Royals @ Rangers
September 28, 1973

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Royals 4 4 2
Rangers 5 9 1
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Royals 4 4 2
Rangers 5 9 1

Gail Hopkins Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .248
OBP .000 .382
At Bats 0 137
Hits 0 34
• Singles 0 25
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 16

Jim Bibby Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 12 1
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Arlington Stadium - September 28, 1973
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Out
Jim Bibby
Dick Billings
Jim Spencer
Lenny Randle
Bill Madlock
Pete Mackanin
Larry Biittner
Elliott Maddox
Jeff Burroughs
Gail Hopkins

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 4 4 2 4
Texas Rangers 5 9 1 7
Winning Pitcher Jim Bibby
Losing Pitcher Mark Littell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Dick Billings
Attendance 4,445
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Bobby Floyd. Hopkins hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Kurt Bevacqua pinch hits for Tom Poquette. Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mackanin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Steve Hovley pinch hits for George Brett. Hovley is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Nelson pinch runs for Don Castle. Billings hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Castle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Madlock scores.
Bottom 8 Madlock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Poquette who is chasing the ball. Madlock reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Spencer hits a line drive into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McRae hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ortenzio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mackanin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Top 8 Wohlford bunts towards the mound. Bibby fields it and throws to first for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Top 8 Elliott Maddox now playing center field. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Biittner hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortenzio scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harris for the out.
Bottom 7 Burroughs hits a popup towards first. Ortenzio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mackanin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mackanin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Poquette scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bibby fields it and throws to first for the out. Poquette moves to third.
Top 7 Poquette hits a fly ball towards left. Biittner settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Biittner. Poquette moves to second.
Bottom 6 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Billings hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Poquette. Billings reaches second base with a double. Madlock scores.
Bottom 6 Castle strikes out.
Bottom 6 Madlock hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Kirkpatrick. Madlock reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes McRae. The throw from Billings and he is safe. McRae steals second.
Top 6 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ortenzio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bibby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bibby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a line drive into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Harris hits a line drive towards first. Ortenzio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick hits a popup towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 White hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Floyd tags and scores.
Top 5 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bibby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Floyd moves to third.
Top 5 Floyd hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Burroughs hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortenzio fields it and throws to home to get Castle. Billings moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Mackanin hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Madlock tags and scores. Castle tags and moves to third.
Bottom 4 Billings takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Castle hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Kirkpatrick. Castle reaches second base with a double. Madlock moves to third.
Bottom 4 Madlock takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Poquette hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brett strikes out.
Top 4 McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ortenzio takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Wohlford moves to third.
Top 4 Wohlford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick scores. Wohlford moves to second.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Harris. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Biittner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Harris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burroughs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 White is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Floyd strikes out.
Bottom 2 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Martinez fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Martinez. Poquette fumbles the ball. That's an error on Poquette. Billings moves to third.
Bottom 2 Billings hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Castle hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Poquette strikes out.
Top 2 Brett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Larry Biittner now playing left field. McRae strikes out.
Bottom 1 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Ortenzio strikes out.
Top 1 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mackanin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White scores.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third.
Top 1 There goes White. The throw from Billings and he is safe. White steals second.
Top 1 White takes first base on ball four.