Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
August 13, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1972 at Arlington 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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Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 13

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Rojas 2b,3b,ss 3 1 0 0
Otis cf 5 1 2 3
Scheinblum rf 4 0 2 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
  May c 1 0 0 0
Piniella lf 5 0 2 0
Kirkpatrick c,1b 4 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 2 1 1 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Knoop 2b 1 0 0 0
Floyd ss 2 0 0 0
  Keough ph 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Angelini p 0 0 0 0
Drago p 2 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,3b 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 2 2 0 1
Harrah ss 4 2 1 0
Biittner lf,1b 4 2 3 2
Billings c 5 3 4 5
Howard 1b 4 1 2 2
  Lovitto lf 0 0 0 0
Ford rf 4 0 2 0
  Grieve pr,rf 1 1 1 1
Mason 3b 5 1 2 1
Harris 2b 4 0 1 0
Bosman p 2 0 1 0
  Pina p 1 1 0 0
Totals 36 13 17 12
Kansas City 010 000 030481
Texas 020 200 36x13171
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  L (8-14) 3.0 7 4 4 1 0
  Fitzmorris   2.0 2 0 0 0 4
  Wright   2.0 2 3 3 2 1
  Burgmeier   0.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Abernathy   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Angelini   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
17
13
13
5
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman  W (5-8) 5.0 6 1 1 4 1
  Pina  SV (14) 4.0 2 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
6
3

  E–Knoop (4), Mason (3).  DP–Kansas City 1, Texas 2.  TP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Bosman (1,off Drago); Biittner 3 (17,off Drago,off Fitzmorris,off Burgmeier); Billings 2 (13,off Wright,off Abernathy).  HR–Kansas City Otis (9,8th inning off Pina 2 on, 2 out), Texas Howard (8,2nd inning off Drago 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Keough (2,by Pina); Maddox (2,by Fitzmorris).  SF–Biittner (1,off Wright).  CS–Maddox (9,2nd base by Fitzmorris/Kirkpatrick).  WP–Wright (3).  HBP–Fitzmorris (1,Maddox); Pina (5,Keough).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–3:20.  A–5,598.
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