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MAY 17, 1974
The second game of the long weekend series in Kansas City. The Rangers beat the Royals for the first time in five tries last night.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 17-19 at Baltimore 22-12
Detroit 20-13 at Cleveland 13-22
California 21-16 at Minnesota 19-14
New York 14-23 at Milwaukee 16-16
Oakland 19-16 at Chicago 14-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 15-16 at New York 18-18
Philadelphia 19-14 at Pittsburgh 13-20
Chicago 14-20 at St Louis 20-16
Cincinnati 20-15 at Houston 23-16
Atlanta 21-19 at Los Angeles 22-16
San Diego 14-24 at San Francisco 16-21
TEXAS RANGERS 14-22 AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS 20-15
MATCHUPS
SP Rich Hand vs Dick Drago Advantage Kansas City
C Ken Suarez vs Ed Kirkpatrick Advantage Kansas City
1B Bucky Dent vs John Mayberry Sr Advantage Kansas City
2B Dave Nelson vs Cookie Rojas Advantage Texas
3B Ted Kubiak vs Paul Schaal Advantage Kansas City
SS Toby Harrah vs Freddie Patek Advantage Texas
LF Larry Biittner vs Jim Wohlford Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Amos Otis Advantage Kansas City
RF Dick Sharon vs Lou Piniella Advantage Push
DH Angel Mangual vs Buddy Bradford Advantage Push
Overall Advantage Kansas City
In the top of the first, it was Sharon with an RBI single.
Rain began to fall in the top of the third.
In the bottom of the third, Bradford tied the score with a solo shot. The rain stopped one batter later.
After three: Texas 1 Kansas City 1.
In the bottom of the fourth, Kirkpatrick gave the Royals the lead on an infield hit that scored Mayberry from third.
The rain returned in the bottom of the sixth. Mayberry connected on a two run homer.
After six: Kansas City 4 Texas 1.
In the top of the seventh, the Rangers got runners at the corners and nobody out and Roger Nelson took the mound for the Royals. Dave Nelson then grounded into the 6-4-3 to score Kubiak from third.
In the bottom of the seventh, Bradford delivered an RBI double. Patek then brought Bradford home with a double. With a runner on second and nobody out, Pete Broberg took the mound for the Rangers. Otis ended up bringing Patek home from third with a sacrifice fly.
In the top of the eighth, the Royals committed their third error of the game. One batter later the rain stopped again.
In the bottom of the eighth, Schaal had an RBI single.
Final score: Kansas City 8 Texas 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Buddy Bradford 3 for 4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 5 Baltimore 4 10 innings
Detroit 4 Cleveland 2
Minnesota 9 California 8
Milwaukee 4 New York 1
Oakland 5 Chicago 2 13 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 2
Chicago 8 St Louis 6
Cincinnati 6 Houston 3
Atlanta 8 Los Angeles 5
San Francisco 5 San Diego 1
Montreal at New York ppd
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Steve Braun Minnesota Twins 2 for 3, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
2. John E Briggs Milwaukee Brewers 3 for 4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
3. Paul Splittorff Pittsburgh Pirates 9.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, W
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