Rangers @ Royals
September 23, 1973

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Rangers 4 5 1
Royals 6 5 1
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Rangers 4 6 1
Royals 6 5 2

Dick Billings Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .176
OBP .000 .235
At Bats 2 255
Hits 0 45
• Singles 0 34
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 27

Paul Splittorff Season Stats

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18 11 0
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Royals Stadium - September 23, 1973
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Paul Splittorff
Carl Taylor
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Jim Wohlford
Ed Kirkpatrick
Tom Poquette
Dick Billings
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Billings hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Poquette fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Poquette. Billings moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 6 Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fregosi hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Poquette hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Burroughs hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grieve hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Harrah takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Randle hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 George Brett now playing third base. Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wohlford hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hopkins takes first base on ball four. Taylor scores. Rojas moves to third. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fregosi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out.
Bottom 4 Rick Henninger now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Taylor moves to third. Rojas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rojas takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 4 Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Billings settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Harris hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Fregosi moves to third.
Top 4 Fregosi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Fregosi reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Burroughs hits a line drive into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wohlford scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Wohlford hits a line drive into right field. Burroughs picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Burroughs. Kirkpatrick scores. Mayberry goes all the way around to score. Wohlford moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hopkins strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 2 Poquette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Poquette reaches second base with a double. Hopkins scores. Wohlford scores. Schaal moves to third.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hopkins moves to third. Wohlford moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wohlford takes first base on ball four. Hopkins moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hopkins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Randle hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kirkpatrick hits a popup towards short. Mackanin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Billings settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Harris is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Fregosi takes first base on ball four. Burroughs moves to second.
Top 1 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek can't make a play. That's a base hit. Johnson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. Johnson moves to second.
Top 1 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Harrah hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.