Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Sunday, September 30, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 Rangers 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 3 9 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .223 Nelson 2b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .286 Brett 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .125 Harrah ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Wohlford lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .266 Burroughs rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .279 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Spencer 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .262 Ortenzio 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .280 Madlock 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .351 Kirkpatrick cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Sudakis dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .255 Poquette rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .214 Billings c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Floyd 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .333 Grieve lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .309 Martinez c 3 0 0 0 0 3 .250 Maddox cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 7 0 2 8 Totals 32 3 9 3 2 7 Time of Game: 1:55 Attendance: 3,438 Left on Base: Royals 7, Rangers 7 DP: Royals 1, Rangers 2 Errors: Brett Doubles: Brett 2 (2), Nelson (24), Madlock (5), Spencer (16) Home Runs: Grieve (7), Nelson (7) GIDP: Kirkpatrick (12), Floyd (4), Billings (12) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Mingori L(3-3) 7 8 3 3 1 7 2 30 3.57 Bird 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.99 Totals 8 9 3 3 2 7 2 34 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg W(5-9) 9 7 0 0 2 8 0 34 5.54 Totals 9 7 0 0 2 8 0 34 Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Larry McCoy ROYALS 1ST: White was called out on strikes; Brett doubled to left; Wohlford flied out to center; McRae grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Nelson doubled; On a bunt Harrah singled to pitcher [Nelson to third]; Burroughs singled to left [Nelson scored, Harrah to second]; Spencer struck out; Madlock flied out to right; Sudakis walked [Harrah to third, Burroughs to second]; Billings was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. ROYALS 2ND: Ortenzio grounded out (shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Poquette singled to left; Floyd struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: Grieve homered; Maddox flied out to right; Nelson popped to first in foul territory; Harrah lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. ROYALS 3RD: Martinez struck out; White struck out; Brett grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 3RD: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett dropped a foul fly hit by Spencer for an error; Spencer struck out; Madlock doubled; Sudakis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. ROYALS 4TH: On a bunt Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae singled to center; Ortenzio singled to center [McRae to second]; Kirkpatrick grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ortenzio out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 4TH: Billings lined to shortstop; Grieve flied out to right; Maddox singled to left; Nelson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. ROYALS 5TH: Poquette singled to right; Floyd was called out on strikes; Martinez was called out on strikes; White forced Poquette (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 5TH: Harrah flied out to left; Burroughs struck out; Spencer doubled to center; Madlock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. ROYALS 6TH: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); Wohlford walked; McRae lined to center; Ortenzio forced Wohlford (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 6TH: Sudakis lined to center; Billings popped to second; Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. ROYALS 7TH: On a bunt Kirkpatrick singled to first; Poquette flied out to left; Floyd grounded into a double play (second to first) [Kirkpatrick out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 7TH: Maddox popped to second; Nelson homered; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 3. ROYALS 8TH: Martinez struck out; White lined to shortstop; Brett doubled; Wohlford walked; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 8TH: BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Spencer flied out to left; Madlock singled to right; Sudakis walked [Madlock to second]; Billings grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Sudakis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 3. ROYALS 9TH: Ortenzio struck out; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Poquette flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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