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MAY 19, 1974
The long weekend series in Kansas City comes to an end today. The Rangers have won two out of the first three this series. Last night's 11-0 defeat was the Royals worst loss of the season.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 19-19 at Baltimore 22-14(2)
Detroit 21-14 at Cleveland 14-23(2)
California 22-17 at Minnesota 20-15(2)
New York 14-25 at Milwaukee 18-16(2)
Oakland 20-17 at Chicago 15-22
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 16-17 at New York 19-19(2)
Philadelphia 20-15 at Pittsburgh 14-21
Chicago 16-20 at St Louis 20-18
Cincinnati 21-16 at Houston 24-17
San Diego 15-25 at San Francisco 17-22(2)
Atlanta 22-20 at Los Angeles 23-17
TEXAS RANGERS 15-23 VS KANSAS CITY ROYALS 21-16
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Dick Ruthven Advantage Kansas City
C Ken Suarezvs 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 Tom Grieve vs Jim Wohlford Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Amos Otis Advantage Kansas City
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Lou Piniella Advantage Texas
DH Angel Mangual vs Richie Scheinblum Advantage Push
Overall Advantage Kansas City
Nelson led off the game with a single, his 50th hit of the season. Harrah brought Nelson home with a double.
In the bottom of the second, Kirkpatrick tied the game with an RBI double. Schaal followed with a run-scoring single to give the Royals the lead with his 20th RBI of the season.
In the top of the third, the Rangers loaded the bases with one out. Burroughs went down on strikes for the second out. Grieve then flew out to right to retire the side.
In the bottom of the third, Mayberry knocked one in with a single as the Royals took advantage of two Rangers errors in the inning.
After three: Kansas City 3 Texas 1.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Royals scored one on a Patek single. Wohlford singled to load the bases with two out. Then came a 2-RBI single by Otis. Then Mayberry got an RBI single for the Royals 10th hit of the game. Nine men batted for the Royals in the inning.
Pete Broberg took the mound for the Rangers in the bottom of the sixth. The Rangers committed their third error of the game and Wohlford made them by with a run-scoring single to reach 20 RBI on the season.
After six: Kansas City 8 Texas 1.
The top of the seventh began with Ruthven striking out Mangual for his 50th K of the season. He then struck out Kubiak for his 10th K of the game. The Rangers came back in the inning to get a 2-RBI double by Maddox. Maddox reached double digits in RBI on the season with that hit.
Ruthven ended the top of the eighth by striking out Mangual. This tied a Royals team record for strikeouts in a game with 12.
Ruthven began the ninth by walking Kubiak and was replaced by Stan Thomas. 4 pitches later, the game was over.
Final score: Kansas City 8 Texas 3.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
John Mayberry Sr 3 for 3, 2 RBI, R, BB
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 4 Boston 2 Game 1
Baltimore 4 Boston 3 12 innings Game 2
Detroit 9 Cleveland 4 Game 1
Cleveland 4 Detroit 3 Game 2
California 5 Minnesota 3 Game 1
California 6 Minnesota 3 Game 2
New York 2 Milwaukee 0 Game 1
Milwaukee 5 New York 4 Game 2
Oakland 9 Chicago 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 8 New York 7 Game 1
Montreal 3 New York 2 Game 2
Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3
St Louis 6 Chicago 3
Houston 4 Cincinnati 3
San Diego 9 San Francisco 7 Game 1
San Diego 8 San Francisco 6 Game 2
Atlanta 2 Los Angeles 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Derrel Thomas San Diego Padres 5 for 9, 2B, 6 RBI, 3 R, BB
2. Cito Gaston San Diego Padres 5 for 8, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 5 R, BB
3. John Milner New York Mets 3 for 8, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
The Yankees Mel Stottlemyre Sr pitched a complete game shutout in the first game of New York's double header against Milwaukee.
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