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JULY 3, 1972
The Rangers hope to end the four games in Kansas City with a split. Texas has now lost 8 of their last 9.
AL Player of the Week: CF Dave May Milwaukee Brewers
NL Player of the Week: 3B Steve Garvey Los Angeles Dodgers
POWER RANKINGS
1. Pittsburgh Pirates
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Milwaukee Brewers
5. Kansas City Royals
6. California Angels
7. Cincinnati Reds
8. Baltimore Orioles
9. New York Yankees
10. New York Mets
11. Detroit Tigers
12. Atlanta Braves
13. Oakland Athletics
14. Philadelphia Phillies
15. Boston Red Sox
16. St Louis Cardinals
17. San Francisco Giants
18. Houston Astros
19. San Diego Padres
20. Chicago Cubs
21. Montreal Expos
22. Texas Rangers
23. Minnesota Twins
24. Cleveland Indians
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 28-49 at Boston 35-40
Baltimore 45-33 at Detroit 37-36
Oakland 38-40 at California 44-33
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 35-43 at Cincinnati 45-32 (2 (
New York 37-40 at Montreal 35-43
San Francisco 41-42 at Philadelphia 38-41
Chicago 35-43 at Pittsburgh 53-25
Atlanta 41-40 at Houston 38-44
TEXAS RANGERS 31-46 AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS 44-33
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Dick Drago Advantage Royals
C Ken Suarez 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 Jeff Burroughs vs Lou Piniella Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Amos Otis Advantage Royals
RF Larry Biittner vs Richie Scheinblum Advantage Royals
Gaining a split in this series would be an overachievement considering how bad a mismatch it is.
Piniella put the Royals on the board with an RBI single that could have been 2 runs but Mayberry was thrown out at home trying to score from second.
In the top of the third, Drago set Bosman down on strikes to record his 90th K of the season. Drago did not allow a hit in the first three innings.
Mayberry picked up an RBI with a sac fly in the bottom of the third. Piniella was then robbed of another RBI when, this time, Otis was thrown out at home trying to score from second after a Piniella single.
After three: Kansas City 2 Texas 0.
Kirkpatrick added to the Royals lead with a 2 run homer in the fourth.
After six innings, Drago still had a no hitter going.
Jim Shellenback took over pitching duties for the Rangers in the bottom of the sixth.
After six: Kansas City 4 Texas 0.
Nelson broke up the no hitter with a leadoff single in the seventh.
In the eighth, Schaal hit a 2 run homer to bring his RBI total to 30 on the season. Mike Paul took the mound one batter later with a man on first and nobody out and he kept any more damage from being done.
Drago then finished off the complete game shutout.
Final score: Kansas City 6 Texas 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dick Drago 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 5 Boston 3 10 innings
Detroit 7 Baltimore 3
Oakland 2 California 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 3 Cincinnati 2 11 innings Game 1
Cincinnati 2 StLouis 0 Game 2
New York 7 Montreal 2
Philadelphia 7 San Francisco 6
Pittsburgh 4 Chicago 1
Houston 4 Atlanta 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Dick Drago Kansas City Royals 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, W
2. Don Gullett Cincinnati Reds 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, W
3. Jerry Koosman New York Mets 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, W
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