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APRIL 8, 1972
Today is the third game in the season-opening series in Texas between the Rangers and the Kansas City Royals. Amos Otis has led the Royals to wins in the first two games of this series, going 7 for 9 with a double, two home runs, five runs batted in and three runs scored.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore Orioles 2-0 at New York Yankees 0-2
Detroit Tigers 1-0 at Boston Red Sox 0-1
Cleveland Indians at Milwaukee Brewers (2)
Oakland Athletics 1-0 at Chicago White Sox 0-1
California Angels 0-1 at Minnesota Twins 1-0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Cubs 1-0 at Montreal Expos 0-1
New York Mets 1-0 at Pittsburgh Pirates 0-1
Philadelphia Phillies 0-1 at St Louis Cardinals 1-0
Houston Astros 1-1 at Atlanta Braves 0-1
San Diego Padres 0-1 at San Francisco Giants 1-0
Cincinnati Reds 2-0 at Los Angeles Dodgers 0-1
KANSAS CITY ROYALS (2-0) AT TEXAS RANGERS (0-2)
MATCHUPS
SP Bruce Dal Canton vs Pete Broberg Advantage Kansas City
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 Jeff Burroughs Advantage Texas
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 third, the Royals loaded the bases with two out. But Otis lined to short to retire the side.
In the bottom of the third, Maddox put the Rangers on the board with an RBI single.
After three: Texas 1 Kansas City 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Dal Canton struck out the side.
In the top of the sixth, Mayberry tied the game with a sacrifice fly.
After six: Kansas City 1 Texas 1.
In the bottom of the seventh, Otis was injured making a catch of a flyball from pinch hitter Larry Biittner and had to leave the game. He was replaced by Joe Keough.
In the top of the eighth, Horacio Pina took the mound for the Rangers.
In the bottom of the ninth, with the score still tied, Ted W Abernathy took the mound for the Royals and retired the side in order.
After nine: Kansas City 1 Texas 1.
In the top of the tenth, with a runner on first and two out, Paul Lindblad took the mound for the Rangers and got out of the inning when the runner was caught stealing second.
In the top of the twelfth, Mike Paul took the mound for the Rangers and struck out the side around a one-out single by pinch hitter Carl Taylor.
In the bottom of the twelfth, Monty Montgomery took the mound for the Royals.
In the top of the fourteenth, Casey Cox took the mound for the Rangers.
In the bottom of the fourteenth, Jim Rooker took the mound for the Royals. The Rangers loaded the bases with two out. With Vic Harris at the plate, Rooker missed with a full count pitch to end the game with a walk.
Final score: Texas 2 Kansas City 1 14 innings.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bruce Dal Canton 8.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore Orioles 4 New York Yankees 2
Detroit Tigers 9 Boston Red Sox 1
Cleveland Indians 1 Milwaukee Brewers 0 11 innings Game 1
Cleveland Indians 4 Milwaukee Brewers 3 Game 2
Chicago White Sox 11 Oakland Athletics 3
California Angels 8 Minnesota Twins 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Montreal Expos 3 Chicago Cubs 2 10 innings
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 New York Mets 2
Houston Astros 4 Atlanta Braves 3
San Francisco Giants 6 San Diego Padres 5
Los Angeles Dodgers 3 Cincinnati Reds 1
Philadelphia Phillies at St Louis Cardinals ppd
TOP PERFORMERS
1. John Stephenson California Angels 3 for 4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R
2. Nolan Ryan California Angels 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, W
3. Gaylord Perry Cleveland Indians 9.1 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
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