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Rangers 7 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
July 2, 1972

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, played on July 2, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Rangers with a score of 7 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 2, 1972 
Visiting Team
Texas Rangers
R: 7 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 7
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherHoracio Pina  
Losing PitcherTom Burgmeier  
SaveCasey Cox  
Game Winning RBITed Kubiak 

Game Info

DateJuly 2, 1972 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamTexas Rangers 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Bosman  
Home Starting PitcherBruce Dal Canton  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Rice
1B: Marty Springstead
2B: Hank Morgenweck
3B: Russ Goetz

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Toby Harrah  Shortstop 
Dalton Jones  Third Baseman 
Don Mincher  First Baseman 
Dick Billings  Catcher 
Larry Biittner  Left Fielder 
Ted Ford  Right Fielder 
Joe Lovitto  Center Fielder 
Ted Kubiak  Second Baseman 
Dick Bosman  Pitcher 
Ted Williams  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Joe Keough  Left Fielder 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Richie Scheinblum  Right Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Catcher 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Bruce Dal Canton  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

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Rangers 7 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
July 2, 1972

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         Game of 7/2/1972, game 1 -- TEX at Kansas City (D)

  TEX                AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Toby Harrah, ss       6  1  3  0   Patek F, ss           5  0  1  0   
Dalton Jones, 3b      5  1  1  0   Keough J, lf          4  0  0  0   
Don Mincher, 1b       5  1  3  1   Otis A, cf            5  1  2  0   
Dick Billings, c      1  1  0  1   Scheinblum R, rf      5  1  3  1   
Hal King, c           3  1  1  1   Mayberry J, 1b        4  0  1  0   
Larry Biittner, lf    5  0  2  1   Kirkpatrick E, c      3  1  1  0   
Ted Ford, rf          3  1  1  1   Piniella L, ph        1  0  0  0   
Joe Lovitto, cf       5  1  1  0   May J, c              1  0  0  0   
Ted Kubiak, 2b        5  0  2  1   Rojas C, 2b           5  1  3  2   
Dick Bosman, p        3  0  0  0   Schaal P, 3b          3  1  1  1   
Jim Shellenback, p    0  0  0  0   Floyd B, 3b           1  0  0  0   
Horacio Pina, p       0  0  0  0   Dal Canton B, p       0  0  0  0   
Frank Howard, ph      1  0  1  1   Murphy T, p           1  0  0  0   
Dave Nelson, pr       0  0  0  0   Hovley S, ph          1  0  1  1   
Paul Lindblad, p      0  0  0  0   Fitzmorris A, p       1  0  0  0   
Casey Cox, p          0  0  0  0   Hopkins G, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0   
                                   Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  7 15  7                        41  5 13  5

TEX              301 000 100 2 --  7
Kansas City      000 023 000 0 --  5

  TEX                  IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dick Bosman           7.1 11  5  5  0  6
Jim Shellenback       0.1  0  0  0  1  1
Horacio Pina (W)      1.1  1  0  0  1  0
Paul Lindblad         0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Casey Cox (S)         0.2  0  0  0  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dal Canton B          0.1  3  3  3  0  0
Murphy T              4.2  6  1  1  1  2
Fitzmorris A          4.0  3  1  1  0  1
Burgmeier T (L)       0.1  2  2  2  1  0
Abernathy T           0.2  1  0  0  0  0

DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- TEX 10, Kansas City 8
2B -- Larry Biittner, Rojas C 3, Schaal P, Otis A, Scheinblum R
HR -- Hal King
SB -- Patek F, Dave Nelson
SH -- Dick Bosman, Dalton Jones
HBP -- by Murphy T (Dick Billings)
PB -- Kirkpatrick E
T -- 3:10
A -- 0

    

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