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Old 01-17-2019, 10:48 PM   #4
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APRIL 6, 1972
The Rangers begin their inaugural season in Texas with a four game home series against the Kansas City Royals.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit at Boston
Baltimore at New York
Oakland at Chicago
California at Minnesota

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York at Pittsburgh
San Diego at San Francisco
Houston 1-0 at Atlanta

KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT TEXAS RANGERS
MATCHUPS
SP Paul Splittorff vs Pete Broberg Advantage Kansas City
C Ed Kirkpatrick vs Dick Billings Advantage Kansas City
1B John Mayberry Sr vs Don Mincher Advantage Push
2B Cookie Rojas vs Ted Kubiak Advantage Kansas City
3B Paul Schaal vs Dave Nelson Advantage Kansas City
SS Freddie Patek vs Toby Harrah Advantage Kansas City
LF Lou Piniella vs Frank Howard Advantage Texas
CF Amos Otis vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Kansas City
RF Richie Scheinblum vs Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
Overall Advantage Kansas City

In the top of the second, Kirkpatrick put the Royals on the board with a two-run double.

In the top of the third, the Royals loaded the bases with one out. Schaal then brought home a run with a sacrifice fly. A walk to Piniella loaded the bases with two out. Rojas then gotan RBI on an infield single. Kirkpatrick then grounded to short to retire the side.

After three: Kansas City 4 Texas 0.

In the top of the fourth, Mayberry got a two-RBI double.

Mike Paul took the mound for the Rangers in the top of the sixth inning.

After six: Kansas City 6 Texas 0.

In the top of the seventh, the lead grew on a Piniella RBI single.

In the bottom of the eighth, Jim Rooker took the mound for the Royals with a runneron first and one out. Two walks later and the Rangers had loaded the bases with one out. Billings went down on strikes for the second out. Then Jim Mason drew a walk to bring home the Rangers first run of the game. Tom Ragland followed with a two-run single.

Jim Panther took the mound for the Rangers in the top of the ninth.

Final score: Kansas City 7 Texas 3.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Paul Splittorff 7.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 7 Detroit 5
Baltimore 10 New York 5 12 innings
Chicago 4 Oakland 0
California 1 Minnesota 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3 Pittsburgh 2
San Francisco 5 San Diego 4 11 innings
Houston 9 Atlanta 4

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Lee May Houston Astros 2 for 4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, BB

2. Burt Blyleven Minnesota Twins 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 13 K

3. Wilbur Wood Chicago White Sox 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, W

Nolan Ryan of the California Angels pitched a complete game shutout against the Minnesota Twins.

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