Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
September 6, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 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 5, Kansas City Royals 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Clines lf 4 0 1 0
  Fahey c 0 0 0 0
Harrah ss 5 0 1 1
Hargrove 1b 5 0 1 0
Burroughs rf 3 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 1 1 0
Grieve dh 4 1 3 1
Randle 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 1 1 0
  Thompson 2b 0 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 4 1 1 1
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
  Moates ph,lf 1 1 1 2
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 4 1 2 1
  Wohlford ph 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 5 0 0 0
Brett 3b 5 0 1 0
McRae dh 4 1 2 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 1
Cowens rf 4 1 2 0
White 2b 4 1 3 1
Patek ss 2 0 1 0
Martinez c 4 0 0 0
Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 12 4
Texas 010 000 0045101
Kansas City 210 000 0104120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   1.2 6 3 3 0 0
  Hargan  W (6-6) 6.1 6 1 1 1 0
  Hoerner  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bird  L (11-8) 8.2 9 5 5 1 7
  Littell   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Mingori   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
7

  E–Harrah (30).  2B–Texas Hargrove (27,off Bird); Grieve (21,off Bird); Moates (6,off Bird), Kansas City Poquette (18,off Briles); Patek (16,off Hargan); Cowens (20,off Hargan).  3B–Kansas City McRae (4,off Briles).  HR–Texas Grieve (14,2nd inning off Bird 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Patek 2 (13,off Briles,off Hargan).  SB–McRae (21,2nd base off Hargan/Sundberg).  CS–Brett (10,2nd base by Briles/Sundberg); Wohlford (12,2nd base by Hoerner/Fahey).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:41.  A–27,008.
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