Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 18, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1974 at Royals 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 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Tovar dh 5 0 0 0
Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0
  Brown 3b 2 0 0 0
Johnson lf 5 1 3 0
Burroughs rf 4 2 2 2
Hargrove 1b 5 1 2 1
Sims c 5 0 1 0
Harrah ss 4 1 3 0
Randle 2b 4 1 2 2
Lovitto cf 3 1 1 1
Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 14 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 1 0
Pinson rf 5 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 1
Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 0
McRae dh 3 0 3 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 0 0
Wohlford lf 4 1 2 1
Healy c 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 2
Texas 010 012 2017141
Kansas City 000 100 110392
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  W (3-3) 7.1 8 3 1 1 3
  Foucault   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
1
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  L (1-3) 5.1 10 4 4 0 3
  McDaniel   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Mingori   2.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
1
4

  E–Johnson (5), Healy 2 (5).  PB–Sims (1).  2B–Texas Harrah (3,off Pattin), Kansas City Otis (8,off Hargan).  3B–Texas Randle (1,off Pattin).  HR–Texas Burroughs (9,9th inning off Mingori 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Otis (2,8th inning off Hargan 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lovitto (3,off McDaniel); McRae (2,off Hargan).  HBP–Patek (1,by Hargan).  SB–Harrah (2,2nd base off Pattin/Healy); Lovitto (1,2nd base off McDaniel/Healy); Johnson (4,2nd base off McDaniel/Healy); Healy (4,2nd base off Hargan/Sims); Patek (14,2nd base off Foucault/Sims).  CS–Patek (4,2nd base by Hargan/Sims).  WP–Hargan (3), Mingori (2).  HBP–Hargan (2,Patek).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:50.  A–14,944.
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