Rangers @ Royals
July 2, 1972

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

Dave Nelson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .255
OBP .250 .357
At Bats 4 220
Hits 1 56
• Singles 1 45
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 0 13

Jim Rooker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 0
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Municipal Stadium - July 2, 1972
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Strikeout
Jim Rooker
Ed Kirkpatrick
Gail Hopkins
Cookie Rojas
Bobby Floyd
Freddie Patek
Joe Keough
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Dave Nelson
Lenny Randle
Larry Biittner

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 3 10 1 7
Kansas City Royals 8 10 0 4
Winning Pitcher Jim Rooker
Losing Pitcher Pete Broberg
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Richie Scheinblum
Attendance 12,926
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nelson is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Floyd fields it and throws to second for the out. Biittner moves to third.
Top 9 Suarez takes first base on ball four. Biittner moves to second.
Top 9 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Jim Shellenback. Biittner takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards third. Floyd fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rooker strikes out.
Bottom 8 Floyd hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shellenback fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ford scores.
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.