| The Rangers, who ended their 15-game losing streak with Dick Bosman's 1-0 victory over the White Sox October 1, made it two straight shutouts when Mike Paul and Bill Gogolewski combined to beat the Royals, 3-0. Bill Fahey, who had three of the Rangers' hits, scored one run and drove in another. [The Sporting News] |
Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Tuesday, October 3, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Rangers 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 1 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nelson cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Schaal 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .225 Harrah ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .262 Otis cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .293 Biittner 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .262 Scheinblum rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .300 Ford rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .233 May c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Billings lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .298 Fahey c 4 1 3 1 0 0 .172 Piniella lf 4 0 3 0 0 1 .310 Mason 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .199 Taylor c,rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .265 Harris 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .142 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Paul p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Patek ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Gogolewski p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .125 Keough ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Busby p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Wohlford ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Hovley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Totals 34 3 8 3 1 8 Totals 32 0 8 0 3 8 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 6,075 Left on Base: Rangers 6, Royals 9 DP: Rangers 3, Royals 0 Errors: Nelson Doubles: Mason (3), Otis (28) Stolen Bases: Fahey 2 (4), Billings (1) Sacrifice Hits: Paul (3) GIDP: Rojas (17), Hovley (2) Hit by Pitch: Patek (3,by Paul) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paul W(8-9) 5.1 8 0 0 3 5 0 26 2.17 Gogolewski SV(2) 3.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 4.24 Totals 9 8 0 0 3 8 0 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Busby L(3-1) 6 6 2 2 0 4 0 24 1.58 Drago 3 2 1 1 1 4 0 12 3.01 Totals 9 8 3 3 1 8 0 36 Passed Balls: Taylor (4) Hit by Pitch: Paul (2) Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Hank Morgenweck RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Biittner singled to center; Taylor allowed a passed ball [Biittner to second]; Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Schaal flied out to right; Otis lined to right; Scheinblum grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Billings grounded out (second to first); Fahey singled to right; Fahey stole second; Mason doubled to center [Fahey scored]; Harris grounded out (second to first) [Mason to third]; Paul grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry walked; Piniella singled to center [Mayberry to second]; Taylor struck out; Rojas grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. RANGERS 3RD: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Biittner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (second to first); Busby struck out; Schaal singled to left; Otis singled to center [Schaal to third]; Scheinblum walked [Otis to second]; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. RANGERS 4TH: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Billings flied out to right; Fahey singled to center; Fahey stole second; Mason was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Piniella singled to left; Taylor walked [Piniella to second]; On a bunt Rojas singled to third [Piniella to third, Taylor to second]; Patek forced Piniella (shortstop to catcher) [Taylor to third, Rojas to second]; Busby lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Patek out at first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. RANGERS 5TH: On a bunt Harris singled to pitcher; Paul out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Harris to second]; Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Harris to third]; Harrah singled to left [Harris scored]; Biittner flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Schaal flied out to left; Otis doubled to left; Scheinblum struck out; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. RANGERS 6TH: Ford popped to first in foul territory; Billings was called out on strikes; Fahey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: Piniella singled to left; Taylor singled to center [Piniella to third (error by Nelson), Taylor to second (on throw)]; Rojas struck out; Patek was hit by a pitch; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR BUSBY; GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED PAUL (PITCHING); HOVLEY BATTED FOR WOHLFORD; Hovley grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. RANGERS 7TH: DRAGO REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); TAYLOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MAY REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING C ); Mason grounded out (shortstop to first); Harris grounded out (first unassisted); Gogolewski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 7TH: Schaal grounded out (third to first); Otis struck out; May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. RANGERS 8TH: Nelson grounded out (third to first); Harrah flied out to right; Biittner walked; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Piniella was called out on strikes; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. RANGERS 9TH: Billings singled to left; Billings stole second; Fahey singled to right [Billings scored, Fahey to second (on throw)]; Mason struck out; Harris flied to left in foul territory; Gogolewski struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 9TH: Rojas flied out to right; KEOUGH BATTED FOR PATEK; Keough grounded out (second to first); KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR DRAGO; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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