Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
September 3, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1976 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 4, Kansas City Royals 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Clines lf 5 1 1 0
Harrah ss 4 1 2 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 0 0
Burroughs rf 1 1 0 0
Howell 3b 3 0 1 1
  Thompson ph,3b 1 0 1 2
Grieve dh 4 0 0 0
Randle 2b 4 0 2 0
Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Boggs p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 3 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 2 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 0 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
  Nelson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 0 1 1
Stinson c 3 0 1 0
Patek ss 2 0 0 0
  Quirk ph,ss 2 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Texas 000 001 030471
Kansas City 000 000 001171
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs  W (1-4) 9.0 7 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  L (15-10) 7.1 6 3 3 3 6
  Hall   0.0 0 1 0 1 0
  Littell   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
4
7

  E–Hargrove (18), Patek (22).  2B–Texas Harrah (18,off Fitzmorris), Kansas City Poquette (17,off Boggs).  IBB–Burroughs (4,by Hall).  SB–Randle (27,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Stinson); Cowens (21,2nd base off Boggs/Sundberg); Patek (45,2nd base off Boggs/Sundberg).  CS–Randle (12,2nd base by Fitzmorris/Stinson); Patek (13,3rd base by Boggs/Sundberg); White (9,2nd base by Boggs/Sundberg); Poquette (5,2nd base by Boggs/Sundberg).  WP–Boggs (5).  BK–Fitzmorris (1).  IBB–Hall (1,Burroughs).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:54.  A–17,748.
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