Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 17, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1976 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Kansas City Royals 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Beniquez cf 3 1 1 0
  Moates cf 2 0 1 1
Randle lf,2b 4 1 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 1 0 1
Harrah ss 3 0 1 1
  Pape ss 0 0 0 0
  Fregosi ph 0 0 0 1
  Clines lf 1 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 6 1 2 2
Howell 3b 6 1 2 0
Grieve dh 6 1 1 1
Smalley 2b,ss 6 0 1 0
Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
  Fahey c 1 1 0 0
Singer p 0 0 0 0
  Perzanowski p 0 0 0 0
  Terpko p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 10 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Cowens cf 6 2 1 2
Poquette rf 6 0 3 2
Brett 3b 6 0 2 0
Mayberry 1b 6 1 1 0
McRae lf 6 2 2 0
Solaita dh 6 1 2 0
White 2b 4 1 2 0
Patek ss 6 1 2 1
Stinson c 0 0 0 0
  Martinez c 4 0 1 3
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 8 16 8
Texas 100 000 006 0007101
Kansas City 020 320 000 0018160
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Singer   3.2 8 5 5 1 1
  Perzanowski   0.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Terpko   4.1 3 0 0 1 0
  Foucault  L (3-1) 3.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
11.2
16
8
8
4
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard   8.1 8 5 5 3 8
  Littell   0.1 0 2 2 3 0
  Pattin   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hall  W (1-0) 3.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
10
7
7
7
10

  E–Smalley (6).  2B–Texas Beniquez (4,off Leonard); Howell (3,off Leonard), Kansas City Poquette (4,off Foucault).  3B–Kansas City Poquette (3,off Singer).  SH–Randle (2,off Leonard); White (5,off Singer).  SF–Moates (1,off Littell); Martinez (1,off Terpko).  SB–Randle (10,2nd base off Leonard/Martinez); Patek 2 (15,2nd base off Singer/Sundberg,2nd base off Foucault/Fahey); White (5,2nd base off Terpko/Fahey).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:57.  A–18,936.
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