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 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 3, Kansas City Royals 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 3b 5 0 1 0
Harrah ss 4 1 2 1
Ford rf 4 1 3 1
Howard 1b 3 0 2 1
Lovitto cf 4 0 0 0
Grieve lf 4 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b 2 0 1 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
  Billings ph 1 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 0 0 0 0
Suarez c 3 1 1 0
Broberg p 1 0 0 0
  Randle 2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 1 0
Keough lf 3 1 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Scheinblum rf 4 3 3 2
Mayberry 1b 1 0 0 0
  Hopkins 1b 1 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 4 2 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 3 3
Schaal 3b 2 0 1 3
  Floyd 3b 2 0 0 0
Rooker p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 8
Texas 000 000 0303101
Kansas City 020 330 00x8100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg  L (5-7) 4.0 8 7 7 2 2
  Cox   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Shellenback   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
3
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  W (4-5) 9.0 10 3 3 3 7
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
7

  E–Ford (2).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Texas Suarez (1,off Rooker); Ford (7,off Rooker), Kansas City Schaal (11,off Broberg); Scheinblum (6,off Cox).  3B–Texas Harrah (3,off Rooker).  HR–Kansas City Scheinblum (6,2nd inning off Broberg 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Kubiak (1,2nd base by Rooker/Kirkpatrick).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:05.  A–12,926.
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