totals               32   3   7   3     3   7             Totals               34   5  11   5     3   8

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  4,240
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Twins 6
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 1
Doubles: Tovar (18)
Triples: Tovar (6)
Home Runs: Darwin (22), Tovar (2)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (43), Carew (12)
Caught Stealing: Nettles (3)
GIDP: Bosman (1), Braun (13)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman                  6.1   9   3   3   3   7   1  28   3.97
Lindblad L(5-8)         2.1   2   2   2   0   1   1   9   2.58
Totals                  8.2  11   5   5   3   8   2  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Woodson                 5.2   7   3   3   2   3   0  25   2.63
LaRoche W(5-5)          3.1   0   0   0   1   4   0  10   2.56
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   7   0  35

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Kunkel


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson popped to second in foul territory; Harrah
lined to shortstop; Biittner lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar tripled to center; Carew struck out; Braun
singled to third [Tovar scored]; Killebrew singled to left
[Braun out at third (left to third)]; Darwin homered [Killebrew
scored]; Nettles walked; Nettles was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 3.

RANGERS 2ND: Ford flied out to center; Billings grounded out
(third to first); Mason flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 2ND: Thompson struck out; Mitterwald struck out; Woodson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Fahey singled to right; Harris made an out to
shortstop; Bosman grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Fahey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 3.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt
Carew singled to third; Carew stole second; Braun was called out
on strikes; Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Twins 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Nelson walked; Harrah grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Nelson to second]; Biittner singled to right [Nelson to
third]; Ford singled to center [Biittner to second, Nelson
scored]; Billings flied out to left; Mason singled to center
[Ford to third, Biittner scored]; Fahey struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin singled to left; Nettles forced Darwin (second
to shortstop); Thompson flied out to right; Mitterwald struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Harris grounded out (second to first); Bosman
struck out; Nelson walked; Nelson stole second; Harrah made an
out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Woodson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
singled to center; Carew singled to left [Tovar to second];
Braun grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Carew out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Ford
singled to center; Billings struck out; Mason singled to center
[Ford to second]; Fahey singled to right [Mason to third, Ford
scored]; LAROCHE REPLACED WOODSON (PITCHING); Harris was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew was called out on strikes; Darwin flied out
to center; Nettles walked; Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Bosman popped to catcher in foul territory; Nelson
walked; Dave Nelson was trapped in a rundown but returned to
1B safely; Twins Manager Frank Quilici argued that Nelson left
the baseline to avoid the tag; Quilici ejected by 2B umpire
Jerry Neudecker; on the next pitch, Nelson was again trapped off
the bag; Nelson was picked off first (pitcher to first);
Tony Oliva ejected by 1B umpire Bill Haller when Oliva threw a
towel onto the field; Oliva was injured and not in the game;
Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); LaRoche
walked; Tovar doubled to center [LaRoche to third]; LINDBLAD
REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING); Carew lined to second; Braun flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Biittner made an out to second; Ford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Billings grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Killebrew flied out to center; Darwin lined to left;
RENICK BATTED FOR NETTLES; Renick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 3.

RANGERS 9TH: BRYE REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING CF); Mason struck
out; Fahey grounded out (second to first); Harris struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: Thompson flied out to center; Mitterwald singled to
center; LaRoche struck out; Tovar homered [Mitterwald scored]; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 5.