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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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