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July 2, 1972

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Top 10 R H E
Rangers 5 12 0
Royals 5 12 0
Top 10 R H E
Rangers 5 12 0
Royals 5 12 0

Larry Biittner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .306
OBP .500 .364
At Bats 4 121
Hits 2 37
• Singles 1 29
• Doubles 1 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 1 9

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 7
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Municipal Stadium - July 2, 1972
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Out
Tom Burgmeier
Jerry May
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Bobby Floyd
Freddie Patek
Joe Keough
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Larry Biittner
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 9 Keough is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 There goes Patek. The throw from King and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Bottom 9 Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Al Fitzmorris. Hopkins hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 King 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 9 Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mincher for the out. Harrah moves to third.
Top 9 Jones bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Rojas covering, for the out. Harrah moves to second.
Top 9 Jerry May now catching. Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Floyd fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Horacio Pina now pitching. Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Lou Piniella pinch hits for Ed Kirkpatrick. Piniella is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Jim Shellenback now pitching. Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Scheinblum moves to second.
Bottom 8 Scheinblum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Otis strikes out.
Top 8 Bosman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kubiak is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Lovitto hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Keough hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bosman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Fitzmorris hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Biittner 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 7 King hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Bobby Floyd now playing third base. Mincher 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 6 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rojas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Biittner throws the ball in to King who tags Rojas trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Scheinblum scores. Kirkpatrick goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scheinblum moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mayberry strikes out.
Bottom 6 Scheinblum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis scores.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lovitto. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bosman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Al Fitzmorris now pitching. Kubiak hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Keough hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a popup towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Steve Hovley pinch hits for Tom Murphy. Hovley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schaal scores.
Bottom 5 Schaal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Schaal reaches second base with a double. Rojas scores.
Bottom 5 Rojas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Rojas reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive towards first. Mincher reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Ford takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mincher moves to third. Biittner moves to second.
Top 5 King hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats King for the out. Mincher moves to second.
Top 5 Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 King fires to first, and they've got Mayberry trapped. There's the throw to Harrah who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 4 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Scheinblum strikes out.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harrah is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Bosman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a popup towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hal King now catching. Murphy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kubiak hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lovitto strikes out.
Top 3 Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mincher scores. Biittner moves to second.
Top 3 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murphy fields it and throws to second for the out. Mincher moves to third.
Top 3 Billings is hit by the pitch. Mincher moves to second.
Top 3 Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bosman, and towards Kubiak, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Mayberry moves to third.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Scheinblum strikes out.
Top 2 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harrah hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bosman bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bosman for the out. Kubiak moves to second.
Top 2 Kubiak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lovitto 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 1 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Biittner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keough. Biittner reaches second base with a double. Billings scores.
Top 1 Tom Murphy now pitching. The ball gets by Kirkpatrick for a passed ball. Billings moves to second.
Top 1 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to second for the out. Jones scores.
Top 1 Mincher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harrah scores. Jones moves to third.
Top 1 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harrah moves to third.
Top 1 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.