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Saturday June 30, 1973
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Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, June 30, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    1  0  1    0  2  0  -   4 10  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  6  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hovley rf             3   2   2   0     2   1   .265      Nelson 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .282
White ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Harrah 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .268
Otis cf               5   1   2   2     0   0   .284      Harris cf             4   2   2   1     0   1   .283
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .303      Carty lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .209
Hopkins dh            3   0   0   0     1   1   .277        Maddox pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Bevacqua lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .266      Johnson dh            3   0   0   1     0   1   .282
  Kirkpatrick lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Spencer 1b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .280
Schaal 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .280      Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .266
Floyd 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .356      Suarez c              2   0   0   0     1   1   .291
Healy c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Mason ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Siebert p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  10   4     3   5             Totals               31   2   6   2     2   9

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 11,461
Left on Base: Royals 8, Rangers 5
DP: Royals 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Spencer
Doubles: Harris (8)
Triples: Schaal (3)
Home Runs: Otis (13), Harris (4)
Caught Stealing: White (1)
Sacrifice Hits: White (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (3)
GIDP: Suarez (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(4-2)           5.2   4   1   1   1   7   1  22   3.88
Bird SV(3)              3.1   2   1   1   1   2   0  12   3.51
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   9   1  34

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert L(5-7)          7     5   2   2   3   4   0  29   2.24
Gogolewski              2     5   2   2   0   1   1  10   2.95
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   5   1  39

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Don Denkinger


ROYALS 1ST: Hovley struck out; White flied out to center; Otis
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson was called out on strikes; Harrah struck
out; Harris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers
0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Hopkins
struck out; Bevacqua struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
grounded out (second to first); Spencer singled to center;
Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal flied out to left; Floyd popped to third;
Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Suarez walked; Mason flied out to right; Nelson
flied out to center; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: On a bunt Hovley singled to first [Hovley to second
(error by Spencer)]; White out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Hovley to third]; Otis popped to first; Mayberry singled
to first [Hovley scored]; Hopkins forced Mayberry (second
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Harris flied out to left; Carty flied out to right;
Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Rangers 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Bevacqua flied out to center; Schaal popped to
catcher in foul territory; Floyd grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Spencer singled to right; Burroughs struck out;
Suarez struck out; Mason popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley
walked; White singled to center [Hovley to third]; Otis singled
to left [Hovley scored, White to second]; Mayberry struck out;
Hopkins walked [White to third, Otis to second]; Bevacqua
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals
2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah
grounded out (third to first); Harris homered; Royals Manager
Jack McKeon ejected by 1B umpire Bill Deegan arguing that the
home run was foul; Carty singled to right; BIRD REPLACED
WRIGHT (PITCHING); Johnson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Rangers 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Schaal tripled to right; Floyd grounded out (second
to first); Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley
walked; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Spencer walked; Burroughs flied out to right;
Suarez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Spencer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Rangers 1.

ROYALS 8TH: GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Otis
homered; Mayberry popped to first in foul territory; Hopkins
grounded out (second to first); Bevacqua singled to right;
Schaal singled to right [Bevacqua to third]; Floyd singled to
left [Bevacqua scored, Schaal to third]; Healy struck out; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: KIRKPATRICK REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING LF); Mason
popped to shortstop; Nelson was called out on strikes; Harrah
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Rangers 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Hovley singled to shortstop; White forced Hovley
(shortstop to second); White was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Otis popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Harris doubled to right; Carty singled to second
[Harris to third]; MADDOX RAN FOR CARTY; Johnson hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Harris scored]; Spencer flied out to left;
Burroughs flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4,
Rangers 2.



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