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Sunday September 30, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!


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.



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