The Kansas City Royals eked out a victory over the Texas Rangers, 5 to 4, on May 15, 1972.

1972 Kansas City Royals

Final

TEX

Rangers

10-14

4

KCR

Royals

10-15

5

TEX

KCR

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

0

3

5

1

0

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

1

1

9

0

R

4

5

H

5

9

E

1

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Elliott Maddox CF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Davey Nelson 3B 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Don Mincher 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Billings C 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Howard LF 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Joe Lovitto PR,RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ted Ford RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Biittner RF 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tom Grieve PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lenny Randle 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toby Harrah SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
Pete Broberg P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hal King PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Panther P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Driscoll PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Horacio Pina P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Kubiak PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 5 3 0 6 4 2 1 6

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pete Broberg 4.0 7 4 4 1 2 0
Jim Panther 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Horacio Pina (L) 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0
Totals 8.0 9 5 5 3 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Freddie Patek SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
Amos Otis CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Scheinblum RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lou Piniella LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Cookie Rojas 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ed Kirkpatrick C 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Schaal 3B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Hedlund P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Hovley PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Ted Abernathy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Burgmeier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 4 0 3 4 1 1 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Hedlund 7.0 5 3 2 3 4 0
Ted Abernathy 0.2 0 1 1 2 0 0
Tom Burgmeier (W) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 5 4 3 6 4 0

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