The Rangers piled up 17 hits, their high for the season, and shrugged off a triple play to overwhelm the Royals, 13-4. Frank Howard slammed a two-run homer for the Rangers, but the chief batting honors went to Dick Billings, who scored three runs and drove in five with two doubles and two singles.

The Royals worked their triple play in the third inning after Dick Bosman doubled and Elliott Maddox walked. Toby Harrah bunted to Ed Kirkpatrick, who threw to Paul Schaal at third, forcing Bosman. Schaal's peg across the diamond to Cookie Rojas, covering first, was in time to retire Harrah. Maddox, meanwhile, tried to go from first to third on the play and was cut down on Rojas' return throw to Schaal. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 13, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Sunday, August    13, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  8  1
Rangers      0  2  0    2  0  0    3  6  x  -  13 17  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rojas 2b,3b,ss        3   1   0   0     2   1   .277      Maddox cf             2   2   0   1     2   0   .240
Otis cf               5   1   2   3     0   0   .302      Harrah ss             4   2   1   0     1   1   .266
Scheinblum rf         4   0   2   1     1   0   .315      Biittner lf,1b        4   2   3   2     0   0   .293
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .272      Billings c            5   3   4   5     0   1   .282
  May c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Howard 1b             4   1   2   2     1   0   .236
Piniella lf           5   0   2   0     0   1   .311        Lovitto lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Kirkpatrick c,1b      4   0   0   0     1   0   .281      Ford rf               4   0   2   0     0   2   .241
Schaal 3b             2   1   1   0     0   0   .209        Grieve pr,rf        1   1   1   1     0   0   .181
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Mason 3b              5   1   2   1     0   1   .200
  Knoop 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Harris 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .098
Floyd ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Bosman p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .086
  Keough ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .178        Pina p              1   1   0   0     1   1   .200
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hovley ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .259
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .364
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Angelini p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Drago p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .058
  Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
  Taylor ph,3b        2   1   1   0     0   0   .250

Totals               35   4   8   4     6   3             Totals               36  13  17  12     5   7

Time of Game: 3:20   Attendance:  5,598
Left on Base: Royals 11, Rangers 6
DP: Royals 1, Rangers 2
Errors: Knoop, Mason
Doubles: Bosman (1), Biittner 3 (17), Billings 2 (13)
Home Runs: Otis (9), Howard (8)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Biittner (1)
GIDP: Schaal (10), Otis (5)
Hit by Pitch: Keough (2,by Pina), Maddox (2,by Fitzmorris)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(8-14)           3     7   4   4   1   0   1  14   3.03
Fitzmorris              2     2   0   0   0   4   0   8   3.32
Wright                  2     2   3   3   2   1   0  10   4.91
Burgmeier               0.2   4   5   5   1   1   0   7   3.74
Abernathy               0     2   1   1   1   0   0   3   1.55
Angelini                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1.69
Totals                  8    17  13  13   5   7   1  43

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman W(5-8)           5     6   1   1   4   1   0  25   4.07
Pina SV(14)             4     2   3   3   2   2   1  17   2.61
Totals                  9     8   4   4   6   3   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Fitzmorris (1), Pina (5)
Wild Pitches: Wright (3)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
singled to center; Scheinblum singled to center [Otis to third];
Mayberry walked [Scheinblum to second]; Piniella made an out to
second; Kirkpatrick made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Harrah made
an out to shortstop; Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal singled to third; Floyd grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Schaal to second]; Drago struck out; Rojas walked;
Otis reached on a fielder's choice [Rojas to second, Schaal to
third]; Scheinblum walked [Schaal scored, Rojas to third, Otis
to second]; Mayberry made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Billings singled to left; Howard homered [Billings
scored]; Ford singled to left; Mason lined into a double play
(left to second to first) [Ford out at first]; Harris grounded
out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers
2.

ROYALS 3RD: Piniella singled to left; Kirkpatrick flied out to
center; Schaal grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Bosman doubled to right; Maddox walked; On a bunt
Harrah hit into a triple play (catcher to third to second)
[Maddox out at third (second to third), Bosman out at third]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Floyd lined to shortstop; Drago flied out to right;
Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Biittner doubled to left; Billings singled to
center [Biittner scored]; Howard singled to right [Billings to
third]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Ford struck out;
Mason singled to right [Howard to second, Billings scored];
Harris flied out to center; Bosman was called out on strikes; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Scheinblum
singled to center; Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Scheinblum to second]; Piniella singled to shortstop
[Scheinblum to third]; Kirkpatrick walked [Piniella to second];
HOPKINS BATTED FOR SCHAAL; Hopkins lined to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: KNOOP REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 2B); ROJAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Maddox was hit by a pitch; Maddox was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harrah struck
out; Biittner doubled to center; Billings struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 6TH: KEOUGH BATTED FOR FLOYD; PINA REPLACED BOSMAN
(PITCHING); Keough was hit by a pitch; TAYLOR BATTED FOR
FITZMORRIS; Taylor singled to third [Keough to second]; Rojas
struck out; Otis grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Taylor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: WRIGHT REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); TAYLOR STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); ROJAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Howard
made an out to second; Ford was called out on strikes; Mason
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Scheinblum flied out to right; Mayberry reached on
an error by Mason; Piniella struck out; Kirkpatrick flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: MAY REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING C ); KIRKPATRICK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Harris grounded out (shortstop
to first); Pina walked; Wright threw a wild pitch [Pina to
second]; Maddox walked; Harrah singled to right [Maddox to
second, Pina to third]; Biittner hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Pina scored]; Billings doubled to left [Harrah scored, Maddox
scored]; Howard grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 7.

ROYALS 8TH: Knoop grounded out (pitcher to first); HOVLEY BATTED
FOR WRIGHT; Hovley walked; Taylor forced Hovley (third to
second); Rojas walked [Taylor to second]; Otis homered [Taylor
scored, Rojas scored]; Scheinblum made an out to third; 3 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 7.

RANGERS 8TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Ford singled
to shortstop; GRIEVE RAN FOR FORD; Mason singled to center
[Grieve to second]; Harris singled to third [Mason to second,
Grieve to third]; Pina struck out; Maddox forced Harris
(shortstop to second) [Grieve scored, Mason scored (error by
Knoop) (no RBI)]; Harrah walked [Maddox to second]; Biittner
doubled to left [Harrah to third, Maddox scored]; ABERNATHY
REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Billings doubled to left
[Biittner scored, Harrah scored]; Howard walked; Grieve singled
to left [Howard to second, Billings scored]; ANGELINI REPLACED
ABERNATHY (PITCHING); Mason struck out; 6 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, Rangers 13.

ROYALS 9TH: LOVITTO REPLACED HOWARD (PLAYING LF); BIITTNER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GRIEVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); May grounded out (second to first); Piniella grounded out
(first to pitcher); Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 13.