Rangers @ Royals
May 15, 1972

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Top 8 R H E
Rangers 4 5 1
Royals 4 7 2
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Rangers 4 5 1
Royals 4 7 2

Frank Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .260
OBP .333 .380
At Bats 2 77
Hits 0 20
• Singles 0 15
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 11

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Municipal Stadium - May 15, 1972
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Walk
Ted Abernathy
Ed Kirkpatrick
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Frank Howard
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Howard takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Billings hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nelson tags and scores.
Top 8 Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mincher for the out. Nelson moves to third.
Top 8 There goes Nelson. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Nelson steals second.
Top 8 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Nelson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Otis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Billings settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Patek strikes out. There goes Hovley. The throw from Billings to Harrah, and Hovley is out.
Bottom 7 Horacio Pina now pitching. Steve Hovley pinch hits for Mike Hedlund. Hovley takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jim Driscoll pinch hits for Jim Panther. Driscoll hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Harrah hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Randle hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Top 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Patek. Nelson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Billings hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maddox tags and scores.
Top 6 Mincher hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick fields it and throws to first for the out. Maddox moves to third. Nelson moves to second.
Top 6 Nelson bunts in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Maddox moves to second.
Top 6 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Rojas hits a popup towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Jim Panther now pitching. Scheinblum takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hal King pinch hits for Pete Broberg. King strikes out.
Top 5 Harrah hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Biittner scores.
Top 5 Randle hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Biittner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Scheinblum. Biittner reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Otis for the out.
Bottom 4 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schaal scores. Hedlund moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hedlund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 4 Schaal hits a line drive to center field. Maddox throws towards the plate. Billings fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Billings. Piniella scores. Rojas goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Mayberry hits a popup towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Rojas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Billings is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hedlund fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mincher hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Schaal.
Top 4 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and has Patek trapped. There's the throw to Randle and over to Nelson, who tags Patek for the out. Otis moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 There goes Patek. The throw from Billings and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hedlund hits a line drive into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Broberg strikes out.
Top 3 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hedlund fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick scores.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Larry Biittner now playing right field. Piniella strikes out.
Top 2 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scheinblum for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Mincher takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hedlund fires to first and picks off Nelson.
Top 1 Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Maddox is called out on strikes.