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MAY 17, 1972
The long road trip is finally coming to an end. The rubber rubber match in Kansas City as the Rangers and Royals have not just split the first two games of this series but also the first six games of the season series.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 14- 19 at Chicago 20-13
New York 19-15 at Cleveland 10-22
Baltimore 21-14 at Detroit 13-18
Boston 18-14 at Milwaukee 18-14
Oakland 14-18 at California 16-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal 15-18 at New York 15-18
St Louis 14-19 at Pittsburgh 19-14
Chicago 13-21 at Philadelphia 17-17
Cincinnati 20-14 at San Francisco 20-17
Atlanta 22-13 at Houston 22-15
Los Angeles 15-21 at San Diego 16-21
TEXAS RANGERS 16-18 AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS 19-16
MATCHUPS
SP Bill Gogolewski vs Paul Splittorff Advantage Royals
C Dick Billings vs Ed Kirkpatrick Advantage Royals
1B Frank Howard vs John Mayberry Sr Advantage Royals
2B Ted Kubiak 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 Richie Scheinblum Advantage Texas
Of course, the lone advantage the Rangers have in the matchups and Scheinblum was the POTG in game two.
Patek led off the bottom of the first with a double to run his hit streak to 12 games. After a passed ball, Scheinblum brought Patek home with a simple groundball out. An error kept the first inning going and Rojas took advantage with a 2 run single.
Burroughs got the Rangers on the board with a sacrifice fly in the third inning.
After three: Kansas City 3 Texas 1.
The pitchers controlled the middle innings
After six: Kansas City 3 Texas 1.
Splittorff would end up going the distance, allowing just three hits.
Final score: Kansas City 3 Texas 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Paul Splittorff 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 9 Minnesota 3
New York 3 Cleveland 1
Detroit 4 Baltimore 3
Boston 5 Milwaukee 3
California 5 Oakland 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 1 Montreal 0
Pittsburgh 5 St Louis 2
Chicago 4 Philadelphia 3 11 innings
San Francisco 8 Cincinnati 7
Houston 4 Atlanta 3
Los Angeles 5 San Diego 3 10 innings
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Gary Gentry New York Mets 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, W
2. Billy L. Williams Chicago Cubs 4 for 5, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
3. Paul Splittorff Kansas City Royals 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, W
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