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Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

1973-06-24 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 20050 · 96°F · 2:27

Kansas City Royals defeated Texas Rangers 10–6. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 3rd. Mark Littell earned the win and Bruce Dal Canton picked up the save. Vic Harris went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	11
KCA	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	3		10	11

W: Mark Littell L: Lloyd Allen SV: Bruce Dal Canton

Umpires — HP: Larry Barnett · 1B: Red Flaherty · 2B: Marty Springstead · 3B: Bill Kunkel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Nelson	4	0	0	1	1	1
Toby Harrah	5	1	2	1	0	0
Alex Johnson	5	1	1	1	0	0
Rico Carty	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Spencer	5	1	3	1	0	0
Vic Harris	5	2	3	2	0	0
Larry Biittner	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Billings	3	1	0	0	1	1
Elliott Maddox	2	0	0	0	2	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank White	4	1	1	1	1	0
Kurt Bevacqua	3	1	0	1	2	1
Amos Otis	5	1	2	0	0	0
John Mayberry	3	3	1	1	2	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	0	0	0	0	1	0
Lou Piniella	5	0	2	2	0	0
Gail Hopkins	2	2	0	0	3	0
Bobby Floyd	3	2	3	1	1	0
Fran Healy	4	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Hovley	4	0	1	2	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lloyd Allen	2.2	5	5	1
Steve Dunning	4.1	6	5	0
Steve Foucault	1.0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Littell	5.1	6	4	2
Bruce Dal Canton	3.2	5	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dave Nelson: K
Toby Harrah: S8
Alex Johnson: D9.1-H
Rico Carty: 6/P
Jim Spencer: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Vic Harris: 43

Bot 1

Frank White: E6/G
Kurt Bevacqua: 8
Amos Otis: 53.1-2
John Mayberry: W
Ed Kirkpatrick: W.2-3;1-2
Lou Piniella: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1XH(8241)

Top 2

Larry Biittner: 63
Dick Billings: 163
Elliott Maddox: W
Dave Nelson: W.1-2
Toby Harrah: 5/FL

Bot 2

Gail Hopkins: W
Bobby Floyd: S8.1-3
Fran Healy: FC5.3XH(525);1-2
Frank White: S8.2-H;1-2
Kurt Bevacqua: K
Amos Otis: 9

Top 3

Alex Johnson: 63
Rico Carty: 3/G
Jim Spencer: S8
Vic Harris: 7

Bot 3

John Mayberry: W
Steve Hovley: 7
Lou Piniella: 9
Gail Hopkins: W.1-2
Bobby Floyd: S9.2-H;1-3
Fran Healy: WP.3-H;1-2
Fran Healy: S8.2-H
Frank White: 63

Top 4

Larry Biittner: 7
Dick Billings: E5/TH
Elliott Maddox: K/C
Dave Nelson: 5/P

Bot 4

Kurt Bevacqua: 8
Amos Otis: D7
John Mayberry: 43.2-3
Steve Hovley: 43

Top 5

Toby Harrah: 4/P
Alex Johnson: 53
Rico Carty: S9
Jim Spencer: 9

Bot 5

Lou Piniella: 9
Gail Hopkins: W
Bobby Floyd: W.1-2
Fran Healy: 9
Frank White: W.2-3;1-2
Kurt Bevacqua: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Amos Otis: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Vic Harris: S9
Larry Biittner: 7
Dick Billings: W.1-2
Elliott Maddox: W.2-3;1-2
Dave Nelson: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Toby Harrah: S5/BG.3-H;1-2
Alex Johnson: 6(1)/FO

Bot 6

John Mayberry: 4/P
Steve Hovley: 13
Lou Piniella: S8
Gail Hopkins: 8

Top 7

Rico Carty: 43
Jim Spencer: 4/P
Vic Harris: S6
Larry Biittner: S7.1-2
Dick Billings: WP.2-3
Dick Billings: K/C

Bot 7

Bobby Floyd: S8
Fran Healy: 36(1)/FO
Frank White: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Top 8

Elliott Maddox: 8
Dave Nelson: 63
Toby Harrah: 7

Bot 8

Kurt Bevacqua: W
Amos Otis: S1/BG.1-3(E1)
John Mayberry: S8.3-H;1-2
Steve Hovley: SB3;SB2
Steve Hovley: S7.3-H;2-H
Lou Piniella: 64(1)3/GDP
Gail Hopkins: 63

Top 9

Alex Johnson: 8
Rico Carty: 4/P
Jim Spencer: S9
Vic Harris: HR7/IPHR.1-H
Larry Biittner: 7/L

Notes & reviews

Ed Kirkpatrick advanced to 3B on the single and tried to score when Lou Piniella was trapped between 1B and 2B; Kirkpatrick was tagged hard by pitcher Lloyd Allen; Kirkpatrick went back at Allen and a fight started; both benches cleared; Kirkpatrick ejected by HP umpire Larry Barnett

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