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With last-inning help from Bill Gogolewski, Jim Merritt gained his first victory of the season when the Rangers defeated the Royals, 3-0. Merritt yielded only four hits. The Rangers scored once on a single by Ken Suarez and double by Jim Mason in the third inning before clinching the verdict with two more runs in the fourth on three singles, an error and a groundout. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 0Game Played on Friday, June 22, 1973 (Night game) at Royals StadiumRangers 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nelson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296 White ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Johnson dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Floyd ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Carty lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .218 Bevacqua dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .271 Maddox lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Otis cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .287 Spencer 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .315 Burroughs rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Harris cf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .257 Piniella lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .236 Suarez c 3 1 1 1 0 0 .328 Schaal 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Mason ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .256 McRae rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Merritt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Healy c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Gogolewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 9 3 0 1 Totals 31 0 4 0 3 3 Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 14,320 Left on Base: Rangers 3, Royals 7 DP: Rangers 0, Royals 2 Errors: White 2 Doubles: Mason (6), Piniella (12) GIDP: Burroughs (7), Mason (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Merritt W(1-2) 8 4 0 0 3 2 0 31 3.78 Gogolewski SV(5) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.63 Totals 9 4 0 0 3 3 0 34 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago L(7-6) 9 9 3 2 0 1 0 33 3.95 Totals 9 9 3 2 0 1 0 33 Wild Pitches: Merritt 2 (5) Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Larry Barnett RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Johnson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: White flied out to left; Bevacqua flied out to left; Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Carty singled to center; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted) [Carty to second]; Burroughs reached on an error by White [Carty to third]; Harris reached on a fielder's choice [Carty out at home (third to catcher), Burroughs to second]; Burroughs was picked off second (pitcher to second to third); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to right; Rojas flied out to left; Piniella doubled to left [Mayberry to third]; Schaal reached on a fielder's choice [Mayberry out at home (shortstop to catcher), Piniella to third]; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 3RD: Suarez singled to center; Mason doubled to center [Suarez scored]; Nelson flied out to right [Mason to third]; Harrah was called out on strikes; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Healy popped to first; White popped to catcher in foul territory; Bevacqua walked; Merritt threw a wild pitch [Bevacqua to second]; Merritt threw a wild pitch [Bevacqua to third]; Otis walked; Mayberry walked [Otis to second]; Rojas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. RANGERS 4TH: Carty singled to center; Spencer reached on an error by White [Carty to second]; Carty was out trying to advance to third and Spencer advanced to second (catcher to third); Burroughs singled to left [Spencer to third]; Harris singled to right [Spencer scored (unearned), Burroughs to third]; Suarez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Burroughs scored, Harris to second]; Mason grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Piniella flied out to center; Schaal flied out to left; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. RANGERS 5TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah flied out to center; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Healy grounded out (third to first); White flied out to left; Bevacqua flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. RANGERS 6TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer singled to right; Burroughs grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Spencer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: Otis lined to third; Mayberry popped to third; Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. RANGERS 7TH: Harris singled to center; Suarez forced Harris (pitcher to shortstop); Mason grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Suarez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 7TH: Piniella singled to center; Schaal singled to left [Piniella to second]; McRae popped to shortstop; Healy was called out on strikes; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR WHITE; Wohlford flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. RANGERS 8TH: FLOYD REPLACED WOHLFORD (PLAYING SS); Nelson singled to first; On a bunt Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; Nelson was picked off first (pitcher to first); Johnson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 8TH: Bevacqua lined to shortstop; Otis popped to first in foul territory; Mayberry lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. RANGERS 9TH: Carty popped to shortstop; Spencer popped to shortstop; Burroughs lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 9TH: MADDOX REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); Rojas lined to pitcher; Piniella struck out; Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0. |
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