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Rangers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 23, 1973
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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 September 23, 1973 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 23, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 23, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Bibby |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 11,183 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Merle Anthony 2B: Ron Luciano 3B: Jerry Neudecker |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
| Tom Grieve | Left Fielder |
| Alex Johnson | DH |
| Jeff Burroughs | Right Fielder |
| Jim Fregosi | First Baseman |
| Vic Harris | Center Fielder |
| Dick Billings | Catcher |
| Pete Mackanin | Shortstop |
| Lenny Randle | Second Baseman |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | Center Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Gail Hopkins | DH |
| Jim Wohlford | Left Fielder |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Tom Poquette | Right Fielder |
| Carl Taylor | Catcher |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 23, 1973
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Splittorff
Harrah hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Splittorff
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burroughs vs. Splittorff
Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek can't make a play. That's a base hit. Johnson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fregosi vs. Splittorff
Fregosi takes first base on ball four. Burroughs moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Splittorff
Harris is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Bibby
Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Billings settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Bibby
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Bibby
Kirkpatrick hits a popup towards short. Mackanin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Billings vs. Splittorff
Billings hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mackanin vs. Splittorff
Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Splittorff
Randle hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Bibby
Mayberry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopkins vs. Bibby
Hopkins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wohlford vs. Bibby
Wohlford takes first base on ball four. Hopkins moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schaal vs. Bibby
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hopkins moves to third. Wohlford moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Poquette vs. Bibby
Poquette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Poquette reaches second base with a double. Hopkins scores. Wohlford scores. Schaal moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Taylor vs. Bibby
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Patek vs. Bibby
Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Splittorff
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Splittorff
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Bibby
Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Bibby
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Bibby
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hopkins vs. Bibby
Hopkins strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wohlford vs. Bibby
Wohlford hits a line drive into right field. Burroughs picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Burroughs. Kirkpatrick scores. Mayberry goes all the way around to score. Wohlford moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schaal vs. Bibby
Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wohlford scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poquette vs. Bibby
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Splittorff
Burroughs hits a line drive into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fregosi vs. Splittorff
Fregosi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Fregosi reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harris vs. Splittorff
Harris hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Fregosi moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Billings vs. Splittorff
Billings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Bibby
Taylor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Bibby
Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Billings settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Bibby
Rojas takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkpatrick vs. Henninger
Rick Henninger now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Taylor moves to third. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kirkpatrick vs. Henninger
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fregosi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mayberry vs. Henninger
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hopkins vs. Henninger
Hopkins takes first base on ball four. Taylor scores. Rojas moves to third. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wohlford vs. Henninger
Wohlford hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mackanin vs. Splittorff
George Brett now playing third base.
Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Splittorff
Randle hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Splittorff
Harrah takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Splittorff
Grieve hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Splittorff
Burroughs hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Henninger
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Henninger
Poquette hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Henninger
Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fregosi vs. Splittorff
Fregosi hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Splittorff
Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Billings vs. Splittorff
Billings hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Poquette fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Poquette. Billings moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mackanin vs. Splittorff
Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Henninger
Patek hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Henninger scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Patek for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Henninger
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Henninger
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Henninger
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Reichardt vs. Shellenback
Jim Shellenback now pitching. Rick Reichardt pinch hits for Gail Hopkins.
Reichardt strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Bird
Doug Bird now pitching.
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Bird covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Bird
Harrah strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Bird
Grieve hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wohlford vs. Shellenback
Wohlford strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Shellenback
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Shellenback
Poquette strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bird
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Bird
Burroughs strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Bird
Jim Spencer pinch hits for Jim Fregosi.
Spencer hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Gogolewski
Jim Spencer now playing first base. Bill Gogolewski now pitching.
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gogolewski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Gogolewski
Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Gogolewski
There goes Patek. The throw from Billings and he is safe. Patek steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rojas vs. Gogolewski
Rojas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkpatrick vs. Hudson
Charlie Hudson now pitching.
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kirkpatrick vs. Hudson
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hudson has Patek trapped. There's the throw to Harrah and over to Billings, who tags Patek for the out. Rojas moves to third. Kirkpatrick moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mayberry vs. Hudson
There's a wild pitch. Rojas scores. Kirkpatrick moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mayberry vs. Allen
Lloyd Allen now pitching.
Mayberry is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Reichardt vs. Allen
Reichardt is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Bird
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Billings vs. Bird
Billings hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sudakis vs. Bird
Bill Sudakis pinch hits for Pete Mackanin.
Sudakis hits a line drive into right field. Poquette picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Poquette. Sudakis moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randle vs. Bird
Pete Broberg pinch runs for Bill Sudakis.
Randle hits a line drive into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/23/1973 -- Texas at Kansas City (D)
Texas AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Harrah T, 3b 3 1 0 0 Patek F, ss 5 0 1 0
Grieve T, lf 4 1 1 2 Rojas C, 2b 3 1 0 0
Johnson A, dh 4 1 0 0 Kirkpatrick E, cf 5 1 2 0
Burroughs J, rf 4 0 1 1 Mayberry J, 1b 2 1 1 0
Fregosi J, 1b 2 0 1 0 Hopkins G, dh 1 1 0 1
Spencer J, ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Reichardt R, ph 2 0 0 0
Harris V, cf 4 0 1 0 Wohlford J, lf 3 2 1 1
Billings D, c 4 0 1 0 Schaal P, 3b 2 0 2 1
Mackanin P, ss 3 0 0 0 Brett G, 3b 2 0 0 0
Sudakis B, ph 1 0 1 0 Poquette T, rf 4 0 1 2
Broberg P, pr 0 0 0 0 Taylor C, c 3 1 0 0
Randle L, 2b 4 1 1 1
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34 4 7 4 32 7 8 5
Texas 100 030 000 -- 4
Kansas City 023 100 01x -- 7
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby J (L) 3.1 5 6 5 5 2
Henninger R 2.1 2 0 0 2 0
Shellenback J 1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Gogolewski B 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
Hudson C 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Allen L 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (W) 6.0 6 4 3 2 1
Bird D (S) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
E -- Schaal P, Burroughs J, Poquette T 2
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Texas 5, Kansas City 10
2B -- Poquette T, Fregosi J, Billings D
HR -- Randle L, Grieve T
SB -- Patek F 2, Rojas C
WP -- Henninger R, Hudson C
T -- 2:44
A -- 11183
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