| Making his first start of the season, Jim Rooker allowed only four hits and pitched the Royals to a 5-0 victory over the Rangers. The Royals' runs included two forced across the plate on bases-loaded passes issued by Jim Panther in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 5, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, May 16, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 Royals 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 x - 5 7 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Patek ss 4 1 0 0 1 2 .246 Nelson 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .298 Otis cf 4 1 0 1 1 2 .222 Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Scheinblum rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .256 Billings c,rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Piniella lf 3 0 1 2 0 0 .333 Burroughs lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Rojas 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Lovitto rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .148 Kirkpatrick c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .302 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .213 Randle 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .196 Harrah ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .242 Rooker p 4 1 1 0 0 2 .200 Hand p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Paul p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Panther p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Suarez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Totals 29 0 4 0 1 4 Totals 31 5 7 5 6 6 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 6,872 Left on Base: Rangers 3, Royals 9 DP: Rangers 1, Royals 2 Errors: Nelson, Randle, Rojas Stolen Bases: Piniella (2), Otis (4) Caught Stealing: Lovitto (1), Kirkpatrick (2) Sacrifice Flies: Piniella (1) GIDP: Howard 2 (8), Kirkpatrick (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hand L(0-3) 5.1 4 2 0 1 4 0 23 5.11 Paul 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 2.77 Panther 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 9.45 Lindblad 1.2 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 0.57 Totals 8 7 5 3 6 6 0 38 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rooker W(2-0) 9 4 0 0 1 4 0 30 1.72 Totals 9 4 0 0 1 4 0 30 Passed Balls: Billings 2 (3) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty RANGERS 1ST: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson lined to second; Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Otis struck out; Scheinblum grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Billings was called out on strikes; Burroughs was called out on strikes; Lovitto singled to right; Lovitto was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Rojas reached on an error by Nelson [Rojas to second]; Billings allowed a passed ball [Rojas to third]; Kirkpatrick walked; Mayberry reached on a fielder's choice [Rojas scored (unearned), Kirkpatrick to second (error by Randle)]; Kirkpatrick was caught stealing third (catcher to third) [Mayberry to second]; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 3RD: Randle struck out; Harrah walked; Hand flied out to right; Maddox lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: Rooker lined to right; Patek grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 4TH: Nelson singled to left; Howard grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nelson out at second]; Billings flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum flied out to center; Piniella singled to center; Piniella stole second; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first) [Piniella to third]; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 5TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Lovitto flied out to left; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Schaal singled to left; Rooker struck out; Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 6TH: Harrah singled to center; Hand forced Harrah (shortstop to second); Maddox reached on a fielder's choice [Hand to second (error by Rojas; assist by Schaal)]; Nelson singled to right [Hand to third, Maddox to second]; Howard grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nelson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Otis struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Otis stole second; Scheinblum singled to center [Otis to third]; Piniella hit a sacrifice fly to right [Otis scored (unearned)]; Rojas singled to center [Scheinblum to second]; PAUL REPLACED HAND (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Rojas out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2. RANGERS 7TH: Billings grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs struck out; Lovitto grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry singled to center; Schaal made an out to second; Rooker singled to right [Mayberry to second]; PANTHER REPLACED PAUL (PITCHING); Patek walked [Mayberry to third, Rooker to second]; Otis walked [Mayberry scored, Rooker to third, Patek to second]; Scheinblum walked [Rooker scored, Patek to third, Otis to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED LOVITTO (PITCHING); BILLINGS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); SUAREZ REPLACED PANTHER (PLAYING C ); Piniella forced Scheinblum (shortstop to second) [Patek scored, Otis to third]; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. RANGERS 8TH: Randle made an out to second; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Suarez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: Kirkpatrick singled to second; Mayberry walked [Kirkpatrick to second]; Schaal walked [Kirkpatrick to third, Mayberry to second]; Rooker struck out; Patek struck out; Otis lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. RANGERS 9TH: Maddox popped to second in foul territory; Nelson flied out to center; Howard made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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