Lou Piniella singled in the eighth inning and raced home on a double by Cookie Rojas to score the Royals' deciding run in a 5-4 victory over the Rangers. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Monday, May       15, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  1  2    0  1  0  -   4  5  1
Royals       0  1  0    3  0  0    0  1  x  -   5  9  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .217      Patek ss              4   0   2   1     0   1   .263
Nelson 3b             3   2   2   0     1   0   .289      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Mincher 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .111      Scheinblum rf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Billings c            2   0   0   2     0   1   .263      Piniella lf           4   2   2   0     0   1   .333
Howard lf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .260      Rojas 2b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .271
  Lovitto pr,rf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Kirkpatrick c         3   1   0   0     1   2   .300
Ford rf               1   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .209
  Biittner rf         2   1   2   0     0   0   .205      Schaal 3b             3   1   1   1     0   0   .191
  Grieve ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Hedlund p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Randle 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Hovley ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .227
Harrah ss             3   0   1   1     1   0   .234        Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Broberg p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .083        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  King ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
  Panther p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Driscoll ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   4   5   3     6   4             Totals               30   5   9   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  6,670
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Royals 4
DP: Rangers 2, Royals 1
Errors: Billings, Patek, Schaal
Doubles: Biittner (1), Rojas (5)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (11), Lovitto (2), Patek (7)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (1), Hovley (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Billings 2 (2)
GIDP: Randle (1), Piniella (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg                 4     7   4   4   1   2   0  20   2.16
Panther                 2     0   0   0   1   0   0   6   8.78
Pina L(0-1)             2     2   1   1   1   2   0   7   2.65
Totals                  8     9   5   5   3   4   0  33

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund                 7     5   3   2   3   4   0  28   3.24
Abernathy               0.2   0   1   1   2   0   0   4   1.29
Burgmeier W(3-1)        1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.50
Totals                  9     5   4   3   6   4   0  36

Wild Pitches: Broberg (4)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Maddox was called out on strikes; Nelson singled to
left; Nelson was picked off first (pitcher to first); Mincher
walked; Billings forced Mincher (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded
out (third to first); Scheinblum grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Howard walked; Ford forced Howard (third to
second); Randle grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Ford out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: BIITTNER REPLACED FORD (PLAYING RF); Piniella struck
out; Rojas flied out to center; Kirkpatrick walked; Broberg
threw a wild pitch [Kirkpatrick to second]; Mayberry singled to
right [Kirkpatrick scored]; Schaal flied out to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Broberg
struck out; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Hedlund lined to right; Patek singled to left; Patek
stole second; Otis reached on a fielder's choice [Patek out at
third (pitcher to shortstop to third), Otis to second];
Scheinblum grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal
dropped a foul fly hit by Mincher for an error; Mincher grounded
out (pitcher to first); Billings was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella singled to center; Rojas singled to right
[Piniella to second]; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes;
Mayberry made an out to first; Schaal singled to center
[Piniella scored, Rojas scored (error by Billings)]; Hedlund
singled to third [Schaal to second]; Patek singled to left
[Schaal scored, Hedlund to second]; Otis grounded out (first
unassisted); 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Howard grounded out (second to first); Biittner
doubled to right; Randle flied out to left; Harrah singled to
right [Biittner scored]; KING BATTED FOR BROBERG; King struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: PANTHER REPLACED KING (PITCHING); Scheinblum walked;
Piniella grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Scheinblum out at second]; Rojas made an out to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Maddox walked; On a bunt Nelson singled to catcher
[Maddox to second]; Mincher grounded out (catcher to first)
[Maddox to third, Nelson to second]; Billings hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Maddox scored]; Howard reached on an error by
Patek [Nelson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Biittner singled to
center [Howard to second]; Randle made an out to third; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mayberry flied out to right; Schaal flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah flied out to left; DRISCOLL BATTED FOR
PANTHER; Driscoll flied out to center; Maddox grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: PINA REPLACED DRISCOLL (PITCHING); HOVLEY BATTED FOR
HEDLUND; Hovley walked; Patek struck out while Hovley was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Otis popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 4.

RANGERS 8TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Nelson
walked; Nelson stole second; Mincher grounded out (first
unassisted) [Nelson to third]; Billings hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Nelson scored]; Howard walked; LOVITTO RAN FOR HOWARD;
BURGMEIER REPLACED ABERNATHY (PITCHING); GRIEVE BATTED FOR
BIITTNER; Lovitto stole second; Grieve grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: GRIEVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LOVITTO STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Scheinblum made an out to shortstop;
Piniella singled to center; Rojas doubled to left [Piniella
scored, Rojas out at third (left to shortstop to third)];
Kirkpatrick struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals
5.

RANGERS 9TH: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
walked; KUBIAK BATTED FOR PINA; Kubiak flied out to right;
Harrah was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 5.