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Starting with a three-run homer by John Mayberry in the first inning, the Royals batted their way to a 9-6 victory over the Rangers. Mayberry's smash followed passes to Freddie Patek and Cookie Rojas. Lou Piniella doubled and Paul Schaal singled for another run before the inning ended. Jerry May batted in two runs with a triple in the third inning. Patek scored May with a sacrifice fly and accounted for another RBI with a single in the seventh. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 9, Texas Rangers 6Game Played on Wednesday, April 11, 1973 (Night game) at Royals StadiumRangers 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 - 6 11 1 Royals 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 x - 9 11 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nelson 2b 3 2 1 2 1 1 .111 Patek ss 3 2 2 2 1 1 .333 Harrah ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Rojas 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .476 Epstein 1b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .083 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .286 Carty dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .083 Mayberry 1b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .263 Johnson lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .333 McRae rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .182 Burroughs rf 3 1 2 1 1 1 .400 Piniella lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .263 Billings c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Hopkins dh 2 2 1 0 2 1 .667 Lovitto 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Schaal 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .294 Maddox cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .222 May c 4 1 1 2 0 1 .176 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Busby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Merritt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gogolewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hand p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 11 5 2 7 Totals 33 9 11 9 5 4 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 8,581 Left on Base: Rangers 7, Royals 8 DP: Rangers 0, Royals 1 Errors: Lovitto, May Doubles: Nelson (1), Johnson (1), Piniella (1), Hopkins (1), Otis (2) Triples: May (1) Home Runs: Mayberry (2) Stolen Bases: Harrah (1), Patek 2 (3) Sacrifice Hits: Schaal (1) Sacrifice Flies: Nelson (1), McRae (1), Patek (1) GIDP: Maddox (1) Hit by Pitch: Billings (1,by Garber) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stanhouse L(0-1) 1 5 5 5 4 1 1 12 45.00 Merritt 2 4 3 3 0 1 0 10 9.00 Gogolewski 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 3.86 Hand 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 0.00 Totals 8 11 9 8 5 4 1 41 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Busby 3.1 7 4 3 1 4 0 18 7.04 Garber W(1-0) 5.2 4 2 2 1 3 0 22 3.18 Totals 9 11 6 5 2 7 0 40 Hit by Pitch: Garber (1) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Nestor Chylak RANGERS 1ST: Nelson struck out; Harrah popped to second; Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Patek stole second; Rojas walked; Otis grounded out (first to pitcher) [Patek to third, Rojas to second]; Mayberry homered [Patek scored, Rojas scored]; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); Piniella doubled to right; Hopkins was walked intentionally; Schaal singled to second [Piniella scored, Hopkins to third]; May struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. RANGERS 2ND: Carty struck out; Johnson flied out to right; Burroughs walked; Billings grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 2ND: Patek singled to right; Rojas singled to center [Patek to third]; Otis walked [Rojas to second]; MERRITT REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Mayberry was called out on strikes; McRae hit a sacrifice fly to center [Patek scored]; Piniella forced Otis (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto grounded out (first unassisted); Maddox singled to center; Nelson doubled to left [Maddox scored]; Harrah singled to left [Nelson to third]; Harrah stole second [Nelson scored (error by May) (unearned), Harrah to third]; Epstein struck out; Carty was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 5. ROYALS 3RD: Hopkins doubled to left; Schaal singled to shortstop [Hopkins stayed at second]; May tripled to left [Hopkins scored, Schaal scored]; Patek hit a sacrifice fly to center [May scored]; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis doubled to right; Mayberry popped to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 8. RANGERS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Burroughs singled to third; Billings singled to left [Burroughs to second]; Lovitto singled to center [Burroughs to third, Billings to second]; Maddox singled to left [Burroughs scored, Billings to third, Lovitto to second]; GARBER REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Nelson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Billings scored, Lovitto to third]; Harrah forced Maddox (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 8. ROYALS 4TH: GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); McRae flied out to center; Piniella grounded out (third to first); Hopkins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 8. RANGERS 5TH: Epstein struck out; Carty grounded out (third to first); Johnson singled to left; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 8. ROYALS 5TH: Schaal flied out to right; May grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 8. RANGERS 6TH: Billings was hit by a pitch; Lovitto flied out to left; Maddox grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Billings out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 8. ROYALS 6TH: Rojas singled to center; Otis flied out to left; Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; McRae popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 8. RANGERS 7TH: Nelson grounded out (catcher to first); Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Epstein flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 8. ROYALS 7TH: HAND REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Piniella flied out to right; Hopkins walked; Schaal out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hopkins to second]; May reached on an error by Lovitto [Hopkins to third]; Patek singled to center [Hopkins scored (unearned), May to third]; Patek stole second; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 9. RANGERS 8TH: Carty flied out to center; Johnson doubled to left; Burroughs singled to center [Johnson scored]; Billings flied out to right; Lovitto grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 9. ROYALS 8TH: Otis flied out to left; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 9. RANGERS 9TH: Maddox struck out; Nelson walked; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first) [Nelson to second]; Epstein singled to right [Nelson scored]; Carty flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 9. |
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