| John Mayberry and Lou Piniella drove in two runs apiece to lead the Royals to a 4-3 victory over the Rangers. Bill Fahey and Tom Grieve homered for the Rangers' runs, Fahey's drive coming with a man on base. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 1 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 9 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wohlford 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .250 Nelson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .301 Mason ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .234 Scheinblum rf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .310 Biittner 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .279 Mayberry 1b 5 1 3 2 0 1 .293 Ford rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .243 Piniella lf 4 0 1 2 1 0 .310 Grieve lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .227 Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Lovitto cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .217 Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Fahey c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .134 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .227 Harris 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .101 Nelson p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Stanhouse p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Abernathy p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Lindblad p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Jones ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .174 Panther p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Roland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 36 4 7 4 5 3 Totals 34 3 9 3 1 2 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 3,710 Left on Base: Royals 10, Rangers 5 DP: Royals 2, Rangers 0 Errors: Kirkpatrick, Nelson, Mason Doubles: Mayberry (20) Home Runs: Fahey (1), Grieve (3) Stolen Bases: Patek (27) GIDP: Ford (7) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nelson W(9-4) 6.1 7 2 2 1 1 1 27 1.96 Abernathy SV(4) 2.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 8 1.64 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 2 2 35 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stanhouse L(2-5) 4.1 6 4 3 4 1 0 23 3.39 Lindblad 2.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.62 Panther 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 4.43 Roland 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.85 Pina 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.81 Totals 9 7 4 3 5 3 0 41 Passed Balls: Fahey (1) Wild Pitches: Stanhouse (4) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Nestor Chylak ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford singled to shortstop; Fahey allowed a passed ball [Wohlford to second]; Otis lined to left; Scheinblum flied out to left; Mayberry singled to right [Wohlford scored (unearned)]; Stanhouse threw a wild pitch [Mayberry to second]; Piniella walked; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Nelson singled to right; On a bunt Mason made an out to first; Biittner grounded out (pitcher to first) [Nelson to second]; Ford lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Schaal flied out to left; Patek lined to pitcher; Nelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Grieve lined to first; Lovitto walked; Fahey flied out to left; Harris lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wohlford walked; Otis popped to second; Scheinblum forced Wohlford (shortstop to second); Mayberry singled to second [Scheinblum to second]; Piniella popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Stanhouse flied out to right; Nelson flied out to left; Mason grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Schaal flied out to center; Patek walked; Patek stole second; Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Ford singled to left; Grieve forced Ford (third to second); Lovitto grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis singled to left; Scheinblum walked [Otis to second]; Mayberry doubled to right [Otis scored, Scheinblum to third]; Piniella singled to right [Scheinblum scored, Mayberry scored]; LINDBLAD REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick flied out to center; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Fahey flied out to right; Harris flied out to left; Lindblad popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 0. ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Nelson popped to first; Wohlford lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Nelson flied out to center; Mason singled to center; Biittner flied out to center; Ford singled to right [Mason to second]; Grieve struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 0. ROYALS 7TH: Otis flied out to left; Scheinblum reached on an error by Nelson; Mayberry struck out; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Lovitto singled to right; Fahey homered [Lovitto scored]; Harris grounded out (second to first); JONES BATTED FOR LINDBLAD; Kirkpatrick dropped a foul fly hit by Jones for an error; Jones singled to right; ABERNATHY REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); Nelson lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Jones out at first]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 2. ROYALS 8TH: PANTHER REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick singled to second; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first) [Kirkpatrick to second]; Patek popped to second; Abernathy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: Mason was called out on strikes; Biittner singled to shortstop; Ford grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Biittner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 2. ROYALS 9TH: Wohlford flied out to left; Otis walked; Scheinblum reached on a fielder's choice [Otis to second (error by Mason)]; ROLAND REPLACED PANTHER (PITCHING); Mayberry flied out to center; PINA REPLACED ROLAND (PITCHING); Piniella grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 2. RANGERS 9TH: Grieve homered; Lovitto grounded out (second to first); Fahey grounded out (shortstop to first); Harris grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 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