An action-packed ninth inning saw the Rangers score four runs to take a 7-4 lead and the Royals then come back with four runs to gain an 8-7 victory. Toby Harrah homered to start the Rangers' outburst and three other runs followed on a single by Alex Johnson, doubles by Rico Carty and Jeff Burroughs, a single by Jim Spencer and sacrifice fly by Ken Suarez.

The Royals began their comeback with a run on a walk to Steve Hovley and singles by Cookie Rojas and Amos Otis. John Mayberry then doubled to drive in two runs, tying the score. A safe bunt by Ed Kirkpatrick and intentional pass to Lou Piniella then loaded the bases and brought up Paul Schaal, who singled to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Texas Rangers 7
Game Played on Saturday, June      23, 1973 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  4  -   7 15  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  2    0  2  4  -   8 12  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             6   0   1   0     0   1   .292      Hovley rf             3   1   1   0     2   0   .237
Harrah 3b             3   1   3   2     2   0   .253      Rojas 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Johnson dh            5   2   1   0     0   0   .277      Otis cf               5   1   1   1     0   1   .285
Carty lf              5   1   2   0     0   0   .222      Mayberry 1b           4   3   2   2     1   0   .318
  Maddox pr,lf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .241      Kirkpatrick lf        5   2   3   2     0   0   .327
Burroughs rf          5   1   3   2     0   0   .256      Piniella dh           3   0   0   0     2   1   .233
Spencer 1b            5   0   3   2     0   1   .280      Schaal 3b             3   0   2   1     2   0   .291
Harris cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .261      Floyd ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .316
Suarez c              3   0   0   1     1   0   .320        Bevacqua ph         1   0   1   2     0   0   .278
Mason ss              4   1   0   0     1   0   .248        White ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Healy c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .234
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hopkins ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .303
  Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Taylor pr,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Paul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   7  15   7     4   2             Totals               35   8  12   8     8   2

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 11,672
Left on Base: Rangers 12, Royals 11
DP: Rangers 1, Royals 1
Errors: Schaal
Doubles: Harris (5), Harrah (10), Carty (7), Mayberry (11)
Home Runs: Harrah (3), Kirkpatrick (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Suarez (2)
GIDP: Johnson (8), Rojas (10)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg                 6     5   2   2   3   0   1  25   5.08
Foucault                2     3   4   4   4   2   0  13   4.12
Gogolewski              0     1   1   1   0   0   0   1   2.80
Paul L(4-4)             0     2   1   1   1   0   0   3   5.53
Stanhouse               0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.53
Totals                  8    12   8   8   8   2   1  43

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              8    11   4   3   3   2   1  38   2.92
Garber                  0     4   3   3   0   0   0   4   3.88
Wright W(3-1)           1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.70
Totals                  9    15   7   6   4   2   1  46

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Red Flaherty


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah
walked; Johnson flied out to right [Harrah to second]; Carty
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Hovley walked; Rojas grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Hovley out at second]; Otis
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Spencer
struck out; Harris doubled to left; Suarez grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella walked;
Schaal walked [Piniella to second]; Floyd grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Mason grounded out (second to first); Nelson
singled to center; Harrah singled to right [Nelson to third];
Johnson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy flied out to right; Hovley singled to second;
Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hovley to second]; Otis
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs
singled to pitcher; Spencer popped to second; Harris singled to
center [Burroughs to second]; Suarez walked [Burroughs to third,
Harris to second]; Mason lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry flied out to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(first unassisted); Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
walked; Johnson forced Harrah (third to second); Carty singled
to right [Johnson to second]; Burroughs singled to right
[Johnson scored, Carty to second]; Spencer singled to right
[Carty scored, Burroughs to third, Spencer to second (on
throw)]; Harris grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal grounded out (third to first); Floyd singled
to center; Healy forced Floyd (shortstop to second); Hovley
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
2, Royals 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Suarez reached on an error by Schaal; Mason forced
Suarez (pitcher to shortstop); Nelson struck out; Harrah doubled
to right [Mason scored (unearned)]; Johnson popped to first in
foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals
0.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas flied out to left; Otis flied out to center;
Mayberry singled to left; Kirkpatrick homered [Mayberry scored];
Piniella grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Royals 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Carty lined to left; Burroughs lined to shortstop;
Spencer singled to center; Harris forced Spencer (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Schaal singled to center; FOUCAULT REPLACED BROBERG
(PITCHING); On a bunt Floyd made an out to pitcher; HOPKINS
BATTED FOR HEALY; Hopkins walked [Schaal to second]; TAYLOR RAN
FOR HOPKINS; Hovley forced Taylor (second to shortstop) [Schaal
to third]; Rojas popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 2.

RANGERS 8TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Suarez flied
out to center; Mason grounded out (first to pitcher); Nelson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis struck out; Mayberry walked; Kirkpatrick
singled to third [Mayberry to second]; Piniella struck out;
Schaal walked [Mayberry to third, Kirkpatrick to second];
BEVACQUA BATTED FOR FLOYD; Bevacqua singled to center [Mayberry
scored, Kirkpatrick scored, Schaal to second]; Taylor popped to
first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 4.

RANGERS 9TH: WHITE REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING SS); Harrah
homered; GARBER REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Johnson singled
to left; Carty doubled to right [Johnson to third]; MADDOX RAN
FOR CARTY; Burroughs singled to left [Johnson scored, Maddox to
third]; Spencer singled to right [Maddox scored, Burroughs to
third]; WRIGHT REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING); Harris flied out to
center; Suarez hit a sacrifice fly to left [Burroughs scored];
Mason walked [Spencer to second]; Nelson flied out to center; 4
R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7, Royals 4.

ROYALS 9TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hovley walked;
Rojas singled to center [Hovley to second]; GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED
FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Otis singled to left [Hovley scored, Rojas
to second]; PAUL REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Mayberry
doubled to left [Rojas scored, Otis scored]; Kirkpatrick singled
[Mayberry to third]; Piniella was walked intentionally
[Kirkpatrick to second]; STANHOUSE REPLACED PAUL (PITCHING);
Schaal singled to left [Mayberry scored, Kirkpatrick to third,
Piniella to second]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 7, Royals 8.