The Royals unleashed a 21-hit attack, featuring homers by Amos Otis, Bob Stinson and Fred Patek, to bury the Rangers, 14-2, in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader. The nightcap was halted by American League curfew with the score tied, 4-4, after nine innings and was completed prior to the regularly scheduled night game, May 27. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 14, Texas Rangers 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, May       26, 1976 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       0  0  1    3  2  2    0  1  5  -  14 21  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  6  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette lf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .328      Moates cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .241
  Rojas 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Cubbage dh            4   0   2   0     0   2   .250
Otis cf               6   1   2   3     0   0   .326      Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .312
Brett 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .340      Harrah ss             4   0   1   1     0   2   .322
  Quirk 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .257
Mayberry 1b           4   2   2   0     1   2   .267      Howell 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .278
  Solaita 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .346        Pape 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
McRae dh              3   1   2   2     1   0   .319      Grieve lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  D. Nelson pr,dh     1   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Smalley 2b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .234
Cowens rf             5   2   3   1     0   0   .243      Sundberg c            2   1   0   0     1   0   .152
White 2b,ss           5   1   1   0     0   2   .245      Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Patek ss              2   1   2   2     1   0   .349        Perzanowski p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wohlford lf         2   2   2   1     0   0   .259        Barr p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stinson c             5   2   3   3     0   1   .326
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44  14  21  12     3   6             Totals               32   2   6   2     3   7

Time of Game: 2:54
Left on Base: Royals 6, Rangers 6
DP: Royals 1, Rangers 2
Errors: Pape
Doubles: Brett (6), Mayberry (6), Cowens (6)
Home Runs: Patek (1), Otis (8), Stinson (1)
Stolen Bases: McRae (4), Cowens (3)
Caught Stealing: Cowens (4), Patek (4)
GIDP: Cowens 2 (5), Grieve (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(4-1)          9     6   2   2   3   7   0  35   3.11
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   7   0  35

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(4-4)            3.2   8   4   4   0   5   1  18   3.89
Perzanowski             2     5   4   4   1   0   1  10  10.03
Barr                    3.1   8   6   5   2   1   1  19   5.40
Totals                  9    21  14  13   3   6   3  47

Wild Pitches: Perzanowski (1), Barr (3)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Russ Goetz


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis flied
out to center; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Moates singled to center; Cubbage struck out;
Hargrove walked [Moates to second]; Harrah struck out; Burroughs
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; McRae flied out to left; Cowens
singled to left; Cowens was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Howell singled to center; Grieve grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Howell out at
second]; Smalley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White struck out; Patek homered; Stinson struck out;
Poquette singled to center; Otis lined to pitcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to right; Moates popped to
second; Cubbage singled to center; Hargrove flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett doubled to center; Mayberry struck out; McRae
singled to center [Brett scored]; Cowens singled to left [McRae
to third]; White struck out; McRae stole home and Cowens stole
second; Patek singled to center [Cowens scored]; Stinson singled
to right [Patek to third]; PERZANOWSKI REPLACED PERRY
(PITCHING); Poquette flied out to right; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah struck out; Burroughs grounded out (third to
first); Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis homered; Brett flied out to left; Mayberry
doubled to center; Perzanowski threw a wild pitch [Mayberry to
third]; McRae singled to pitcher [Mayberry scored]; Cowens
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[McRae out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 5TH: Grieve flied out to right; Smalley lined to second;
Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 6, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (second to first); Patek walked;
Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Stinson
singled to second; Poquette singled to center [Stinson to
third]; BARR REPLACED PERZANOWSKI (PITCHING); Otis singled to
right [Stinson scored, Poquette scored]; Brett grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Moates was called out on strikes; Cubbage singled
to right; Hargrove popped to shortstop; Harrah forced Cubbage
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, Rangers
0.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry singled to right; McRae walked [Mayberry to
second]; D. NELSON RAN FOR MCRAE; Cowens grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Mayberry to third, D. Nelson out at
second]; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 8, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: D. NELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ROJAS
REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING 2B); WHITE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
SS); WOHLFORD REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING LF); Burroughs struck out;
Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 8TH: PAPE REPLACED HOWELL (PLAYING 3B); Wohlford singled
to left; Stinson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wohlford to
second]; Rojas struck out; Barr threw a wild pitch [Wohlford to
third]; Otis reached on an error by Pape [Wohlford scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 9, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Smalley walked; Sundberg walked [Smalley to
second]; Moates flied out to right; Cubbage was called out on
strikes; Hargrove singled to right [Smalley scored, Sundberg to
second]; Harrah singled to left [Sundberg scored, Hargrove to
second]; Burroughs flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 9, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Mayberry walked; D. Nelson singled to right
[Mayberry to second]; Cowens doubled to left [Mayberry scored,
D. Nelson out at third (left to shortstop to catcher)]; White
singled to shortstop [Cowens to third]; Wohlford singled to
third [Cowens scored, White to second]; Stinson homered [White
scored, Wohlford scored]; Rojas flied out to right; Otis flied
out to right; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 14, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: QUIRK REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); SOLAITA REPLACED
MAYBERRY (PLAYING 1B); Pape flied out to left; Grieve grounded
out (catcher to first); Smalley grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 14, Rangers 2.