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Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers

1974-04-16 · Night game · Arlington Stadium · Att: 12066 · 67°F, night · 2:20

Texas Rangers defeated Kansas City Royals 3–2. Texas Rangers put up 2 in the 4th. Steve Foucault earned the win. Jeff Burroughs went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Steve Foucault L: Steve Busby SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Maloney · 1B: Jerry Neudecker · 2B: Ron Luciano · 3B: Art Frantz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Wohlford	3	0	0	0	1	0
Cookie Rojas	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Mayberry	1	1	1	1	3	0
Amos Otis	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hal McRae	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fran Healy	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	3	1	1	0	1	1
Al Cowens	3	0	1	1	0	1
Tony Solaita	1	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Nelson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Toby Harrah	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Johnson	2	1	0	0	1	0
Jeff Burroughs	3	1	1	2	0	0
Tom Grieve	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Hargrove	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Lovitto	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Fregosi	2	0	0	0	1	1
Dick Billings	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Spencer	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Busby	8.0	5	2	5

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
David Clyde	7.2	4	6	4
Steve Foucault	1.1	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: W
Jim Wohlford: CS2(24)
Jim Wohlford: 63
Cookie Rojas: K

Bot 1

Dave Nelson: 9
Toby Harrah: 63
Alex Johnson: 53

Top 2

John Mayberry: W
Amos Otis: 64(1)/FO
Hal McRae: K.1-2(E4/TH1)(E3/TH2)
Fran Healy: 43

Bot 2

Jeff Burroughs: 13
Tom Grieve: 63
Mike Hargrove: 8

Top 3

Paul Schaal: W
Al Cowens: K/C
Freddie Patek: 4/P
Jim Wohlford: W.1-2
Cookie Rojas: 3/P

Bot 3

Joe Lovitto: 7
Jim Fregosi: 8
Dick Billings: K

Top 4

John Mayberry: HR/9
Amos Otis: 53
Hal McRae: 53
Fran Healy: 9

Bot 4

Dave Nelson: K
Toby Harrah: 2/FL/P
Alex Johnson: W
Jeff Burroughs: SB2
Jeff Burroughs: HR/7.2-H
Tom Grieve: S7
Mike Hargrove: 8

Top 5

Paul Schaal: 9
Al Cowens: 3/P
Freddie Patek: 63

Bot 5

Joe Lovitto: 13
Jim Fregosi: W
Dick Billings: K
Dave Nelson: 63

Top 6

Jim Wohlford: 7
Cookie Rojas: 8
John Mayberry: W
Amos Otis: K

Bot 6

Toby Harrah: S7
Alex Johnson: CS2(24)
Alex Johnson: 7
Jeff Burroughs: 4/FL/P

Top 7

Hal McRae: 8
Fran Healy: 4/P
Paul Schaal: S9
Al Cowens: D7.1-H;B-3(THH)
Freddie Patek: 6/P

Bot 7

Tom Grieve: 8
Mike Hargrove: K
Joe Lovitto: 31

Top 8

Jim Wohlford: 8
Cookie Rojas: 6/P
John Mayberry: W
Amos Otis: S7.1-2
Hal McRae: 8

Bot 8

Jim Fregosi: K
Jim Spencer: T9
Dave Nelson: PO3(E2).3-H(UR)
Dave Nelson: S1
Toby Harrah: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Fran Healy: 6/P
Paul Schaal: K/C
Tony Solaita: K

Notes & reviews

Amos Otis running on the pitch; he headed back to 1B on throw to 2B; the relay throw to 1B was in the dirt, advancing Otis to 2B; the throw back to 2B was also in the dirt
440' HR
400' HR
squeeze play but Dave Nelson whiffed on bunt

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