Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
September 27, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1974 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 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 6 0 2 1
Tovar lf 5 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 6 0 3 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 0
Spencer dh 4 1 1 0
Randle 3b 6 0 1 1
Harrah ss 5 1 0 0
Lovitto cf 4 1 2 1
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 10 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Pinson lf 6 0 1 0
McRae dh 6 1 2 0
Otis cf 6 2 1 0
Mayberry 1b 6 0 0 0
Brett 3b 6 0 4 3
Cowens rf 4 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 5 0 3 0
  Patek pr,ss 0 1 0 0
White ss,2b 4 0 1 0
Martinez c 2 1 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
  Healy c 1 0 1 1
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 5 13 4
Texas 030 000 000 0104106
Kansas City 003 000 000 0115132
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   9.0 8 3 0 0 8
  Foucault  L (8-9) 2.1 5 2 1 0 0
Totals
11.1
13
5
1
0
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  W (13-6) 12.0 10 4 2 6 1
Totals
12.0
10
4
2
6
1

  E–Tovar (7), Burroughs (8), Randle (23), Lovitto (5), Sundberg (8), Foucault (2), Mayberry (10), Rojas (9).  DP–Texas 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Texas Burroughs (33,off Fitzmorris).  SH–Hargrove (4,off Fitzmorris); Sundberg (17,off Fitzmorris); White (5,off Foucault).  IBB–Hargrove (4,by Fitzmorris); Spencer (3,by Fitzmorris).  HBP–Martinez (2,by Jenkins); Cowens (1,by Jenkins).  SB–Nelson (24,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Healy); Otis (18,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg); Pinson (20,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg).  HBP–Jenkins 2 (8,Martinez,Cowens).  IBB–Fitzmorris 2 (10,Hargrove,Spencer).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:07.  A–7,746.
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