Rangers @ Royals
September 23, 1973

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 4 7 1
Royals 7 8 3
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 4 7 1
Royals 7 8 3

Lenny Randle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .250
OBP .333 .250
At Bats 3 16
Hits 1 4
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 1
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 1 1

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 17
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Royals Stadium - September 23, 1973
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Out
Doug Bird
Carl Taylor
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Jim Wohlford
Ed Kirkpatrick
Tom Poquette
Lenny Randle
Pete Broberg

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 4 7 1 5
Kansas City Royals 7 8 3 10
Winning Pitcher Paul Splittorff
Losing Pitcher Jim Bibby
Save Doug Bird
Game Winning RBI Tom Poquette
Attendance 11,183
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Pete Broberg pinch runs for Bill Sudakis. Randle hits a line drive into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bill Sudakis pinch hits for Pete Mackanin. Sudakis hits a line drive into right field. Poquette picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Poquette. Sudakis moves to second.
Top 9 Billings hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Reichardt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Lloyd Allen now pitching. Mayberry is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Rojas scores. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Bottom 8 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hudson has Patek trapped. There's the throw to Harrah and over to Billings, who tags Patek for the out. Rojas moves to third. Kirkpatrick moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Charlie Hudson now pitching. There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 8 Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 There goes Patek. The throw from Billings and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Bottom 8 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jim Spencer now playing first base. Bill Gogolewski now pitching. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gogolewski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jim Spencer pinch hits for Jim Fregosi. Spencer hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Burroughs strikes out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Poquette strikes out.
Bottom 7 Brett 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 Wohlford strikes out.
Top 7 Grieve hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Harrah strikes out.
Top 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Bird covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Shellenback now pitching. Rick Reichardt pinch hits for Gail Hopkins. Reichardt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Henninger scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Patek for the out.
Top 6 Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 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.
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.