Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
September 22, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1973 at Royals 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 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harris cf,lf 6 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 6 2 1 0
Spencer 1b 6 0 2 0
Burroughs rf 5 1 2 1
Johnson dh 5 0 2 1
Biittner lf 5 0 1 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
  Maddox cf 0 0 0 0
Randle 2b 5 0 2 0
  Nelson ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Mackanin ss 6 0 1 0
Suarez c 6 0 1 0
Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Durham p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 3 13 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
White 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hovley ph,rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Poquette rf 3 0 0 0
  Rojas ph,2b 4 0 2 1
Otis dh 6 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 1 0 0 0
  Bevacqua pr,1b 2 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick cf 5 0 1 0
  McRae ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Wohlford lf 2 0 0 0
  Piniella ph,lf 3 0 1 0
  Floyd pr 0 1 0 0
  Reichardt lf 1 1 1 2
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 0 0 0 0
  Schaal 3b 0 0 0 0
Patek ss 6 1 2 0
Martinez c 2 1 1 1
  Healy pr 0 0 0 0
  Taylor c 2 0 1 0
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 5 11 4
Texas 000 000 010 100 103130
Kansas City 000 001 000 100 125112
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   5.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Durham   5.1 6 2 2 2 3
  Foucault   1.1 1 0 0 3 1
  Shellenback   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brown  L (5-5) 1.2 4 3 3 1 1
Totals
13.2
11
5
5
9
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris   7.1 7 1 1 2 2
  Garber   4.2 5 2 2 2 3
  Mingori  W (3-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
14.0
13
3
3
4
8

  E–Mayberry (9), Garber (3).  DP–Texas 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Texas Biittner (8,off Fitzmorris); Spencer (15,off Garber).  HR–Kansas City Martinez (1,6th inning off Durham 0 on, 0 out); Reichardt (6,14th inning off Brown 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Johnson (4,off Garber).  IBB–Burroughs (2,by Garber); Otis (5,by Foucault).  SH–Taylor (3,off Durham).  HBP–Schaal (5,by Brown).  CS–Randle (2,2nd base by Fitzmorris/Martinez).  SB–Hovley (6,2nd base off Foucault/Suarez).  HBP–Brown (2,Schaal).  IBB–Foucault (4,Otis); Garber (15,Burroughs).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–4:16.  A–15,190.
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