Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 15, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 3 1 0 0
Nelson 3b 3 2 2 0
Mincher 1b 3 0 0 0
Billings c 2 0 0 2
Howard lf 2 0 0 0
  Lovitto pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Ford rf 1 0 0 0
  Biittner rf 2 1 2 0
  Grieve ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Randle 2b 4 0 0 0
Harrah ss 3 0 1 1
Broberg p 1 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Panther p 0 0 0 0
  Driscoll ph 1 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 5 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 2 1
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 2 2 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 2 1
Kirkpatrick c 3 1 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 1
Schaal 3b 3 1 1 1
Hedlund p 2 0 1 0
  Hovley ph 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 4
Texas 000 012 010451
Kansas City 010 300 01x592
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg   4.0 7 4 4 1 2
  Panther   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Pina  L (0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund   7.0 5 3 2 3 4
  Abernathy   0.2 0 1 1 2 0
  Burgmeier  W (3-1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
3
6
4

  E–Billings (3), Patek (2), Schaal (4).  DP–Texas 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Biittner (1,off Hedlund), Kansas City Rojas (5,off Pina).  SF–Billings 2 (2,off Hedlund,off Abernathy).  SB–Nelson (11,2nd base off Abernathy/Kirkpatrick); Lovitto (2,2nd base off Burgmeier/Kirkpatrick); Patek (6,2nd base off Broberg/Billings).  CS–Harrah (1,2nd base by Burgmeier/Kirkpatrick); Hovley (1,2nd base by Pina/Billings).  WP–Broberg (4).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:35.  A–6,670.
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