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OCTOBER 4, 1972
The Rangers end the regular season with a game in Kansas City against the Royals.
The final division has been clinched. The Chicago White Sox have held off the Oakland Athletics and have won the AFC West.
Padres 3B Dave W Roberts has a torn posterior cruciate ligament. He will miss 9-10 months.
RP Ray Culp is expected to be leaving the Red Sox at the end of the season.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 68-93 at Detroit 77-84
Chicago 90-71 at Minnesota 72-89
Milwaukee 91-70 at New York 92-69
Oakland 87-74 at California 83-78
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 74-87 at Chicago 74-87
St Louis 71-90 at Pittsburgh 100-61
Los Angeles 106-55 at Atlanta 78-83
Houston 70-91 at Cincinnati 92-69
New York 84-77 at Montreal 72-89
San Diego 66-95 at San Francisco 79-82
TEXAS RANGERS 59-102 AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS 86-75
MATCHUPS
SP Pete Broberg vs Roger Nelson Advantage Kansas City
C Dick Billings vs Ed Kirkpatrick Advantage Kansas City
1B Frank Howard vs John Mayberry Sr Advantage Kansas City
2B Vic Harris vs Cookie Rojas Advantage Kansas City
3B Joe Lovitto vs Paul Schaal Advantage Kansas City
SS Toby Harrah vs Freddie Patek Advantage Kansas City
LF Jeff Burroughs vs Lou Pinella Advantage Texas
CF Elliott Maddox vs Amos Otis Advantage Kansas City
RF Larry Biittner vs Bob Oliver Advantage Push
Overall Advantage Kansas City
In the bottom of the third, Patek got his 50th stolen base of the season.
After three: Texas 0 Kansas City 0.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Royals loaded the bases with one out. Piniella brought in a run with a single. Otis followed him with a bases-loaded walk. Mayberry walked as well to bring home run number 3 as the Royals battes around the order.
In the top of the sixth, Maddox scored on a 3-6-3 double play ball and then Burroughs hit a solo home run to make it a 1-run game.
After six: Kansas City 3 Texas 2.
Nelson ended the top of the eighth by striking out Burroughs to get his 125th K of the season.
Jim Panther took the mound in the bottom of the eighth for the Rangers. The Royals loaded the bases with one out. But they did not score.
Monty Montgomery took the mound for the Royals in the top of the ninth. All the Rangers could muster was a harmless two out walk.
Final score: Kansas City 3 Texas 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Roger Nelson 8.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 10 Boston 5
Chicago 3 Minnesota 0
Milwaukee 4 New York 2
Oakland 7 California 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 6 Philadelphia 4
Pittsburgh 5 St Louis 4
Los Angeles 3 Atlanta 2 12 innings
Cincinnati 2 Houston 1
New York 9 Montreal 2
San Francisco 7 San Diego 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. John Milner New York Mets 4 for 4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
2. Dave Kingman San Francsico Giants 2 for 3, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, BB
3.Cleon Jones New York Mets 4 for 5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
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