Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
July 2, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Kansas City Royals 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harrah ss 6 1 3 0
Jones 3b 5 1 1 0
Mincher 1b 5 1 3 1
Billings c 1 1 0 1
  King c 3 1 1 1
Biittner lf 5 0 2 1
Ford rf 3 1 1 1
Lovitto cf 5 1 1 0
Kubiak 2b 5 0 2 1
Bosman p 3 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 1 1
  Nelson pr 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 15 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 1 0
Keough lf 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 5 1 2 0
Scheinblum rf 5 1 3 1
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 1 1 0
  Piniella ph 1 0 0 0
  May c 1 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 5 1 3 2
Schaal 3b 3 1 1 1
  Floyd 3b 1 0 0 0
Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 1 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 0 1 1
  Fitzmorris p 1 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 13 5
Texas 301 000 100 27150
Kansas City 000 023 000 05130
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman   7.1 11 5 5 0 6
  Shellenback   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Pina  W (1-3) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Lindblad   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cox  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
13
5
5
2
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Murphy   4.2 6 1 1 1 2
  Fitzmorris   4.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Burgmeier  L (4-2) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Abernathy   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
15
7
7
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Kirkpatrick (5).  2B–Texas Biittner (7,off Murphy), Kansas City Rojas 3 (15,off Bosman 3); Schaal (10,off Bosman); Otis (12,off Bosman); Scheinblum (5,off Lindblad).  HR–Texas King (3,7th inning off Fitzmorris 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Bosman (10,off Murphy); Jones (2,off Fitzmorris).  HBP–Billings (1,by Murphy).  IBB–Keough (1,by Pina).  SB–Nelson (21,2nd base off Abernathy/May); Patek (15,2nd base off Pina/King).  HBP–Murphy (3,Billings).  IBB–Pina (4,Keough).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–3:10.
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