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MAY 15, 1972
After beginning this road trip 0-5, the Rangers have won 3 out of their last 4. The road trip concludes with three games in Kansas City.
AL Player of the Week: 1B Boog Powell Baltimore Orioles
NL Player of the Week: 1B Hank Aaron Atlanta Braves
Oakland placed RP Rollie Fingers on the DL with a stretched elbow ligament. He will miss 9-10 months.
POWER RANKINGS
1. Atlanta Braves
2. Houston Astros
3. Cincinnati Reds
4. Baltimore Orioles
5. Milwaukee Brewers
6. Pittsburgh Pirates
7. New York Yankees
8. Boston Red Sox
9. San Francisco Giants
10. Chicago White Sox
11. Kansas City Royals
12. Philadelphia Phillies
13. California Angels
14. Montreal Expos
15. Detroit Tigers
16. Texas Rangers
17. Minnesota Twins
18. St Louis Cardinals
19. San Diego Padres
20. New York Mets
21. Los Angeles Dodgers
22. Oakland Athletics
23. Chicago Cubs
24. Cleveland Indians
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 19-14 at Detroit 13-16
Minnesota 14-17 at Chicago 18-13
Oakland 12-18 at California 16-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 15-16 at New York 13-18
Chicago 12-20 at Philadelphia 16-16
St Louis 13-18 at Pittsburgh 18-13
Atlanta 20-13 at Houston 22-13
Los Angeles 14-20 at San Diego 15-20
TEXAS RANGERS 15-17 AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS 18-15
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Bruce Dal Canton Advantage Royals
C Dick Billings vs Ed Kirkpatrick Advantage Royals
1B Frank Howard vs John Mayberry Sr Advantage Royals
2B Vic Harris vs Cookie Rojas Advantage Royals
3B Dave Nelson vs Paul Schaal Advantage Royals
SS Toby Harrah vs Freddie Patek Advantage Royals
LF Larry Biittner vs Lou Piniella Advantage Royals
CF Elliott Maddox vs Amos Otis Advantage Royals
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Bob Oliver Advantage Texas
At least it's not a clean sweep. The Royals are just a game behind the White Sox in West standings. The season series between the Rangers and Royals is 2-2.
A throwing error allowed Biittner to score the first run of the game in the first inning. Burroughs then followed up with a sac fly. Despite the Rangers offensive woes, Burroughs is third in the league in RBI.
Bob Oliver got the Royals on the board with a solo home run in the bottom of the second.
Texas got the run back in the top of the third on an RBI single by Frank Howard. But the Royals pitcher put one in the seats in the bottom of the third.
After three: Texas 3 Kansas City 2.
The Rangers loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the sixth. Vic Harris then drew a one out walk to bring a run home. But that is all Texas would get.
After six: Texas 4 Kansas City 2.
The Royals got a run in the eighth as Horacio Pina replaced Bosman on the mound.
But Pina was able to close it out and get the save.
Final score: Texas 4 Kansas City 3.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dick Bosman 7.0 IP, 5 H. 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 3 Detroit 1
Chicago 3 Minnesota 2
Oakland 5 California 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 1 Montreal 0 10 innings
Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2 10 innings
St Louis 3 Pittsburgh 2 10 innings
Atlanta 4 Houston 3
San Diego 2 Los Angeles 1 11 innings
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Joe Hague St Louis Cardinals 4 for 5, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
2. Jon Matlack New York Mets 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K
3. Bill Singer Los Angeles Dodgers 8.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 11 K
The Pirates and Cardinals got into bench-clearing brawl Pittsburgh's 3B Richie Hebner and RP Joe Grzenda will both be suspended 11 games as a result.
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