The Rangers sent a record-setting Kansas City crowd home unhappy with a four-run uprising in the ninth inning that produced a 5-4 victory over the Royals. This was Rangers' 11th victory in 15 games against the Royals and Kaycee's seventh setback in eight games.

The Rangers combined singles by Roy Howell, Joe Lahoud and Juan Beniquez and two-run double by Dave Moates to rout Doug Bird. Reliever Mark Littell then walked Gene Clines and yielded a single to Toby Harrah, scoring Moates with the deciding run. The crowd boosted the Royals' season attendance to 1,401,121, largest in 21 seasons of major league baseball in Kaycee. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Monday, September 6, 1976 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Rangers      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   5 10  1
Royals       2  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 12  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines lf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .262      Poquette lf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .320
  Fahey c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .242        Wohlford ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .230
Harrah ss             5   0   1   1     0   1   .269      Otis cf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Hargrove 1b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .285      Brett 3b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .329
Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .231      McRae dh              4   1   2   1     0   0   .348
Howell 3b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .247      Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .241
Grieve dh             4   1   3   1     0   1   .251      Cowens rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .269
Randle 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .217      White 2b              4   1   3   1     0   0   .241
  Lahoud ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .206      Patek ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .247
  Thompson 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Martinez c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Beniquez cf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .266      Bird p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .220        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moates ph,lf        1   1   1   2     0   0   .261        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  10   5     2   7             Totals               35   4  12   4     2   0

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 27,008
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Royals 8
DP: Rangers 0, Royals 0
Errors: Harrah
Doubles: Hargrove (27), Grieve (21), Moates (6), Poquette (18), Patek (16), Cowens (20)
Triples: McRae (4)
Home Runs: Grieve (14)
Stolen Bases: McRae (21)
Caught Stealing: Brett (10), Wohlford (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek 2 (13)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles                  1.2   6   3   3   0   0   0  10   3.57
Hargan W(6-6)           6.1   6   1   1   1   0   0  26   3.19
Hoerner SV(7)           1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.54
Totals                  9    12   4   4   2   0   0  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bird L(11-8)            8.2   9   5   5   1   7   1  36   3.55
Littell                 0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   1.86
Mingori                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.13
Totals                  9    10   5   5   2   7   1  39

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Lou DiMuro


RANGERS 1ST: Clines struck out; Harrah struck out; Hargrove
doubled to right; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette singled to center; Otis popped to third;
Brett singled to right [Poquette to third]; Brett was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); McRae tripled to left
[Poquette scored]; Mayberry singled to left [McRae scored];
Cowens forced Mayberry (third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Howell flied out to right; Grieve homered; Randle
grounded out (pitcher to first); Beniquez grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 2ND: White singled to left; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [White to second]; Martinez popped to second;
Poquette doubled to right [White scored]; HARGAN REPLACED BRILES
(PITCHING); Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to left; Clines lined to second;
Harrah flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett flied out to left; McRae singled to center;
Mayberry forced McRae (first to shortstop); Cowens grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs walked; Howell popped to second; Grieve singled to
right [Burroughs to second]; Randle flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek
doubled; Martinez popped to second in foul territory; Poquette
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez popped to first in foul territory;
Sundberg was called out on strikes; Clines singled to left;
Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to right; Brett reached on an error
by Harrah; McRae forced Brett (second to shortstop); McRae stole
second; Mayberry walked; Cowens singled to third [McRae out at
home (third to catcher), Mayberry to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove flied out to center; Burroughs popped to
shortstop; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: White singled to center; Patek out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [White to second]; Martinez flied out
to right; Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Grieve doubled to left; Randle flied out to center;
Beniquez flied out to right [Grieve to third]; Sundberg grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett flied
out to left; McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Royals 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Clines grounded out (third to first); Harrah popped
to third; Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Cowens doubled to
right; White singled to right [Cowens scored]; Patek grounded
out (second to first) [White to second]; Martinez flied out to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Royals 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Howell
singled to center; Grieve struck out; LAHOUD BATTED FOR RANDLE;
Lahoud singled to center [Howell to third]; Beniquez singled to
center [Howell scored, Lahoud to second]; MOATES BATTED FOR
SUNDBERG; Moates doubled to left [Lahoud scored, Beniquez
scored]; LITTELL REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Clines walked; Harrah
singled to left [Moates scored, Clines to second]; MINGORI
REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); Hargrove flied out to center; 4 R,
5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 9TH: FAHEY REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING C ); THOMPSON
REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING 2B); MOATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
LF); HOERNER REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); WOHLFORD BATTED FOR
POQUETTE; Wohlford walked; Wohlford was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Otis flied out to left; Brett flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Royals 4.