Rangers @ Royals
July 1, 1972

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Bottom 11 R H E
Rangers 2 10 1
Royals 2 7 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Rangers 2 10 1
Royals 3 8 1

Gail Hopkins Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .143
OBP .000 .200
At Bats 0 28
Hits 0 4
• Singles 0 3
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 3

Jim Panther Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 0
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Municipal Stadium - July 1, 1972
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Single
Jim Panther
Dick Billings
Don Mincher
Ted Kubiak
Dave Nelson
Toby Harrah
Larry Biittner
Joe Lovitto
Ted Ford
Gail Hopkins
Bobby Knoop
John Mayberry

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 2 10 1 11
Kansas City Royals 3 8 1 10
Winning Pitcher Ted Abernathy
Losing Pitcher Jim Panther
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gail Hopkins
Attendance 7,430
Time of Game 3 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Paul Schaal. Hopkins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry scores. Knoop moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Knoop is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 May bunts towards the mound. Panther fields it and throws to first for the out. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 11 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Nelson hits a line drive towards third. Schaal catches it and throws to first to double up Kubiak.
Top 11 Panther strikes out.
Top 11 Kubiak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 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 10 Keough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Don Mincher now playing first base. Larry Biittner now playing left field. Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Harrah hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Don Mincher pinch hits for Tom Grieve. Ted Abernathy now pitching. Mincher takes first base on ball four. Billings moves to third. Biittner moves to second.
Top 10 Biittner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Billings moves to second.
Top 10 Billings hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
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.