The Royals, playing their first games under Whitey Herzog, who had replaced Jack McKeon as manager, swept a twi-night doubleheader with the Rangers, 6-3 and 6-1. The losses were the first for Frank Lucchesi, who had won three games as the Rangers' new manager. Kansas City Royals 6, Texas Rangers 3 (Game 1)Game Played on Friday, July 25, 1975 (Night game) at Royals StadiumRangers 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 6 1 Royals 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 x - 6 11 2 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Moates cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Wohlford rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .277 Cardenas ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Rojas 2b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .273 Randle 2b,cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .284 Otis cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .238 Hargrove lf 2 0 0 1 1 1 .336 McRae lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .310 Burroughs rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .229 Cowens pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Spencer 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Mayberry 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .257 Fregosi ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Killebrew dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 .211 Grieve dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .277 Scott pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrah ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 .284 Brett 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Howell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .246 Martinez c 3 1 1 1 0 0 .256 Sundberg c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .221 White ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .209 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perzanowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Totals 32 3 6 3 2 5 Totals 31 6 11 5 4 1 Time of Game: 2:43 Left on Base: Rangers 6, Royals 8 DP: Rangers 1, Royals 1 Errors: Fregosi, Brett, Briles Doubles: Mayberry (17), Rojas (12), Otis (13) Triples: Rojas (2), McRae (5) Home Runs: Harrah (12) Stolen Bases: Randle (10) Sacrifice Hits: Brett (6), Martinez (5) Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove (2) GIDP: Moates (2), Killebrew (5) Hit by Pitch: Randle (3,by Briles), McRae (4,by Perzanowski) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright L(2-4) 2 6 4 4 2 0 0 14 4.25 Perzanowski 4.2 4 1 1 1 0 0 17 1.93 Umbarger 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 4.61 Moore 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.88 Totals 8 11 6 6 4 1 0 38 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Briles W(5-5) 5 4 1 0 1 3 0 21 4.21 Splittorff 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 9 4.26 Bird SV(6) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.38 Totals 9 6 3 2 2 5 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Perzanowski (1), Briles (5) Wild Pitches: Perzanowski (1) Balks: Umbarger (3) Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Jerry Neudecker RANGERS 1ST: Moates popped to third; Randle singled to center; Randle stole second; Randle was picked off second but was safe on an error by Briles [Randle to third]; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to center [Randle scored (unearned)]; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford lined to second; Rojas singled to right; Otis walked [Rojas to second]; McRae flied out to center; Mayberry walked [Rojas to third, Otis to second]; Killebrew flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Spencer was called out on strikes; Grieve reached on an error by Brett; Harrah flied out to right; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Brett grounded out (second to first); Martinez singled to right; White singled to left [Martinez to second]; Wohlford forced White (third to second) [Martinez to third]; Rojas tripled to center [Martinez scored, Wohlford scored]; Otis grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 2. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to center; Moates grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at second]; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: McRae tripled to center; Mayberry doubled to right [McRae scored]; PERZANOWSKI REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Killebrew walked; Brett forced Killebrew (third to second) [Mayberry to third]; Perzanowski threw a wild pitch [Mayberry scored, Brett out at third (catcher to third)]; Martinez flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 4. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove struck out; Burroughs walked; Spencer flied out to right [Burroughs to second]; Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 4. ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford singled to center; Rojas popped to shortstop; Wohlford was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 4. RANGERS 5TH: Harrah flied out to center; Howell singled to third; On a bunt Sundberg singled to third [Howell to second]; Moates grounded out (first unassisted) [Howell to third, Sundberg to second]; Randle was hit by a pitch; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to right; McRae was hit by a pitch; Mayberry singled to center [McRae to third]; Killebrew grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 4. RANGERS 6TH: SPLITTORFF REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Burroughs lined to right; FREGOSI BATTED FOR SPENCER; Fregosi grounded out (pitcher to first); Grieve singled to center; Harrah homered [Grieve scored]; Howell was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 4. ROYALS 6TH: FREGOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); Martinez grounded out (third to first); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 4. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); CARDENAS BATTED FOR MOATES; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 4. ROYALS 7TH: CARDENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); RANDLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Wohlford grounded out (third to first); Rojas doubled to left; Otis doubled [Rojas scored]; McRae reached on a fielder's choice [Otis out at third (pitcher to third)]; UMBARGER REPLACED PERZANOWSKI (PITCHING); COWENS RAN FOR MCRAE; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 5. RANGERS 8TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hargrove walked; BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Burroughs forced Hargrove (shortstop to second); Fregosi popped to first; Grieve was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: Killebrew walked; SCOTT RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Umbarger balked [Scott to second]; Brett out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Scott to third]; Martinez reached on an error by Fregosi on a sacrifice bunt [Scott scored]; White singled to left [Martinez to second]; MOORE REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Wohlford struck out; Rojas grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 6. RANGERS 9TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Harrah popped to shortstop; Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 6. |
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