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Although the temperature was down to 39 degrees, a crowd of 39,464 turned out for the opening of new Royals Stadium and saw the Kaycee crew trounce the Rangers, 12-1. The Royals piled up 11 hits, including a single and homer by John Mayberry, who drove in four runs. Paul Splittorff, who pitched the route for the Royals, lost his bid for a shutout when Jeff Burroughs homered for the Rangers' run with one out in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 12, Texas Rangers 1Game Played on Tuesday, April 10, 1973 (Night game) at Royals StadiumRangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 2 Royals 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 x - 12 11 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nelson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 4 2 1 0 1 1 .267 Harris 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rojas 2b 4 2 1 1 1 0 .471 Harrah ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Otis cf 5 2 3 0 0 0 .294 Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mayberry 1b 3 4 2 4 2 0 .286 Epstein 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McRae rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .222 Carty lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Hovley rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Grieve lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Piniella lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .267 Johnson dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Marshall lf 2 0 1 1 0 1 .667 Burroughs rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .286 Kirkpatrick dh 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000 Lovitto 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Bevacqua ph,dh 2 0 0 1 0 1 .333 Maddox cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Schaal 3b 3 0 0 1 1 1 .214 Suarez c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 May c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gogolewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hudson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paul p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 5 1 3 1 Totals 34 12 11 11 7 6 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 39,464 Left on Base: Rangers 7, Royals 8 DP: Rangers 0, Royals 2 Errors: Harrah, Maddox, Schaal Doubles: Otis (1), Patek (2), Rojas (5), Marshall (1) Triples: Burroughs (1) Home Runs: Burroughs (1), Mayberry (1) Stolen Bases: Patek (1) Sacrifice Flies: Kirkpatrick (1), Schaal (1) GIDP: Suarez 2 (2) Hit by Pitch: Epstein (1,by Splittorff), Piniella (1,by Broberg) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg L(0-1) 3.1 6 8 7 5 1 0 23 18.90 Gogolewski 1.2 3 2 2 1 1 1 9 10.80 Hudson 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.00 Paul 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 9 9.00 Totals 8 11 12 11 7 6 1 44 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(1-0) 9 5 1 1 3 1 1 35 1.00 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 1 1 35 Hit by Pitch: Broberg (1), Splittorff (1) Wild Pitches: Broberg (1), Splittorff (1) Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Hank Morgenweck RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah flied out to right; Epstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Patek stole second; Rojas walked; On a bunt Otis singled to third [Patek to third, Rojas to second]; Mayberry singled to right [Patek scored, Rojas scored, Otis to third]; McRae lined to third; Piniella was hit by a pitch [Mayberry to second]; Kirkpatrick popped out on a sacrifice fly to second [Otis scored, Mayberry to third]; Schaal walked [Piniella to second]; May reached on an error by Harrah [Mayberry scored (unearned) (no RBI), Piniella to third, Schaal to second]; Patek flied out to right; 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. RANGERS 2ND: Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson flied out to right; Burroughs tripled to center; Lovitto grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 2ND: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis doubled to left; Mayberry grounded out (second to first) [Otis to third]; McRae struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. RANGERS 3RD: Maddox walked; Suarez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Maddox out at second]; Nelson reached on an error by Schaal; Harrah singled to left [Nelson to third]; Epstein grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 3RD: Piniella flied out to left; Kirkpatrick walked; Schaal popped to third; Broberg threw a wild pitch [Kirkpatrick to second]; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. RANGERS 4TH: Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 4TH: Patek doubled to left; Rojas doubled to left [Patek scored]; Otis flied out to right [Rojas to third]; Mayberry was walked intentionally; McRae singled to left [Rojas scored, Mayberry to second]; GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Piniella singled to center [Mayberry scored, McRae to third (error by Maddox), Piniella to second]; Kirkpatrick was walked intentionally; Schaal hit a sacrifice fly to right [McRae scored, Piniella to third, Kirkpatrick to second]; May was called out on strikes; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 8. RANGERS 5TH: Lovitto grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox walked; Suarez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 8. ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to center; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis singled to center; Mayberry homered [Otis scored]; McRae flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 10. RANGERS 6TH: MARSHALL REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); Nelson flied out to right; Harrah walked; Epstein flied out to right; Carty lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 10. ROYALS 6TH: HUDSON REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); HARRIS REPLACED NELSON (PLAYING 2B); GRIEVE REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Marshall struck out; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; Bevacqua struck out; Schaal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 10. RANGERS 7TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HOVLEY REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); Johnson singled to left; Burroughs flied out to left; Lovitto grounded out (pitcher to first) [Johnson to second]; Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 10. ROYALS 7TH: PAUL REPLACED HUDSON (PITCHING); May flied out to center; Patek struck out; Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 10. RANGERS 8TH: Suarez singled to left; Splittorff threw a wild pitch [Suarez to second]; Harris popped to first in foul territory; Harrah popped to shortstop; Epstein was hit by a pitch; Grieve struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 10. ROYALS 8TH: MASON REPLACED HARRAH (PLAYING SS); Otis flied out to center; Mayberry walked; Hovley singled to left [Mayberry to second]; Marshall doubled to left [Mayberry scored, Hovley to third]; Bevacqua grounded out (second to first) [Hovley scored, Marshall to third]; Schaal grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 12. RANGERS 9TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs homered; Lovitto grounded out (third to first); Maddox flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 12. |
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