Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals

Aug 29, 1970

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
TEX	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	2	11	13	0	7
KC	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	8	2	8

loss:

A. Fitzmorriswin: Texas Rangers logo

G. Brunetsave: Texas Rangers logo

D. Knowles

TEXKC

1
Frank Howard hits a home run (37). Del Unser scores. [2 runs]
20
3
Cookie Rojas out, shortstop Ed Brinkman to first baseman Mike Epstein. Buck Martinez scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
21
3
Amos Otis triples (9) on a to left fielder Frank Howard. Al Fitzmorris scores. [1 run]
22
5
Ed Stroud singles on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. Tim Cullen scores. Jim Shellenback to 2nd. [1 run]
32
5
Frank Howard doubles (11) on a to center fielder Amos Otis. Jim Shellenback scores. Ed Stroud scores. Del Unser scores. [3 runs]
62
5
Aurelio Rodriguez triples (6) on a to center fielder Amos Otis. Frank Howard scores. [1 run]
72
5
Ed Brinkman singles on a to center fielder Amos Otis. Aurelio Rodriguez scores. [1 run]
82
5
Cookie Rojas singles on a to center fielder Ed Stroud. Ellie Rodriguez scores. Rich Severson to 3rd. [1 run]
83
5
Lou Piniella singles on a to center fielder Ed Stroud. Rich Severson scores. Cookie Rojas to 3rd. [1 run]
84
7
Ed Brinkman reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Cookie Rojas. Frank Howard scores. Mike Epstein to 3rd. Ed Brinkman to 2nd. [1 run]
94
9
Aurelio Rodriguez steals (12) 3rd base. Ed Brinkman steals (6) 2nd base. Missed catch error by catcher Buck Martinez. [1 run]
104
9
Wild pitch by pitcher Ted Abernathy. Ed Brinkman scores. [1 run]
114

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Ed StroudCF	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.284
2Del UnserRF	2	5	2	0	1	0	0	2	.250
3Frank HowardLF	4	5	3	5	0	0	1	0	.292
Rick ReichardtPR-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264
4Mike Epstein1B	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.249
5Aurelio Rodriguez3B	2	5	2	1	1	0	0	2	.240
6Ed BrinkmanSS	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	.271
7Paul CasanovaC	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	4	.239
8Tim Cullen2B	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	.217
9Jim ShellenbackP	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.083
George BrunetP	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	.158
Darold KnowlesP	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056




TOTAL	13	40	11	8	7	4	1	16	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Jim ShellenbackLHP	4.1	4	4	4	1	5	0	39	3.26
George BrunetLHP	2.2	3	0	0	3	1	0	19	4.42
Darold KnowlesLHP	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	1.98


TOTAL	9.0	8	4	4	6	6	0	69	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	LOB	AVG
1Rich SeversonSS	0	3	1	0	1	1	2	.259
2Cookie Rojas2B	2	5	0	2	0	0	1	.235
3Amos OtisCF	1	3	0	1	1	2	2	.286
4Lou PiniellaLF	1	4	0	1	1	0	4	.303
5Bob Oliver1B	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	.261
6Paul Schaal3B	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.267
7George SpriggsRF	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	.281
8Buck MartinezC	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	.125
9Al FitzmorrisP	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333
Ken WrightP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ellie RodriguezPH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.241
Aurelio MonteagudoP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Hawk TaylorPH	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.176
Dave MoreheadP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156
Jackie HernandezPH	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.232
Ted AbernathyP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154
TOTAL	8	32	4	4	6	6	19	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Al FitzmorrisRHP	4.1	6	7	7	1	2	1	29	4.41
Ken WrightRHP	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	4.93
Aurelio MonteagudoRHP	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	2.14
Dave MoreheadRHP	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	0	20	3.53
Ted AbernathyRHP	1.0	1	2	0	2	1	0	12	2.47
TOTAL	9.0	13	11	8	7	4	1	71	-

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1st inningTEXKC

TOP 1
BATTER OUT — Ed Stroud out, second baseman Cookie Rojas to first baseman Bob Oliver. [1 out]
00
SINGLE — Del Unser singles on a to right fielder George Spriggs.
00
HOME RUN — Frank Howard hits a home run (37). Del Unser scores. [2 runs]
20
LINEOUT — Mike Epstein lines out to center fielder Amos Otis. [2 outs]
20
STRIKEOUT — Aurelio Rodriguez strikes out swinging. [3 outs]
20
BOTTOM 1
BATTER OUT — Rich Severson out to center fielder Ed Stroud. [1 out]
20
BATTER OUT — Cookie Rojas out, shortstop Ed Brinkman to first baseman Mike Epstein. [2 outs]
20
WALK — Amos Otis walks.
20
STOLEN BASE 2B — Amos Otis steals (24) 2nd base.
20
BATTER OUT — Lou Piniella out to right fielder Del Unser. [3 outs]
20

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TEX

11Runs4

13Hits8

0Errors2

.325Batting Avg.250

40At Bats32

6Extra-base Hits1

1Home Runs0

8Runs-Batted-In4

4Walks6

2Stolen Bases1

7Strikeouts6

7Left on Base8

23Total Bases10

Saturday, August 29, 1970 · 8:05 PM

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City, MO

attendance: 7,064 (18.6%)

weather: 92 degrees, unknown