While Jackie Brown pitched a shutout, the Rangers hammered out 17 hits and overwhelmed the Royals, 11-0. Cesar Tovar had a perfect night at the plate with a triple, two doubles and a single, driving in three runs and scoring three. Jeff Burroughs accounted for two RBIs with a pair of singles. Brown did not issue a pass while limiting the Royals to seven singles. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 11, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 28, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    1  3  0    5  1  1  -  11 17  1
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             5   3   3   0     0   0   .240      Pinson rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .274
Tovar cf,lf           4   3   4   3     1   0   .291      McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .309
Burroughs rf          5   0   2   2     0   1   .301      Brett 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .289
Hargrove 1b           5   1   2   1     0   1   .326      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Spencer dh            4   2   1   1     1   0   .278      Cowens cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Randle lf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .303      Wohlford lf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .269
  Lovitto cf          2   1   2   1     0   0   .231      White 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .220
Harrah ss             2   0   0   1     1   0   .259      Healy c               3   0   1   0     0   2   .253
Howell 3b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .333      Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .225
Fahey c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
J. Brown p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37  11  17   9     4   2             Totals               31   0   7   0     0   5

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance:  8,839
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Royals 5
DP: Rangers 2, Royals 3
Errors: Nelson, Pinson
Doubles: Tovar 2 (24), Nelson (13), Hargrove (18)
Triples: Tovar (6), Lovitto (3), Nelson (1)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (25), Randle (26)
Caught Stealing: Randle (17), Brett (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Fahey (1), Harrah (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (6)
GIDP: Burroughs (17), Nelson (17), Harrah (14), McRae (12), Patek (7)
Hit by Pitch: Wohlford (3,by J. Brown)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Brown W(13-12)       9     7   0   0   0   5   0  32   3.58
Totals                  9     7   0   0   0   5   0  32

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(0-4)          4.1   7   4   4   2   0   0  20   5.32
Lopez                   2     7   5   5   1   1   0  13   5.25
McDaniel                2.2   3   2   2   1   1   0  11   3.50
Totals                  9    17  11  11   4   2   0  44

Hit by Pitch: J. Brown (4)
Wild Pitches: Lopez (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Napp


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
walked; Burroughs grounded into a double play (pitcher to second
to first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Pinson singled to right; McRae grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Pinson out at second];
Brett singled to pitcher; Brett was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); George Brett pulled up thinking John
Mayberry had walked; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Royals 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove lined to left; Spencer popped to third in
foul territory; Randle grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Cowens
grounded out (first to pitcher); Wohlford was hit by a pitch;
White singled to center [Wohlford to second]; Healy struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah walked; Howell popped to third in foul
territory; Fahey singled to left [Harrah to second]; Nelson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Fahey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals
0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek was called out on strikes; Pinson singled to
right; McRae popped to shortstop; Brett singled to right [Pinson
to second]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Tovar doubled to left; Burroughs singled to right
[Tovar scored]; Hargrove singled to center [Burroughs to
second]; Spencer popped to second; Randle forced Hargrove
(second to shortstop) [Burroughs to third]; Harrah lined to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens lined to center; Wohlford was called out on
strikes; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Howell singled to left; Fahey out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Howell to second]; Nelson singled to
right [Howell scored (error by Pinson)]; Nelson stole second;
Tovar tripled [Nelson scored]; LOPEZ REPLACED LEONARD
(PITCHING); Burroughs singled to center [Tovar scored]; Hargrove
popped to third; Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R,
4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Healy singled to center; Patek grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Healy out at
second]; Pinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Randle walked; Randle stole second; Harrah out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Randle to third]; Randle was
caught stealing home (catcher to third); Lenny Randle injured
on tag; Howell singled to center; Fahey grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: LOVITTO REPLACED RANDLE (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); McRae flied out to center; Brett
grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Nelson doubled to right; Tovar doubled to right
[Nelson scored]; Burroughs was called out on strikes; Hargrove
doubled to center [Tovar scored]; Lopez threw a wild pitch
[Hargrove to third]; Spencer singled to right [Hargrove scored];
Lovitto tripled to left [Spencer scored]; MCDANIEL REPLACED
LOPEZ (PITCHING); Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lovitto
scored]; Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 9, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Cowens lined to center; Wohlford popped to catcher
in foul territory; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 9, Royals 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Fahey grounded out (second to first); Nelson
tripled to center; Tovar singled to left [Nelson scored];
Burroughs forced Tovar (shortstop to second); Hargrove struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 10, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Healy was called out on strikes; Patek grounded out
(third to first); Pinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 10, Royals 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Spencer walked; Lovitto singled to right [Spencer
to third]; Harrah grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Spencer scored, Lovitto out at second];
Howell flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 11,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: McRae singled to center; Brett forced McRae (third
to second) [Brett to second (error by Nelson)]; Mayberry
grounded out (second to first) [Brett to third]; Cowens flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 11, Royals 0.