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1973 NL Game: Tex. @ KC

April 10, 1973

  In the longest game so far early in this 1973 season, the Texas Rangers took 15 innings to defeat the KC Royals 7-6. 1st baseman Mike Epstein hit a solo homerun in the top of the 15th and Bill Gogolewski shut down the Royals in the bottom of the inning for the Win. Gogolewski pitched 6 scoreless innings while closing out the game. The teams combined for 38 hits in the game but only 1 was a homerun, Epstein's game winner.

BOXSCORE: 1973 Texas Rangers At 1973 Kansas City Royals             4/10/1973
 
  Rangers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Nelson 2B         8  2  5  1 .455     F.Patek SS          7  0  2  1 .190  
  T.Harrah SS         5  0  1  2 .125     C.Rojas 2B          8  1  2  0 .381  
  M.Epstein 1B        7  1  1  1 .182     A.Otis CF           6  1  1  0 .286  
  R.Carty LF          7  0  2  1 .300     J.Mayberry 1B       5  3  4  1 .375  
  A.Johnson DH        7  0  1  0 .273     H.McRae RF          6  0  3  2 .375  
  J.Burroughs RF      7  0  4  0 .455     L.Piniella LF       6  0  1  2 .211  
  J.Lovitto 3B        7  1  2  0 .200     E.Kirkpatrick DH    7  0  2  0 .222  
  E.Maddox CF         5  3  2  0 .375     P.Schaal 3B         3  0  0  0 .250  
  K.Suarez C          6  0  4  2 .667     J.May C             7  1  1  0 .200  
A-L.Biittner PR       0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-R.Stelmaszek C      1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      60  7 22  7                 Totals      55  6 16  6
 
A-Pinch Ran For Suarez In 12th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Biittner In 12th Inning
 
Rangers......... 0 0 1  2 0 1  2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  7 22  0
Royals.......... 0 1 0  0 0 2  1 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  6 16  2
 
Rangers (1-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Broberg                 5 1/3   6   3   3   3   4   0   5.06
J.Merritt BS(1st)         3 2/3   8   3   3   1   0   0   7.36
B.Gogolewski WIN(1-0)     6       2   0   0   4   4   0   0.00
Totals                   15      16   6   6   8   8   0
 
Royals (2-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Splittorff              6 2/3  13   6   6   5   2   0   8.10
G.Garber                  6 1/3   5   0   0   1   2   0   0.00
T.Burgmeier LOSS(0-1)     2       4   1   1   0   1   1   4.50
Totals                   15      22   7   7   6   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 27,761 DATE- Tuesday, April 10th 1973 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 4:01
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:16  Royals:15
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 1  Royals: 2
ERRORS- F.Patek, P.Schaal
DOUBLES- D.Nelson(1st), T.Harrah(1st), R.Carty(1st), J.Lovitto(1st),
         K.Suarez(1st), C.Rojas(3rd), J.Mayberry(1st), H.McRae-2(3rd)
TRIPLES- J.May(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Epstein(1st)
RBIs- D.Nelson(2nd), T.Harrah-2(2nd), M.Epstein(1st), R.Carty(1st),
      K.Suarez-2(2nd), F.Patek(2nd), J.Mayberry(2nd), H.McRae-2(3rd),
      L.Piniella-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- F.Patek(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- K.Suarez-2, F.Patek, A.Otis
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Harrah-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Mayberry, L.Piniella
WALKS- T.Harrah, M.Epstein, R.Carty, A.Johnson, E.Maddox-2, F.Patek, A.Otis-2,
       J.Mayberry, P.Schaal-4
HIT BY PITCH- H.McRae
STRIKE OUTS- D.Nelson, M.Epstein-2, J.Burroughs, R.Stelmaszek, F.Patek, A.Otis,
             H.McRae, E.Kirkpatrick, P.Schaal, J.May-3
GIDP- A.Johnson, J.Lovitto, A.Otis
2-out RBI- R.Carty, T.Harrah-2, K.Suarez-2
RLISP 2-out- A.Johnson, K.Suarez, J.May-7, J.Burroughs, H.McRae, M.Epstein-2,
             R.Carty, D.Nelson-3
TEAM RISP- Rangers: 5 for 22  Royals: 3 for 17
 
Dave Nelson had 5 hits as the Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals in
15 innings by the score of 7 to 6 at Kaufmann Stadium.
 
The score was knotted at 6 after nine innings.  Finally, Texas prevailed in
the 15th inning.  After an out was recorded, Mike Epstein smashed a solo-shot
out of the park.  Texas bats were hot in the 4th inning which saw them score
2 runs on 3 hits and the 7th inning with 2 runs.  Texas had 22 hits overall,
while Kansas City had 16.  
 
Bill Gogolewski(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 6 innings. Tom
Burgmeier(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief.

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