Royals @ Rangers
September 21, 1974

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 8 9 0
Rangers 5 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 8 9 0
Rangers 5 11 2

Duke Sims Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .202
OBP .750 .273
At Bats 4 119
Hits 3 24
• Singles 3 20
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 8

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 5 9
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Arlington Stadium - September 21, 1974
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Out
Doug Bird
Fran Healy
Tony Solaita
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Hal McRae
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Duke Sims
Toby Harrah

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 8 9 0 5
Texas Rangers 5 11 2 11
Winning Pitcher Steve Busby
Losing Pitcher Steve Foucault
Save Doug Bird
Game Winning RBI George Brett
Attendance 20,085
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sims hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Harrah hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Harrah reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Spencer hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Bird covering, for the out.
Top 9 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Brett hits a popup towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 David Clyde now pitching. Cowens hits a line drive into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Burroughs hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Doug Bird now pitching. Randle takes first base on ball four. Sims moves to third. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tovar hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Harrah scores. Sims moves to second.
Bottom 8 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Howell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sims hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harrah moves to third.
Bottom 8 Amos Otis now playing center field. Al Cowens now playing right field. Harrah takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Pinson strikes out.
Top 8 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Solaita scores. Healy scores. White moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 8 Jeff Terpko now pitching. Whitehits a dribbler in front of the plate. Sims interferes with White who is awarded first base. Solaita moves to third. Healy moves to second.
Top 8 Healy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Solaita moves to second.
Top 8 Solaita hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Jim Merritt now pitching. Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards center. Tovar fields it and throws to second to catch McRae for the out. Brett scores.
Top 8 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Burroughs who is chasing the ball. Brett reaches third base with a triple. Cowens goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hargrove hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burroughs hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Randle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Pinson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Nelson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 White hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Nelson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nelson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Howell hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Solaita hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Mayberryhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Sims interferes with Mayberry who is awarded first base.
Bottom 5 Sims hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Harrah hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 McRae hits a line drive towards the mound. Foucault reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pinson scores.
Top 5 There goes Pinson. The throw from Sims and he is safe. Pinson steals second.
Top 5 Cowens strikes out.
Top 5 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 5 Patek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tovar. Patek reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 White bunts towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Randle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tovar strikes out.
Bottom 4 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Howell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sims moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sims hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Solaita. The throw from Sims and he is out, Nelson applying the tag.
Top 4 Solaita takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Harrah hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hargrove takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Randle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cowens bunts towards the mound. Foucault fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Randle for the out.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and has Sims trapped. He races towards second and tags Sims for the out. Howell moves to second.
Bottom 2 Howell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sims moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sims hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Randle. Patek reaches second base with a double. McRae scores. Mayberry scores. Solaita moves to third.
Top 2 White strikes out.
Top 2 Steve Foucault now pitching. Healy hits a line drive towards the mound. Foucault reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Solaita takes first base on ball four. McRae moves to third. Mayberry moves to second.
Top 2 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes McRae. The throw from Sims and he is safe. McRae steals second.
Top 2 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Harrah bunts towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar scores. Burroughs scores.
Bottom 1 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita scoops it up and throws to first, with Busby covering, for the out. Tovar moves to third. Burroughs moves to second.
Bottom 1 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Randle bunts towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Top 1 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.