Frank Howard smashed his first homer since July 18 and Mike Paul allowed only two hits as the Rangers defeated the Royals, 3-0, in a game stopped by rain with two out in the home half of the seventh inning. Howard connected for the circuit with a man on base in the fourth. Howard also walked in the seventh and yielded the paths to Elliott Maddox, who scored the final run before rain ended the contest. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Saturday, August 12, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   0  2  0
Rangers      0  0  0    2  0  0    1  -   3  4  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .207      Nelson 3b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .234
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Harrah ss             1   0   0   0     2   0   .266
Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .301      Ford rf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Scheinblum rf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .313      Billings c            3   1   2   0     0   0   .274
Piniella lf           3   0   2   0     0   0   .310      Howard 1b             2   1   1   2     1   0   .231
Mayberry 1b           2   0   0   0     0   2   .275        Maddox pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .242
May c                 2   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Biittner lf           2   0   0   0     1   1   .284
Floyd ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .177      Lovitto cf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Splittorff p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Harris 2b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .088
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Paul p                2   0   0   1     0   2   .115

Totals               23   0   2   0     0   5             Totals               20   3   4   3     5   5

Time of Game: 1:35   Attendance:  6,287
Left on Base: Royals 2, Rangers 4
DP: Royals 0, Rangers 0
Doubles: Piniella (27)
Home Runs: Howard (7)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (15)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (7), Nelson (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Lovitto (2), Paul (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(9-9)       6.2   4   3   3   5   5   1  27   3.33
Wright                  0     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3.86
Totals                  6.2   4   3   3   5   5   1  27

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paul W(5-4)             7     2   0   0   0   5   0  23   2.06
Totals                  7     2   0   0   0   5   0  23

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


ROYALS 1ST: Schaal struck out; Rojas flied out to left; Otis
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (second to first); Harrah
walked; Ford flied out to right; Billings singled to left
[Harrah to third]; Howard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Scheinblum flied out to center; Piniella singled to
right; Mayberry struck out; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Biittner was called out on strikes; Lovitto
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harris flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Floyd flied out to left; Splittorff flied out to
right; Schaal flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Paul was called out on strikes; Nelson was called
out on strikes; Harrah walked; Harrah was caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Rangers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (second to first); Otis was
called out on strikes; Scheinblum was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Ford flied out to center; Billings singled to left;
Howard homered [Billings scored]; Biittner grounded out (second
to first); Lovitto grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella doubled to left; Mayberry was called out on
strikes; May grounded out (shortstop to first); Floyd grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers
2.

RANGERS 5TH: Harris struck out; Paul struck out; Nelson singled
to center; Nelson was caught stealing second (pitcher to first
to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Splittorff grounded out (second to first); Schaal
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rojas flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Ford grounded
out (shortstop to first); Billings flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis lined to center; Scheinblum popped to first in
foul territory; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Howard walked; MADDOX RAN FOR HOWARD; Maddox stole
second; Biittner walked; Lovitto out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Biittner to second, Maddox to third];
Harris was walked intentionally; Paul out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Harris to second, Biittner to third, Maddox
scored]; WRIGHT REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING);; Hard rain
came with 3-2 count on Dave Nelson; game called after 52 minute
delay; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 3.

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