Nelson Briles, with relief help from Steve Mingori, who retired the last two batters, received credit for his 100th major league victory when the Royals defeated the Rangers, 4-0. Briles won 97 games with the Cardinals and Pirates before being acquired by the Royals in a deal last December. Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 0Game Played on Friday, August 2, 1974 (Night game) at Royals StadiumRangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 10 2 Royals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 4 7 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .289 Patek ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .225 Johnson lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .289 Pinson rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .240 Burroughs rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .294 Rojas 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .292 Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Randle 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .316 Otis cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .279 Spencer dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Cowens cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Harrah ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Solaita dh 1 0 0 1 1 1 .283 Nelson 2b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .244 Wohlford lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Brett 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .243 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Healy c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 10 0 0 6 Totals 28 4 7 4 2 2 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 16,437 Left on Base: Rangers 5, Royals 4 DP: Rangers 0, Royals 5 Errors: Randle, Jenkins Doubles: Rojas (12), Otis (21), Pinson (11) Caught Stealing: Tovar (5), Otis (3) Sacrifice Flies: Solaita (1), Rojas (4) GIDP: Burroughs (14), Randle 2 (5), Sundberg (5) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(14-10) 8 7 4 3 2 2 0 32 3.56 Totals 8 7 4 3 2 2 0 32 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Briles W(3-4) 8.1 10 0 0 0 5 0 30 3.86 Mingori 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.45 Totals 9 10 0 0 0 6 0 32 Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Armando Rodriguez RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to shortstop; Johnson struck out while Tovar was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Burroughs flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Pinson popped to third; Rojas doubled to left; Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first); Randle was called out on strikes; Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis doubled to center; Otis was picked off second but was safe on an error by Jenkins [Otis to third]; Solaita lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Otis scored (unearned)]; Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 3RD: Harrah was called out on strikes; Nelson was called out on strikes; Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (third to first); Pinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 4TH: Tovar singled to center; Johnson struck out; Burroughs grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry popped to second; Otis singled to pitcher [Otis out at first (first to catcher)]; Amos Otis turned wrong way at 1B and was tagged out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove singled to right; Randle grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hargrove out at second]; Spencer singled to center; Harrah forced Spencer (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Solaita struck out; Wohlford flied out to left; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 6TH: Nelson singled to center; Sundberg forced Nelson (second to shortstop); Tovar flied out to center; Johnson forced Sundberg (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Healy grounded out (third to first); Patek singled to third; Pinson grounded out (second to pitcher) [Patek to second]; Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 7TH: Burroughs singled to center; Hargrove singled to shortstop [Burroughs to second]; Randle grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Burroughs to third, Hargrove out at second]; Spencer lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Otis reached on an error by Randle; Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Solaita walked; Wohlford forced Solaita (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 8TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Nelson singled to left; Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nelson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 8TH: Brett singled to center; Healy singled to right [Brett to third]; Patek walked [Healy to second]; Pinson doubled [Brett scored, Healy scored, Patek to third]; Rojas lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Patek scored, Pinson to third]; Mayberry was called out on strikes; Otis popped to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. RANGERS 9TH: COWENS REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson singled to right; Burroughs singled to pitcher [Johnson to second]; Jeff Burroughs hit off Nelson Briles right thigh; MINGORI REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Hargrove popped to shortstop; Randle struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. |
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