Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 1, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 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 3, Kansas City Royals 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 2 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 1
Randle 2b 4 1 1 0
Spencer dh 3 0 1 0
  Nelson pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Harrah ss 3 1 1 2
Fregosi 3b 4 0 2 0
  Brown L. pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Brown J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 2 0
Pinson rf 3 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 1 1
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Solaita dh 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 2 0
Wohlford lf 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 3 0 1 0
Martinez c 3 0 1 0
Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 9 1
Texas 000 000 111370
Kansas City 100 000 000190
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (9-8) 9.0 9 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton  L (6-5) 9.0 7 3 3 3 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Texas 3.  2B–Texas Fregosi (4,off Dal Canton), Kansas City Wohlford (12,off J Brown).  3B–Kansas City Patek (5,off J Brown).  HR–Texas Harrah (15,9th inning off Dal Canton 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Harrah (4,off Dal Canton); Rojas (3,off J Brown).  IBB–Burroughs (5,by Dal Canton).  SB–Nelson (16,2nd base off Dal Canton/Martinez); Tovar (5,2nd base off Dal Canton/Martinez).  CS–Martinez (1,2nd base by J Brown/Sundberg).  IBB–Dal Canton (3,Burroughs).  U-HP–Armando Rodriguez, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:17.  A–13,770.
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