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 6
Game Played on Wednesday, April     11, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Rangers      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.