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October 4, 1972

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 0 2 1
Royals 4 10 1
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 0 2 1
Royals 4 10 1

Ted Ford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .236
OBP .667 .298
At Bats 3 428
Hits 2 101
• Singles 2 67
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 50

Roger Nelson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 6 2
Close
Municipal Stadium - October 4, 1972
Out
Roger Nelson
Ed Kirkpatrick
Gail Hopkins
Jim Wohlford
Paul Schaal
Bobby Floyd
Lou Piniella
Joe Keough
Steve Hovley
Ted Ford

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 0 2 1 4
Kansas City Royals 4 10 1 7
Winning Pitcher Roger Nelson
Losing Pitcher Don Stanhouse
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Paul Schaal
Attendance 7,329
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ford hits a line drive into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Biittner hits a line drive towards short. Floyd reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Joe Keough now playing center field. Gail Hopkins now playing first base. Bobby Floyd now playing shortstop. Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Patek hits a line drive towards second. Harris catches it and steps on second to double up Piniella.
Bottom 8 Jim Panther now pitching. Schaal hits a popup towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 8 Piniella takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wohlford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Billings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Billings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wohlford strikes out.
Bottom 7 Steve Lawson now pitching. Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Marty Martinez pinch hits for Pete Broberg. Martinez hits a popup towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fahey strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Ford. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Ford steals second.
Top 7 Billings hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Biittner moves to third.
Top 7 Biittner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wohlford misplays the ball. That's an error on Wohlford.
Bottom 6 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Harris catches it and throws to first to double up Schaal.
Bottom 6 Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Harrah is called out on strikes.
Top 6 There goes Nelson. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Nelson steals third.
Top 6 There goes Nelson. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Nelson steals second.
Top 6 Nelson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Jones hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Harris hits a line drive into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into left field. Billings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pete Broberg now pitching. Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hovley scores. Otis scores. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rich Hinton now pitching. Dalton Jones now playing third base. Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stanhouse fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hovley moves to third.
Bottom 5 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wohlford for the out. Hovley moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hovley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stanhouse fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mason strikes out.
Top 5 Fahey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Nelson covering, for the out.
Top 5 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Patek hits a line drive towards short. Harrah reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schaal strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry scores.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Piniella for the out. Mayberry moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nelson. Mayberry reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Ford strikes out.
Top 4 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stanhouse fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wohlford strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hovley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Stanhouse is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. Mason moves to second.
Top 3 Mason takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mason fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Piniella scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Piniella moves to third.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Fahey picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Fahey. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mayberry is called out on strikes.
Top 2 There goes Ford. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is out, Patek applying the tag.
Top 2 Fahey is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Billings hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wohlford is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stanhouse fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wohlford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nelson spins and fires to second, with Patek covering, and Nelson is picked off.
Top 1 There goes Nelson. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Nelson steals second.
Top 1 Nelson takes first base on ball four.