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APRIL 6, 1972
The Rangers begin their first season in Texas with a four-game series at home against the Kansas City Royals.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees
Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox
California Angels at Minnesota Twins
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros 0-1 at Atlanta Braves
San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT TEXAS RANGERS
MATCHUPS
SP Paul Splittorff vs Bill Gogolewski Advantage Push
C Ed Kirkpatrick vs Hal King Advantage Kansas City
1B John Mayberry Sr vs Frank Howard Advantage Kansas City
2B Cookie Rojas vs Ted Kubiak Advantage Kansas City
3B Paul Schaal vs Dave Nelson Advantage Texas
SS Freddie Patek vs Toby Harrah Advantage Kansas City
LF Lou Piniella vs Larry Biittner Advantage Kansas City
CF Amos Otis vs Elliott Maddox Advantage Kansas City
RF Richie Scheinblum vs Ted Ford Advantage Kansas City
Overall Advantage Kansas City
In the top of the first, Otis got a run-scoring single. Schaal scored from third when Scheinblum beat out the 4-6-3.
In the bottom of the second, Howard muscled a two-out two-run blast 440 feet out of the park.
In the top of the third, a 419 foot two-run shot by Otis put the Royals back in the lead.
In the bottom of the third, the Rangers loaded the bases with one out on three walks. But Howard grounded into the inning-ending 4-6-3.
After three: Kansas City 4 Texas 2.
In the top of the fourth, rain began to fall. With the bases empty and nobody out, play was stopped for a 26 minute rain delay.
In the top of the fifth, an RBI single by Mayberry extended the Royals lead. Mayberry went on to score from third when Piniella grounded to third. With a runner on second and two out, Mike Paul took the mound for the Rangers and struck Rojas out to retire the side.
In the bottom of the sixth, Kubiak knocked in two with a two-out triple.
After six: Kansas City 6 Texas 4.
In the top of the seventh, Mayberry scored from third when Nelson dropped a Piniella pop fly. Rojas added an RBI with a sacrifice fly.
In the top of the eighth, Casey Cox took the mound for the Rangers.
In the bottom of the eighth, Tom Burgmeier took the mound for the Royals.
In the top of the ninth, the Royals loaded the bases with one out. Cox got Kirkpatrick to go after a bad pitch on a 1-2 count for the second out. Pinch hitter Bob Oliver then popped to short to retire the side.
In the bottom of the ninth, Ted W Abernathy took the mound for the Royals with a four-run lead to protect and he retired the Rangers in order to end the game.
The Royals got 11 hits in the win while 3 errors contributed to the Rangers loss.
Final score: Kansas City 8 Texas 4.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Amos Otis 3 for 5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Tigers 13 Boston Red Sox 3
Baltimore Orioles 3 New York Yankees 1
Oakland Athletics 4 Chicago White Sox 2
Minnesota Twins 6 California Angels 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Mets 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Houston Astros 3 Atlanta Braves 2 13 innings
San Francisco Giants 4 San Diego Padres 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Jim Northrup Detroit Tigers 3 for 6, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R
2. Bert Blyleven Minnesota Twins 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, W
3. Amos Otis Kansas City Royals 3 for 5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
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