Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 19, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 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 8, Kansas City Royals 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 4 2 1 0
  Hargrove 1b 1 1 0 0
Harrah ss 4 1 3 2
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 5 1 4 4
Grieve dh 5 0 1 0
Randle 2b 5 0 2 1
Lovitto 1b,cf 5 1 1 0
Brown L. 3b 4 1 1 0
Sundberg c 5 1 3 1
Clyde p 0 0 0 0
  Brown J. p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 16 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wohlford lf 4 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 1 1
Otis cf 5 0 2 1
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 0
McRae dh,3b 2 1 1 0
Healy c 4 0 1 0
Cowens rf 2 0 0 0
  Pinson ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 1 1 0
  Solaita ph 1 0 1 1
  Floyd pr,ss 0 0 0 0
White 3b 2 0 0 0
  Brett ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Texas 101 300 0218163
Kansas City 002 000 010381
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Clyde   2.2 4 2 2 3 0
  Brown  W (1-1) 5.0 4 1 1 2 4
  Foucault   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (4-4) 3.1 8 5 4 2 2
  Garber   4.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Hoerner   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Bird   1.2 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
7
4
4

  E–Johnson (6), L Brown 2 (3), Patek (4).  DP–Texas 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Texas Harrah (4,off Garber); L Brown (2,off Garber); Lovitto (3,off Bird), Kansas City Patek (2,off J Brown); McRae (10,off J Brown).  IBB–Johnson (2,by Garber).  SB–Randle (9,2nd base off Garber/Healy); Patek (15,2nd base off J Brown/Sundberg).  WP–J Brown (1).  IBB–Garber (7,Johnson).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:58.  A–22,081.
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