Doug Bird pitched three hitless innings in relief of Paul Splittorff as the Royals defeated the Rangers, 5-2, for their fourth straight victory. Splittorff gave up five hits, including a two-run homer by Jeff Burroughs, before a torn fingernail on his pitching hand forced his exit from the game.

The Royals, who scored once in the first on a double by Vada Pinson and two infield outs, overcame Burroughs' homer when Fred Patek singled, Amos Otis walked and John Mayberry drove them across with a double in the fifth. Singles by Mayberry, Hal McRae and George Brett added a run in the eighth before the Royals wound up their scoring with a triple by Patek and sacrifice fly by Jim Wohlford in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Saturday, April     19, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  1  -   5 10  2
Rangers      0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Pinson rf,lf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .182      Nelson 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .179
  Wohlford ph,lf      0   0   0   1     0   0   .286      Davis cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Otis cf               3   1   0   0     2   0   .294      Randle lf,3b          3   1   1   0     0   1   .310
Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   2     1   0   .184      Burroughs rf          4   1   1   2     0   1   .238
McRae lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .308      Fregosi 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .267
  Cowens pr,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Lovitto lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .375
Killebrew dh          3   0   1   0     1   2   .258      Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   2   .237
Brett 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .361      Grieve dh             3   0   1   0     0   2   .250
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Cardenas 3b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Patek ss              4   2   2   0     0   0   .179        Hargrove ph,lf,1b   1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Stinson c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   2   .172
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hands p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Merritt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   5     4   2             Totals               32   2   5   2     0  11

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 18,363
Left on Base: Royals 8, Rangers 4
DP: Royals 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Brett, Patek, Davis
Doubles: Pinson (2), Mayberry (1)
Triples: Patek (1)
Home Runs: Burroughs (3)
Caught Stealing: Pinson (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Wohlford (2)
GIDP: Rojas (1), Davis (1)
Hit by Pitch: Stinson (1,by Umbarger), Randle (1,by Bird)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(1-1)       6     5   2   2   0   5   1  23   4.11
Bird SV(2)              3     0   0   0   0   6   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9     5   2   2   0  11   1  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands L(0-2)            7.2   8   4   4   3   2   0  32   3.77
Merritt                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Foucault                0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   5.73
Umbarger                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   5   0.79
Totals                  9    10   5   5   4   2   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Bird (1), Umbarger (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ROYALS 1ST: Pinson doubled to right; Otis walked; Mayberry
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Pinson to third, Otis to
second]; McRae grounded out (third to first) [Pinson scored,
Otis to third]; Killebrew walked; Brett forced Killebrew
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson reached on an error by Patek; Davis grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Nelson out
at second]; Randle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas flied out to right; Patek flied out to center;
Stinson singled to center; Pinson grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (pitcher to first); Fregosi
popped to second; Harrah singled to left; Grieve singled to left
[Harrah to second]; Cardenas singled to pitcher [Harrah to
third, Grieve to second]; Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis flied out to right; Mayberry grounded out
(second to first); McRae lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Nelson grounded out (third to first); Davis popped
to shortstop; Randle singled to third [Randle to second (error
by Brett)]; Burroughs homered [Randle scored]; Fregosi was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers
2.

ROYALS 4TH: Killebrew was called out on strikes; Brett grounded
out (pitcher to first); Rojas grounded out (catcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah struck out; Grieve was called out on
strikes; Cardenas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to right; Stinson flied out to left;
Pinson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Patek to second]; Otis
walked; Mayberry doubled to left [Patek scored, Otis scored];
McRae flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg struck out; Nelson grounded out (second to
first); Davis grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Killebrew singled to left; Brett popped to
shortstop; Rojas grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Killebrew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Randle was called out on strikes; Burroughs lined
to shortstop; Fregosi lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Stinson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson singled to right; Pinson
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Harrah flied
out to right; Grieve was called out on strikes; HARGROVE BATTED
FOR CARDENAS; Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 8TH: HARGROVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); RANDLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Otis popped to first in foul territory;
Mayberry singled to right; McRae singled to center [Mayberry to
third (error by Davis)]; LOVITTO REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING LF);
HARGROVE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); COWENS RAN FOR MCRAE;
Killebrew struck out; MERRITT REPLACED HANDS (PITCHING); Brett
singled to center [Mayberry scored, Cowens to second]; FOUCAULT
REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); Rojas flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PINSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Sundberg was called out on strikes;
Nelson was called out on strikes; Davis popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Patek tripled to center; UMBARGER REPLACED FOUCAULT
(PITCHING); Stinson was hit by a pitch; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR
PINSON; Wohlford hit a sacrifice fly to center [Patek scored];
Otis forced Stinson (third to second); Mayberry walked [Otis to
second]; Cowens forced Mayberry (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Randle was
hit by a pitch; Burroughs struck out; Lovitto lined to right;
Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Rangers 2.