Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
October 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 0, Kansas City Royals 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson cf 2 0 0 0
Harrah ss 4 0 0 0
Biittner 1b 4 0 0 0
Ford rf 4 0 2 0
Billings lf 3 0 0 0
Fahey c 3 0 0 0
Mason 3b 1 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  Broberg p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Lawson p 0 0 0 0
  Panther p 0 0 0 0
Harris 2b 3 0 0 0
Stanhouse p 1 0 0 0
  Jones 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Hovley rf 3 1 2 0
Wohlford 2b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
  Keough cf 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 0
  Hopkins 1b 0 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 1 2 2
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 2 1
Schaal 3b 4 0 2 1
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
  Floyd ss 0 0 0 0
Nelson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Texas 000 000 000021
Kansas City 010 120 00x4101
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Stanhouse  L (2-9) 4.2 6 4 3 1 5
  Hinton   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Broberg   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Lawson   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Panther   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
3
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  W (11-6) 9.0 2 0 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
3
6

  E–Fahey (2), Wohlford (1).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Kansas City Mayberry (24,off Stanhouse).  SB–Nelson 3 (51,2nd base off Nelson/Kirkpatrick 2,3rd base off Nelson/Kirkpatrick); Ford (4,2nd base off Nelson/Kirkpatrick).  CS–Ford (3,2nd base by Nelson/Kirkpatrick).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:10.  A–7,329.
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