The Royals smashed four homers, giving them a total of 11 in the three-game series, while slugging their way to a 10-5 victory over the Rangers. John Mayberry started the bombardment with a two-run blow in the first inning and, one out later, Tony Solaita also hit for the circuit. Fred Patek supplied a solo swat in the second and Solaita hit his second homer of the game with a man on base in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 10, Texas Rangers 5
Game Played on Thursday, July      3, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       3  1  0    3  0  0    3  0  0  -  10 11  2
Rangers      0  0  0    2  0  0    3  0  0  -   5  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wohlford rf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .282      Tovar dh              5   0   2   0     0   0   .254
Brett 3b              5   0   2   2     0   0   .285      Cubbage 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Mayberry dh           4   2   1   2     1   1   .247        Fregosi ph          0   0   0   1     0   0   .284
McRae lf              5   1   1   1     0   0   .307        Cardenas 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Solaita 1b            4   2   2   3     1   2   .286      Hargrove lf,1b        4   1   1   0     0   1   .340
Healy c               4   0   1   0     1   0   .243      Burroughs rf          3   1   1   0     1   0   .224
Pinson cf             5   1   0   0     0   0   .222      Spencer 1b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .263
White 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .213        Grieve ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Patek ss              3   2   2   2     1   0   .228      Randle cf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .272
Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrah 3b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .278
  Splittorff p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .232
                                                          Sundberg c            3   1   1   1     0   0   .232
                                                            Pruitt c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Hands p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kekich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38  10  11  10     5   4             Totals               35   5   9   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 10,358
Left on Base: Royals 6, Rangers 5
DP: Royals 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Wohlford, Fitzmorris, Smalley
Doubles: Brett (16), McRae (19)
Triples: Harrah (1)
Home Runs: Mayberry (14), Solaita 2 (9), Patek (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Fregosi (3)
GIDP: McRae (13), Hargrove (6)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris W(9-4)       6.1   8   5   4   1   0   0  28   3.69
Splittorff              2.2   1   0   0   0   3   0   9   4.40
Totals                  9     9   5   4   1   3   0  37

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands L(5-4)            2     4   4   4   1   0   3  11   3.34
Umbarger                2     4   3   2   1   1   0  11   3.58
Kekich                  2     3   3   3   1   2   1  10   5.14
Foucault                2     0   0   0   2   0   0   8   4.12
Thomas                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.27
Totals                  9    11  10   9   5   4   4  43

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Don Denkinger


ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford walked; Brett grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Wohlford to second]; Mayberry homered [Wohlford scored];
McRae grounded out (third to first); Solaita homered; Healy
grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to right; Cubbage forced Tovar (third
to second); Hargrove grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Cubbage out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Pinson grounded out (second to first); White popped
to third; Patek homered; Wohlford popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Spencer
grounded out (second to pitcher); Randle grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett doubled to left; UMBARGER REPLACED HANDS
(PITCHING); Mayberry struck out; McRae grounded out (third to
first); Solaita walked; Healy flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah flied out to left; Smalley flied out to
center; Sundberg singled to second; Tovar forced Sundberg (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Pinson reached on an error by Smalley [Pinson to
second]; White singled to third [Pinson to third]; Patek singled
to left [Pinson scored (unearned), White to second]; Wohlford
singled [White to third, Patek to second]; Brett singled to left
[White scored, Patek scored, Wohlford to second]; Mayberry
forced Brett (first to shortstop) [Wohlford to third]; McRae
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Mayberry out at second]; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
7, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Cubbage grounded out (first to pitcher); Hargrove
singled to left; Burroughs walked [Hargrove to second]; Spencer
singled to right [Hargrove scored, Burroughs to third, Spencer
to second (error by Wohlford)]; Randle grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Burroughs scored, Spencer to third]; Harrah grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: KEKICH REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Solaita struck
out; Healy singled to center; Pinson lined to third; White was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Rangers
2.

RANGERS 5TH: Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg
grounded out (third to first); Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Wohlford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Hargrove
grounded out (first unassisted); Burroughs singled to center;
Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7,
Rangers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry walked; McRae doubled [Mayberry scored,
McRae to third (on throw to home)]; Solaita homered [McRae
scored]; FOUCAULT REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Healy walked;
Pinson flied out to center; White flied out to center; Patek
walked [Healy to second]; Wohlford lined to second; 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 10, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Randle singled to left; Harrah tripled to right
[Randle scored]; Smalley grounded out (first to pitcher);
Sundberg reached on an error by Fitzmorris [Harrah scored];
Tovar singled to right [Sundberg to third]; SPLITTORFF REPLACED
FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); FREGOSI BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Fregosi hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Sundberg scored (unearned)]; Hargrove
was called out on strikes; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
10, Rangers 5.

ROYALS 8TH: CARDENAS REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING 2B); PRUITT
REPLACED SUNDBERG (PLAYING C ); Brett popped to third; Mayberry
popped to third in foul territory; McRae grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 10, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); GRIEVE
BATTED FOR SPENCER; Grieve grounded out (third to first); Randle
singled to right; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 10, Rangers 5.

ROYALS 9TH: GRIEVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HARGROVE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); THOMAS REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING);
Solaita struck out; Healy grounded out (shortstop to first);
Pinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 10, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Smalley struck out; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop
to first); Tovar popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
10, Rangers 5.