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MAY 17, 1973
The second game of the short series against the Royals. The Rangers are 2-13 in the month of May.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 20-14 at Cleveland 14-21
Boston 20-14 at Detroit 15-19
Milwaukee 19-15 at New York 18-17
Chicago 13-20 at Minnesota 19-15
Oakland 21-16 at California 14-19
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles 18-18 at Cincinnati 17-17
St Louis 14-20 at Chicago 15-24
New York 26-7 at Montreal 14-18
Philadelphia 21-12 at Pittsburgh 15-20
Atlanta 19-16 at Houston 13-25
KANSAS CITY ROYALS 27-9 AT TEXAS RANGERS 7-28
MATCHUPS
SP Al Fitzmorris vs Steve Rogers Advantage Texas
C Ed Kirkpatrick vs Ken Suarez Advantage Kansas City
1B John Mayberry Sr vs Frank Howard Advantage Kansas City
2B Cookie Rojas vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
3B Paul Schaal vs Jim Mason Advantage Kansas City
SS Freddie Patek vs Bucky Dent Advantage Kansas City
LF Jim Northrup vs Larry Biittner Advantage Kansas City
CF Amos Otis vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Kansas City
RF Richie Scheinblum vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
DH Bob Oliver vs Toby Harrah Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Kansas City
In the bottom of the first, Burroughs singled to stretch his hitting streak to 12 games. He is now hitting .323 on the season, looking to be the first Ranger to hit .300.
After three: Kansas City 0 Texas 0.
Rojas put the Royals on the board with an RBI double in the top of the fourth. Kirkpatrick added an RBI single.
The bottom of the fourth ended with Fitzmorris striking out Mason for his 10th K of the season.
The Royals loaded the bases with one out in the top of the sixth. But failed to add to their lead.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Rangers got runners on the corners with one out. The Royals made a pitching change and brought in Bruce Dal Canton. Howard grounded one to third but beat out the double play, allowing Biittner to score from third.
After six: Kansas City 2 Texas 1.
With one out in the top of the seventh, Rogers issued his seventh walk of the game and was replaced by Mike Garman.
The Rangers committed 2 errors in the top of the eighth (putting them at 4 for the game) and the Royals loaded the bases with nobody out. Patek brought in a run with a sacrifice fly. But that would be all they would get.
The highest scoring team in the American League was held to just 5 runs in the 2 game series. And still won both games.
Final score: Kansas City 3 Texas 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Al Fitzmorris 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 7 Baltimore 5
Detroit 8 Boston 1
New York 8 Milwaukee 2
Minnesota 3 Chicago 2
California 4 Oakland 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 3 Los Angeles 2 10 innings
St Louis 8 Chicago 6
New York 5 Montreal 0
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 4
Atlanta 2 Houston 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Tom Seaver New York Mets 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, W
2. George H Stone Atlanta Braves 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, W
3. Charlie Spikes New York Yankees 3 for 4, HR, 4 RBI, R
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