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
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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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