Royals @ Rangers
September 5, 1972

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Bottom 7 R H E
Royals 7 14 0
Rangers 1 5 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Royals 7 14 0
Rangers 1 6 0

Larry Biittner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .281
OBP .500 .339
At Bats 2 292
Hits 1 82
• Singles 1 61
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 25

Paul Splittorff Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 10 0
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Arlington Stadium - September 5, 1972
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Single
Paul Splittorff
Ed Kirkpatrick
John Mayberry
Jim Wohlford
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Joe Keough
Steve Hovley
Richie Scheinblum
Larry Biittner
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Biittner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Steve Hovley now playing center field. Joe Keough now playing left field. Lovitto hits a line drive towards the mound. Splittorff reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Jim Panther now pitching. Wohlford takes first base on ball four. Patek moves to third. Splittorff moves to second.
Top 7 Splittorff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek moves to second.
Top 7 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ragland fields it and throws to second for the out. Kirkpatrick scores.
Top 7 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mayberry scores. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez fields it and throws to second for the out. Mayberry moves to third.
Top 7 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Billings is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Ford is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Ragland takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Scheinblum hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Splittorff scores. Wohlford moves to third. Otis moves to second.
Top 6 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner fields the ball and throws to Broberg covering. Safe. Splittorff moves to second.
Top 6 Splittorff takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pete Broberg now pitching. Schaal hits a line drive into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Rich Hand. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Splittorff, and towards Patek, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Biittner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lovitto tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Biittner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lovitto moves to third.
Bottom 5 Lovitto hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Lovitto reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Scheinblum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grieve throws the ball in to Ragland who tags Scheinblum, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grieve for the out.
Bottom 4 Billings hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ford strikes out.
Bottom 4 Ragland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wohlford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ragland fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Splittorff moves to second.
Top 4 Splittorff takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Schaal hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nelson strikes out. Kirkpatrick drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Nelson out.
Bottom 3 Hand strikes out.
Bottom 3 Martinez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Piniella hits a popup towards short. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops it up and throws to first, with Hand covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wohlford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lovitto strikes out.
Bottom 2 Grieve hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Billings is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Wohlford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Wohlford reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Splittorff strikes out.
Top 2 Patek hits a line drive into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wohlford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ragland is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Nelson is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 1 Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mayberry tags and scores.
Top 1 Piniella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Piniella reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. Scheinblum scores. Mayberry moves to third.
Top 1 Mayberry is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Scheinblum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to third. Scheinblum moves to second.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Wohlford hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.