Sunday July 2, 1972
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Kansas City Royals 8, Texas Rangers 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, July 2, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 10 1 Royals 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 x - 8 10 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nelson 3b 5 0 1 0 0 3 .253 Patek ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236 Harrah ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .256 Keough lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .179 Ford rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .263 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .303 Howard 1b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .261 Scheinblum rf 4 3 3 2 0 0 .341 Lovitto cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .192 Mayberry 1b 1 0 0 0 2 0 .299 Grieve lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .177 Hopkins 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .161 Kubiak 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .225 Kirkpatrick c 4 2 1 0 0 0 .301 Cox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rojas 2b 4 1 3 3 0 0 .292 Billings ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Schaal 3b 2 0 1 3 0 0 .222 Shellenback p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Floyd 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Biittner ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .303 Rooker p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .118 Suarez c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .156 Broberg p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .121 Randle 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Totals 34 3 10 3 3 7 Totals 33 8 10 8 3 3 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 12,926 Left on Base: Rangers 7, Royals 4 DP: Rangers 0, Royals 2 Errors: Ford Doubles: Suarez (1), Ford (7), Schaal (11), Scheinblum (6) Triples: Harrah (3) Home Runs: Scheinblum (6) Caught Stealing: Kubiak (1) GIDP: Howard (12) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg L(5-7) 4 8 7 7 2 2 1 21 3.99 Cox 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 9 4.03 Shellenback 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.86 Totals 8 10 8 8 3 3 1 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rooker W(4-5) 9 10 3 3 3 7 0 37 4.04 Totals 9 10 3 3 3 7 0 37 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - John Rice RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah singled to right; Ford singled to center [Harrah to third]; Howard grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ford out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Keough grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Lovitto grounded out (second to pitcher); Grieve grounded out (first to pitcher); Kubiak singled to right; Kubiak was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Scheinblum homered; Mayberry made an out to first; Kirkpatrick singled to right; Rojas singled to right [Kirkpatrick to third]; Schaal forced Rojas (shortstop to second) [Kirkpatrick scored]; Rooker struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2. RANGERS 3RD: Suarez grounded out (third to first); Broberg struck out; Nelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: Patek struck out; Keough flied out to right; Otis grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2. RANGERS 4TH: Harrah tripled to center; Ford grounded out (pitcher to first); Howard walked; Lovitto hit into a double play (left to catcher) [Harrah out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum singled to center; Mayberry walked [Scheinblum to second]; Kirkpatrick forced Mayberry (third to second) [Scheinblum to third]; Rojas singled to right [Rojas to second (error by Ford), Kirkpatrick to third, Scheinblum scored]; Schaal doubled [Rojas scored, Kirkpatrick scored]; Rooker made an out to third; Patek singled to right [Schaal out at home (right to catcher)]; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. RANGERS 5TH: FLOYD REPLACED SCHAAL (PLAYING 3B); Grieve struck out; Kubiak flied out to right; Suarez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. ROYALS 5TH: Keough walked; Otis singled to left [Keough to second]; COX REPLACED KUBIAK (PITCHING); RANDLE REPLACED BROBERG (PLAYING 2B); Scheinblum doubled to right [Otis to third, Keough scored]; Mayberry walked; Kirkpatrick made an out to first; Rojas singled to left [Mayberry to second, Scheinblum scored, Otis scored]; Floyd flied out to center; Rooker forced Rojas (third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 8. RANGERS 6TH: Randle flied out to right; Nelson struck out; Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 8. ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Keough grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 8. RANGERS 7TH: HOPKINS REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING 1B); Ford singled to center; Howard singled to second [Ford to third]; Lovitto struck out; Grieve struck out; BILLINGS BATTED FOR COX; Billings flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 8. ROYALS 7TH: SHELLENBACK REPLACED BILLINGS (PITCHING); Scheinblum grounded out (third to first); Hopkins grounded out (third to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 8. RANGERS 8TH: Suarez doubled to right; Randle grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Suarez stayed at second]; Nelson singled to right [Suarez to third]; Harrah forced Nelson (second to shortstop) [Suarez scored]; Ford doubled to center [Harrah scored]; Howard singled to right [Ford scored]; Lovitto grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 8. ROYALS 8TH: Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); Floyd flied out to left; Rooker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 8. RANGERS 9TH: Grieve grounded out (third to first); BIITTNER BATTED FOR SHELLENBACK; Biittner walked; Suarez walked [Biittner to second]; Randle forced Suarez (third to second) [Biittner to third]; Nelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 8.

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