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May 17, 1972

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Rangers 3 6 0
Royals 3 14 2
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Rangers 3 6 0
Royals 3 14 2

Amos Otis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .234
OBP .667 .291
At Bats 4 94
Hits 2 22
• Singles 1 19
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 7
RBI’s 0 5

Jim Shellenback Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Municipal Stadium - May 17, 1972
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Out
Jim Shellenback
Dick Billings
Larry Biittner
Lenny Randle
Dave Nelson
Toby Harrah
Jeff Burroughs
Elliott Maddox
Joe Lovitto
Amos Otis
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 14 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 14 Harrah hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Shellenback is called out on strikes.
Top 14 Randle strikes out.
Bottom 13 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 13 Schaal hits a line drive into right field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Jim Shellenback now pitching. Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Lovitto 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 13 Biittner 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 13 Billings strikes out.
Bottom 12 Paepke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Rojas strikes out.
Bottom 12 Piniella hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Nelson strikes out.
Top 12 Maddox bunts towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 There goes Harrah. The throw from Paepke and he is safe. Harrah steals second.
Top 12 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 11 Scheinblum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Nelson trying to get to home. Maddox throws the ball in to Billings who tags Nelson who's trying to score from second, for the out. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 11 Otis is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 Patek bunts towards the mound. Lindblad fields it and throws to first for the out. Nelson moves to second.
Bottom 11 Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 11 Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Lindblad hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to home to get Billings. Biittner moves to third. Lovitto moves to second.
Top 11 Lovitto takes first base on ball four. Biittner moves to second.
Top 11 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Rojas. Billings moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 11 Billings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Burroughs strikes out.
Bottom 10 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards second. Randle fields it, throws to home for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 10 Paepke is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Rojas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Piniella moves to third.
Bottom 10 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 10 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Maddox strikes out.
Top 10 Roger Nelson now pitching. Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Otis hits a fly ball towards cemter. Maddox catches it and throws to home to double up Mayberry.
Bottom 9 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ron Hansen pinch hits for Bruce Dal Canton. Hansen is walked intentionally. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 9 Schaal hits a ball on the ground for a single. Mayberry moves to third.
Bottom 9 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Lindblad strikes out.
Top 9 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Randle for the out. Lovitto moves to second.
Top 9 Lovitto takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Dennis Paepke now catching. Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Paul Lindblad now pitching. Bobby Knoop pinch hits for Ed Kirkpatrick. Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jeff Burroughs now playing left field. Dick Billings now catching. Larry Biittner now playing first base. Scheinblum takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bruce Dal Canton now pitching. Frank Howard pinch hits for Ken Suarez. Howard 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 8 Jeff Burroughs pinch hits for Don Mincher. Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Maddox bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Rojas covering, for the out. Harrah moves to second.
Top 8 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Harrah takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Keough pinch runs for Gail Hopkins. Horacio Pina now pitching. Toby Harrah now playing shortstop. Patek strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Dick Drago. Mike Paul now pitching. Hopkins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Hopkins reaches second base with a double. Mayberry scores.
Bottom 7 Schaal bunts towards first. Mincher scoops it up and throws to first, with Randle covering, for the out. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Kubiak 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 7 Randle strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Biittner. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Biittner steals second.
Top 7 Lovitto is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Biittner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rojas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Suarez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ken Suarez now catching. Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubiak scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 King hits a popup, foul, towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mincher for the out.
Top 6 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Scheinblum strikes out.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox who is chasing the ball. Otis reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Patek 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 5 Drago strikes out.
Top 5 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bosman strikes out.
Top 5 Kubiak strikes out.
Bottom 4 Schaal is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Mayberry strikes out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 4 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. Rojas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Piniella scores.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lovitto hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheinblum hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Randle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Otis. The throw from King and he is out, Kubiak applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 King hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Mincher. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is out, Patek applying the tag.
Top 3 Mincher is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Drago 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 2 Schaal hits a line drive towards short. Kubiak reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Maddox. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. Rojas goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bosman strikes out.
Top 2 Kubiak hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubiak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher fields it and throws to second for the out. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 1 Otis is hit by the pitch. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Randle hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lovitto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. King scores.
Top 1 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. King moves to third.
Top 1 King hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. King reaches second base with a double. Mincher scores.
Top 1 Mincher hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Mincher reaches second base with a double. Nelson scores.
Top 1 Nelson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Otis, who is chasing the ball. Nelson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.