Rangers @ Royals
May 16, 1972

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 0 4 2
Royals 5 7 1
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 0 4 2
Royals 5 7 1

Frank Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .375
At Bats 3 80
Hits 0 20
• Singles 0 15
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 11

Jim Rooker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Municipal Stadium - May 16, 1972
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Out
Jim Rooker
Ed Kirkpatrick
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Frank Howard

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 0 4 2 3
Kansas City Royals 5 7 1 9
Winning Pitcher Jim Rooker
Losing Pitcher Rich Hand
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI John Mayberry
Attendance 6,872
Time of Game 2 hours 19 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Maddox hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a line drive towards short. Harrah reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rooker strikes out.
Bottom 8 Schaal takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to third. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Suarez hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Randle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Paul Lindblad now pitching. Dick Billings now playing right field. Ken Suarez now catching. Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out. Patek scores. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 7 Scheinblum takes first base on ball four. Rooker scores. Patek moves to third. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 7 Otis takes first base on ball four. Mayberry scores. Rooker moves to third. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jim Panther now pitching. Patek takes first base on ball four. Mayberry moves to third. Rooker moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rooker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 7 Schaal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Burroughs strikes out.
Top 7 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mike Paul now pitching. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Paul fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scheinblum moves to second.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Otis tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Scheinblum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Otis. The throw from Billings and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Bottom 6 Otis strikes out.
Top 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hand moves to third. Maddox moves to second.
Top 6 Maddox hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Hand moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Hand hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rooker strikes out.
Bottom 5 Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lovitto hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Piniella moves to third.
Bottom 4 There goes Piniella. The throw from Billings and he is safe. Piniella steals second.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Scheinblum hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Billings hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rooker hits a line drive into right field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Maddox hits a line drive into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hand hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Harrah takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Randle strikes out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Kirkpatrick. The throw from Billings and he is out, Nelson applying the tag. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Randle. Rojas scores. Kirkpatrick moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Billings for a passed ball. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson juggles the ball. That's an error on Nelson. Rojas moves to second.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rooker fires to first and has Lovitto trapped. There's the throw to Rojas who tags Lovitto for the out.
Top 2 Lovitto hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Burroughs is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Billings is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first, with Hand covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Patek strikes out.
Top 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nelson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.