Jeff Burroughs, the league leader in RBIs, brought his total to 41 by driving in four runs as the Rangers defeated the Royals, 8-3. Burroughs batted in the Rangers' initial run with a single in the first inning. After hitting another single and scoring in the third, the Rangers' outfielder knocked in two runs with a single in the fourth and added his fourth RBI with his fourth single of the game in the eighth. David Clyde, who started for the Rangers, was lifted in the third when the Royals tied the score at 2-2, but Jackie Brown pitched five innings and allowed one run on four hits before Steve Foucault finished. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 8, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       19, 1974 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Rangers      1  0  1    3  0  0    0  2  1  -   8 16  3
Royals       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  8  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              4   2   1   0     0   0   .214      Wohlford lf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .307
  Hargrove 1b         1   1   0   0     1   0   .333        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Harrah ss             4   1   3   2     1   0   .252      Rojas 2b              4   1   1   1     1   1   .317
Johnson lf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .309      Otis cf               5   0   2   1     0   0   .271
Burroughs rf          5   1   4   4     0   0   .310      Mayberry 1b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Grieve dh             5   0   1   0     0   1   .287      McRae dh,3b           2   1   1   0     2   0   .377
Randle 2b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .333      Healy c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Lovitto 1b,cf         5   1   1   0     0   0   .169      Cowens rf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .182
L. Brown 3b           4   1   1   0     1   2   .146        Pinson ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Sundberg c            5   1   3   1     0   0   .237      Patek ss              2   1   1   0     1   0   .237
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Solaita ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .346
  J. Brown p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Floyd pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .237
                                                            Brett ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Scheinblum ph,lf    1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
                                                          Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   8  16   8     4   4             Totals               35   3   8   3     5   5

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 22,081
Left on Base: Rangers 11, Royals 10
DP: Rangers 2, Royals 2
Errors: Johnson, L. Brown 2, Patek
Doubles: Harrah (4), L. Brown (2), Lovitto (3), Patek (2), McRae (10)
Stolen Bases: Randle (9), Patek (15)
GIDP: Johnson (6), Grieve (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde                   2.2   4   2   2   3   0   0  13   2.70
J. Brown W(1-1)         5     4   1   1   2   4   0  23   2.57
Foucault                1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.69
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5   5   0  40

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(4-4)       3.1   8   5   4   2   2   0  20   3.26
Garber                  4     4   1   1   1   1   0  16   5.65
Hoerner                 0     0   1   1   1   0   0   1   1.04
Bird                    1.2   4   1   1   0   1   0   9   2.10
Totals                  9    16   8   7   4   4   0  46

Wild Pitches: J. Brown (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Lou DiMuro


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar reached on an error by Patek; Harrah walked
[Tovar to second]; Johnson grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Tovar to third, Harrah out at second];
Burroughs singled to center [Tovar scored (unearned)]; Grieve
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 0.

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

RANGERS 2ND: Randle grounded out (third to first); Lovitto
grounded out (third to first); L. Brown walked; Sundberg singled
to center [L. Brown to second]; Tovar forced Sundberg (second
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry lined to center; McRae walked; Healy
singled to right [McRae to third]; Cowens lined into a double
play (third to first) [Healy out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah flied out to right; Johnson struck out;
Burroughs singled to right; Grieve singled to center [Burroughs
to second]; Randle singled to center [Burroughs scored, Grieve
to second]; Lovitto forced Randle (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek walked; White popped to second; Wohlford
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Patek to second]; Rojas
singled to left [Patek scored, Rojas to second (error by
Johnson)]; Otis singled to center [Rojas scored]; Mayberry
singled to center [Otis to third]; J. BROWN REPLACED CLYDE
(PITCHING); McRae walked [Mayberry to second]; Healy forced
Mayberry (third unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Royals 2.

RANGERS 4TH: L. Brown grounded out (third to first); Sundberg
singled to left; Tovar singled to second [Sundberg to second];
Harrah singled to left [Sundberg scored, Tovar to third (on
throw to home), Harrah to second (on throw to home)]; GARBER
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Johnson was walked
intentionally; Burroughs singled to right [Tovar scored, Harrah
scored, Johnson to second]; Grieve grounded into a double play
(third to first) [Johnson out at third]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens struck out; Patek doubled to left; J. Brown
threw a wild pitch [Patek to third]; White struck out; Wohlford
walked; Rojas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Royals 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Randle popped to second; Lovitto lined to center;
L. Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to left; Mayberry lined to shortstop;
McRae lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Royals 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg lined to center; Tovar flied out to right;
Harrah doubled to right; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: HARGROVE REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING 1B); LOVITTO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Healy reached on an error by L.
Brown; PINSON BATTED FOR COWENS; Pinson popped to shortstop;
Patek forced Healy (first to shortstop); Patek stole second;
Freddie Patek's popup was dropped in Brown/Hargrove collision;
after the force out, Patek stole 2B, which was left unoccupied;
all one play; BRETT BATTED FOR WHITE; Brett flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Royals 2.

RANGERS 7TH: BRETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); PINSON STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); Burroughs popped to second; Grieve grounded
out (shortstop to first); Randle singled to right; Randle stole
second; Lovitto flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas
flied out to right; Otis singled to second; Mayberry grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Royals
2.

RANGERS 8TH: L. Brown doubled to left; Sundberg flied out to
right [L. Brown to third]; HOERNER REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING);
Hargrove walked; BIRD REPLACED HOERNER (PITCHING); Harrah
singled to catcher [L. Brown scored, Hargrove to second];
Johnson flied out to right [Hargrove to third]; Burroughs
singled to center [Hargrove scored, Harrah to third]; Grieve
flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: McRae doubled to center; Healy flied out to center;
Pinson reached on an error by L. Brown; SOLAITA BATTED FOR
PATEK; Solaita singled to center [McRae scored, Pinson to
second]; FLOYD RAN FOR SOLAITA; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR BRETT;
Scheinblum was called out on strikes; FOUCAULT REPLACED J. BROWN
(PITCHING); Wohlford struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
7, Royals 3.

RANGERS 9TH: FLOYD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SCHEINBLUM
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MCRAE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); BIRD REPLACED WOHLFORD (PITCHING); Randle flied out to
center; Lovitto doubled to right; L. Brown was called out on
strikes; Sundberg singled to center [Lovitto scored]; Hargrove
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 8, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Rojas flied out to right; Otis popped to first in
foul territory; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Royals 3.