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Rangers 4 @ Royals 3
Municipal Stadium
May 17, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, played on May 17, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Rangers with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1972 
Visiting Team
Texas Rangers
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 15
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 15
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 3 H: 16 E: 5 LOB: 13
Runs: 3
Hits: 16
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 13
Winning Pitcher—Jim Panther  
Losing Pitcher—Ted Abernathy  
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Game Winning RBI—Toby Harrah 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1972 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamTexas Rangers 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Bosman  
Home Starting PitcherDick Drago  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance7,114 
Time of Game4 hours 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jerry Neudecker
1B: Bill Kunkel
2B: Red Flaherty
3B: Bill Haller

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Elliott Maddox  Center Fielder 
Dave Nelson  Third Baseman 
Don Mincher  First Baseman 
Hal King  Catcher 
Larry Biittner  Left Fielder 
Joe Lovitto  Right Fielder 
Lenny Randle  Second Baseman 
Ted Kubiak  Shortstop 
Dick Bosman  Pitcher 
Ted Williams  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Richie Scheinblum  Right Fielder 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Catcher 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Dick Drago  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

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Rangers 4 @ Royals 3
Municipal Stadium
May 17, 1972

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         Game of 5/17/1972 -- TEX at Kansas City (N)

  TEX                AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Elliott Maddox, cf    7  0  1  0   Patek F, ss           7  0  1  0   
Dave Nelson, 3b       8  1  1  0   Otis A, cf            6  0  2  0   
Don Mincher, 1b       2  1  1  1   Scheinblum R, rf      7  0  2  0   
Jeff Burrough, ph-lf  4  0  0  0   Piniella L, lf        8  1  2  0   
Hal King, c           3  1  1  1   Rojas C, 2b           7  1  3  1   
Ken Suarez, c         0  0  0  0   Kirkpatrick E, c      3  0  1  1   
Frank Howard, ph      1  0  0  0   Knoop B, ph           1  0  0  0   
Dick Billings, c      4  0  1  0   Paepke D, c           3  0  0  0   
Larry Biittne, lf-1b  8  0  1  0   Mayberry J, 1b        7  1  1  0   
Joe Lovitto, rf       5  1  2  1   Schaal P, 3b          6  0  1  0   
Len Randle, 2b        7  0  0  0   Drago D, p            2  0  0  0   
Jim Panther, p        0  0  0  0   Hopkins G, ph         1  0  1  1   
Ted Kubiak, ss        3  0  0  0   Keough J, pr          0  0  0  0   
Horacio Pina, p       0  0  0  0   Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0   
Paul Lindblad, p      2  0  0  0   Dal Canton B, p       0  0  0  0   
Jim Shellenback, p    2  0  0  0   Hansen R, ph          0  0  0  0   
Jim Driscoll, 2b      0  0  0  0   Nelson R, p           2  0  1  0   
Dick Bosman, p        2  0  0  0   May J, ph             1  0  1  0   
Mike Paul, p          0  0  0  0   Fitzmorris A, pr      0  0  0  0   
Toby Harrah, ss       5  0  1  1   Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0   
                                   Murphy T, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     63  4  9  4                        61  3 16  3

TEX              300 000 000 000 000 001 --  4
Kansas City      010 100 100 000 000 000 --  3

  TEX                  IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dick Bosman           6.1  7  3  3  1  4
Mike Paul*            0.0  1  0  0  0  0
Horacio Pina          1.1  0  0  0  1  1
Paul Lindblad         4.1  6  0  0  3  1
Jim Shellenback       3.2  1  0  0  1  1
Jim Panther (W)       2.1  1  0  0  0  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Drago D               7.0  5  3  3  0  5
Burgmeier T           0.2  0  0  0  2  0
Dal Canton B          1.1  0  0  0  1  1
Nelson R              7.0  3  0  0  1  8
Abernathy T (L)       1.1  1  1  0  1  1
Murphy T              0.2  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

E -- Rojas C, Patek F, Abernathy T 2, Paepke D
DP -- TEX 4
LOB -- TEX 15, Kansas City 13
2B -- Don Mincher, Hal King, Kirkpatrick E, Piniella L, Hopkins G, Rojas C, Elliott Maddox, May J, Toby Harrah
3B -- Dave Nelson, Otis A
SB -- Larry Biittner, Toby Harrah, Elliott Maddox
CS -- Don Mincher, Otis A, Rojas C
SH -- Schaal P, Elliott Maddox 2, Patek F, Jim Panther
HBP -- by Dick Bosman (Otis A), by Drago D (Don Mincher)
WP -- Dick Bosman
T -- 4:56
A -- 7114

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