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July 1, 1972

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Rangers 2 7 1
Royals 2 6 1
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Rangers 2 8 1
Royals 2 6 1

Dick Billings Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .285
OBP .750 .322
At Bats 3 186
Hits 2 53
• Singles 1 44
• Doubles 1 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 12
RBI’s 0 27

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 7
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Municipal Stadium - July 1, 1972
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Single
Tom Burgmeier
Jerry May
John Mayberry
Bobby Knoop
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Joe Keough
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Dick Billings
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Billings hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 10 Bobby Knoop now playing second base. Jerry May now catching. Lovitto hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Burgmeier hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim Panther now pitching. Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Mike Paul now pitching. Larry Biittner now playing first base. Carl Taylor pinch hits for Ed Kirkpatrick. Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards first. Biittner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Nelson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ken Suarez pinch hits for Jim Shellenback. Suarez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out. Biittner scores. Harrah moves to third.
Top 9 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Kubiak takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Harrah hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Harrah reaches second base with a double. Biittner moves to third.
Top 9 Larry Biittner pinch runs for Frank Howard. Grieve strikes out.
Top 9 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Billings scores.
Top 9 Billings hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Billings reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Jim Shellenback now pitching. Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Scheinblum takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Keough bunts towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 There goes Patek. The throw from Billings and he is out, Nelson applying the tag.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 8 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Ford strikes out.
Top 8 Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Nelson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Splittorff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pina fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rojas is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 7 Horacio Pina now pitching. Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Lenny Randle pinch hits for Paul Lindblad. Randle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kubiak strikes out.
Top 7 Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Top 7 Grieve is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lindblad fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Paul Lindblad now pitching. Scheinblum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grieve throws the ball in to Kubiak who tags Scheinblum, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Patek scores. Otis scores. Keough moves to third.
Bottom 6 Keough takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lovitto. Otis reaches second base with a double. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ford strikes out.
Top 6 Lovitto hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nelson for the out.
Bottom 5 Splittorff hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Schaal hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rojas hits a popup towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gogolewski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kubiak hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Harrah hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Scheinblum strikes out.
Top 4 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ford moves to third.
Top 4 Billings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ford moves to second.
Top 4 Ford takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Lovitto is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Keough hits a line drive towards third. Nelson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Splittorff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard scoops it up and throws to first, with Gogolewski covering, for the out.
Top 3 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gogolewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kubiak hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Scheinblum moves to third.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scheinblum moves to second.
Bottom 2 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard juggles the ball. That's an error on Howard.
Top 2 Harrah hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Grieve is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Joe Keough now playing left field. Billings takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak reaches out and makes the catch 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 strikes out.
Top 1 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out.