Two runs in the ninth inning on an error and a pass with the bases loaded enabled the Royals to defeat the Rangers, 8-6. Jamie Quirk drove in three of the Royals' six earlier runs with a pair of singles. Kansas City Royals 8, Texas Rangers 6Game Played on Friday, September 26, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumRoyals 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 8 8 1 Rangers 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 6 10 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White 2b 5 1 3 2 0 1 .247 Randle cf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .278 Pinson rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .223 Smalley 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Brett 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Hargrove 1b 5 1 1 2 0 0 .303 Mayberry dh,1b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .290 Burroughs rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .225 Solaita 1b 2 1 0 0 2 2 .265 Spencer dh 3 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Killebrew ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .199 Fregosi ph,dh 1 0 1 0 1 0 .262 Scott pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Harrah ss 4 1 1 2 1 0 .293 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grieve lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .279 Otis cf 1 2 1 1 4 0 .248 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .251 Healy c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Cardenas 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Patek ss 3 2 0 1 0 0 .228 Sundberg c 2 1 1 0 1 0 .197 Quirk lf 2 0 2 3 0 0 .226 Cubbage ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Wohlford ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Moates pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fahey c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hargan 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 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 8 8 7 9 8 Totals 37 6 10 5 7 5 Time of Game: 3:27 Attendance: 7,310 Left on Base: Royals 8, Rangers 11 DP: Royals 1, Rangers 1 Errors: Patek, Smalley, Harrah Doubles: Otis (26), Hargrove (22) Home Runs: Harrah (20) Caught Stealing: Brett (10) GIDP: Healy (5), Sundberg (16) Hit by Pitch: Patek (2,by Jenkins) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(15-7) 5 4 5 5 6 4 1 24 3.77 McDaniel 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.28 Mingori 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.50 Pattin SV(5) 2.1 4 1 0 0 1 0 12 3.25 Totals 9 10 6 5 7 5 1 44 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(17-18) 1.1 0 4 4 3 1 0 8 3.93 Hargan 2.1 6 2 2 1 2 0 11 3.81 Kekich 4 0 0 0 3 3 0 15 3.73 Foucault 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 6 4.13 Wright 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4.44 Thomas 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.10 Totals 9 8 8 6 9 8 0 43 Hit by Pitch: Jenkins (9) Wild Pitches: Leonard (5) Umpires: HP - Armando Rodriguez, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Rich Garcia ROYALS 1ST: White flied out to left; Pinson grounded out (first to pitcher); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Randle was called out on strikes; Smalley walked; Hargrove popped to third in foul territory; Burroughs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry walked; Solaita walked [Mayberry to second]; Otis walked [Mayberry to third, Solaita to second]; Healy struck out; Patek was hit by a pitch [Mayberry scored, Solaita to third, Otis to second]; HARGAN REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Quirk singled to right [Solaita scored, Otis scored, Patek to third, Quirk out at second (right to shortstop)]; White singled to right [Patek scored]; White was picked off first (catcher to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah walked; Grieve struck out; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Pinson struck out; Brett singled to first; Mayberry struck out; Brett was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg walked; Randle walked [Sundberg to second]; Smalley struck out; Hargrove doubled to left [Sundberg scored, Randle scored]; Burroughs walked; Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher) [Hargrove to third, Burroughs to second]; Leonard threw a wild pitch [Hargrove scored, Burroughs to third]; Harrah flied out to center; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 3. ROYALS 4TH: Solaita walked; Otis doubled to left [Solaita to third]; Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek reached on a fielder's choice [Solaita out at home (shortstop to catcher), Otis to third]; Quirk singled to center [Otis scored, Patek to third]; On a bunt White singled to second [Patek scored, Quirk to second]; KEKICH REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Pinson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 3. RANGERS 4TH: Grieve singled to left; Howell walked [Grieve to second]; Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Grieve to third, Howell out at second]; Randle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 3. ROYALS 5TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); Mayberry flied out to left; Solaita struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 3. RANGERS 5TH: Smalley flied out to center; Hargrove popped to shortstop; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 3. ROYALS 6TH: Otis walked; Healy grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Otis out at second]; Patek reached on an error by Smalley; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR QUIRK; Wohlford forced Patek (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Spencer singled to right; Harrah homered [Spencer scored]; MCDANIEL REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell flied out to right; Sundberg singled to left; Randle popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 5. ROYALS 7TH: White struck out; Pinson popped to third; Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 5. RANGERS 7TH: MINGORI REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); Smalley flied out to center; Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs singled to left; FREGOSI BATTED FOR SPENCER; PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Fregosi walked (walk was charged to Mingori) [Burroughs to second]; Harrah popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 5. ROYALS 8TH: FREGOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Solaita struck out; Otis walked; Healy walked [Otis to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 5. RANGERS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED HEALY (PLAYING C ); Grieve lined to third; Howell struck out; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Cubbage singled to left; MOATES RAN FOR CUBBAGE; Randle singled to left [Moates to second]; Smalley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Rangers 5. ROYALS 9TH: FAHEY REPLACED MOATES (PLAYING C ); CARDENAS REPLACED HOWELL (PLAYING 3B); Wohlford was called out on strikes; White singled to left; Pinson singled to center [White to second]; Brett flied out to left; Mayberry walked [White to third, Pinson to second]; WRIGHT REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); KILLEBREW BATTED FOR SOLAITA; Killebrew reached on an error by Harrah [White scored (unearned) (no RBI), Pinson to third, Mayberry to second]; SCOTT RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Otis walked [Pinson scored (unearned), Mayberry to third, Scott to second]; THOMAS REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Martinez struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 8, Rangers 5. RANGERS 9TH: PATTIN REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); MAYBERRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Burroughs reached on an error by Patek; Fregosi singled to left [Burroughs to second]; Harrah flied out to right; Grieve singled to center [Burroughs scored (unearned), Fregosi to second]; JONES BATTED FOR CARDENAS; Jones flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, Rangers 6. |
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