Rangers @ Royals
July 2, 1972

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Top 8 R H E
Rangers 2 9 1
Royals 8 10 0
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Rangers 3 10 1
Royals 8 10 0

Frank Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .256
OBP .667 .358
At Bats 2 160
Hits 1 41
• Singles 1 31
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 25
RBI’s 0 19

Jim Rooker Season Stats

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3 5 0
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Municipal Stadium - July 2, 1972
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Single
Jim Rooker
Ed Kirkpatrick
Gail Hopkins
Cookie Rojas
Bobby Floyd
Freddie Patek
Joe Keough
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Frank Howard
Ted Ford
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ford scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Ford hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Ford reaches second base with a double. Harrah goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out. Suarez scores.
Top 8 Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Suarez moves to third.
Top 8 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Rooker, and towards Patek, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Suarez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Scheinblum. Suarez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Shellenback now pitching. Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dick Billings pinch hits for Casey Cox. Billings hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grieve strikes out.
Top 7 Lovitto strikes out.
Top 7 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ford moves to third.
Top 7 Gail Hopkins now playing first base. Ford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Harrah hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nelson strikes out.
Top 6 Randle hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rooker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Floyd hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis scores. Scheinblum scores. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kirkpatrick hits a popup towards first. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Casey Cox now pitching. Lenny Randle now playing second base. Scheinblum hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Scheinblum reaches second base with a double. Keough scores. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Keough moves to second.
Bottom 5 Keough takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Suarez 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 5 Kubiak hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bobby Floyd now playing third base. Grieve strikes out.
Bottom 4 Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Schaal trying to get to home. Ford throws the ball in to Suarez who tags Schaal who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 4 Rooker hits a popup towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schaal hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Kirkpatrick scores. Rojas scores.
Bottom 4 Rojas hits a line drive into right field. Ford picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ford. Scheinblum scores. Kirkpatrick moves to third. Rojas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out. Scheinblum moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Scheinblum moves to second.
Bottom 4 Scheinblum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lovitto hits a fly ball towards left. Keough catches it and throws to home to double up Harrah.
Top 4 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Harrah hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis who is chasing the ball. Harrah reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Otis for the out.
Bottom 3 Keough hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek strikes out.
Top 3 Nelson strikes out.
Top 3 Broberg strikes out.
Top 3 Suarez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rooker strikes out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out. Kirkpatrick scores.
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a popup towards first. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Scheinblum hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 There goes Kubiak. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is out, Rojas applying the tag.
Top 2 Kubiak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Rooker covering, for the out.
Top 2 Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first, with Rooker covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Howard 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 1 Ford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harrah moves to third.
Top 1 Harrah hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.