Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 8, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1975 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 5, Kansas City Royals 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 5 1 1 0
Randle 2b 4 1 1 0
Davis cf 5 1 4 3
Burroughs rf 5 0 1 1
Spencer dh 4 0 0 0
  Grieve ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 0
Howell 3b 3 0 1 0
  Fregosi ph 0 0 0 0
  Lovitto pr 0 0 0 0
  Smalley ss 0 0 0 0
Harrah ss,3b 4 0 2 1
Sundberg c 4 1 2 0
Hargan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 1 1
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 2 2 1
McRae lf 4 0 1 1
Killebrew dh 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 0 0
Wohlford rf 2 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 4 3
Texas 010 000 2025132
Kansas City 110 001 000340
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  W (3-1) 9.0 4 3 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
1
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   7.1 9 3 3 2 7
  Mingori   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Bird  L (2-2) 1.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Splittorff   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
3
7

  E–Tovar (4), Hargrove (4).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Sundberg (2,off Leonard); Hargrove (6,off Leonard); Burroughs (2,off Bird), Kansas City Mayberry (3,off Hargan); McRae (8,off Hargan).  HR–Texas Davis (3,7th inning off Leonard 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Mayberry (3,6th inning off Hargan 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Fregosi (1,by Mingori).  SB–Davis 2 (9,2nd base off Leonard/Martinez 2).  CS–Hargrove (1,Home by Bird/Martinez).  IBB–Mingori (1,Fregosi).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:37.  A–8,403.
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