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Jeff Burroughs drove in two runs with a single and sacrifice fly to back the four-hit pitching of Bert Blyleven as the Rangers defeated the Royals, 3-1. The Rangers settled Andy Hassler's fate in the first inning when they scored two runs on a single by Toby Harrah, double by Jim Fregosi and single by Burroughs. Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 1Game Played on Sunday, September 5, 1976 (Day game) at Royals StadiumRangers 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0
Royals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 0
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Clines lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Cowens rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .267
Harrah ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .269 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .285
Fregosi 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .239 Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .330
Burroughs rf 2 0 2 2 1 0 .232 McRae dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .346
Moates pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .241
Grieve dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Poquette lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .318
Randle 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .218 White 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .236
Thompson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Martinez c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .246
Sundberg c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .222 Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .209
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stinson c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 3 11 3 2 2 Totals 29 1 4 1 3 5
Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 22,025
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Royals 5
DP: Rangers 1, Royals 1
Doubles: Fregosi (6), Clines (9), Randle (9), Sundberg (20), Burroughs (22)
Triples: Brett (13)
Sacrifice Hits: White (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Burroughs (4)
GIDP: Randle (4), Otis (11)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blyleven W(11-15) 9 4 1 1 3 5 0 33 3.01
Totals 9 4 1 1 3 5 0 33
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hassler L(4-9) 9 11 3 3 2 2 0 38 3.47
Totals 9 11 3 3 2 2 0 38
Wild Pitches: Hassler (2)
Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Rich Garcia
RANGERS 1ST: Clines flied out to right; Harrah singled to left;
Fregosi doubled to left [Harrah scored]; Burroughs singled to
center [Fregosi scored]; Grieve singled to center [Burroughs to
second]; Randle grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Grieve out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers
2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Cowens singled to right; Otis struck out; Brett
flied out to left; McRae forced Cowens (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Thompson flied out to right; Beniquez flied out to
right; Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry walked; Poquette walked [Mayberry to
second]; White out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Mayberry to third, Poquette to second]; Patek popped to first
in foul territory; Martinez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Clines doubled to left; Harrah flied out to center;
Fregosi singled to left [Clines to third]; Burroughs out on a
sacrifice fly to right in foul territory [Clines scored, Fregosi
to second]; Grieve struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
struck out; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Royals 0.
RANGERS 4TH: Randle doubled to third [Randle out at second
(third to second)]; Thompson grounded out (third to first);
Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
grounded out (second to first); Poquette flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0.
RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg singled to left; Clines forced Sundberg
(shortstop to second); Harrah forced Clines (shortstop to
second); Fregosi popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: White grounded out (second to first); Patek grounded
out (third to first); Martinez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0.
RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs walked; Grieve popped to second; Randle
flied out to center; Thompson forced Burroughs (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
struck out; Brett tripled; McRae singled to center [Brett
scored]; Mayberry walked [McRae to second]; Poquette flied out
to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1.
RANGERS 7TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sundberg doubled to left; Clines grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Sundberg to third]; Harrah popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: White flied out to center; Patek popped to catcher
in foul territory; JONES BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Jones was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1.
RANGERS 8TH: STINSON REPLACED JONES (PLAYING C ); Fregosi flied
out to center; Burroughs doubled to center; MOATES RAN FOR
BURROUGHS; Grieve grounded out (pitcher to first) [Moates to
third]; Randle walked; Thompson popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1.
ROYALS 8TH: MOATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cowens singled
to second; Otis grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Cowens out at second]; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1.
RANGERS 9TH: Beniquez singled to center; Sundberg forced
Beniquez (pitcher to shortstop); Clines flied out to center;
Hassler threw a wild pitch [Sundberg to second]; Harrah was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals
1.
ROYALS 9TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
grounded out (first to pitcher); Poquette grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1.
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