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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