Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 26, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 6, Kansas City Royals 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 2 0
Clark 1b 5 2 2 0
Tettleton dh 4 2 2 1
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Newson rf 4 0 1 2
  Buford rf 0 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 3 0 1 1
Frazier lf 4 1 1 1
Elster ss 2 0 0 1
Hill p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon rf 3 1 2 0
  Norman rf 2 0 1 0
Goodwin cf 5 2 2 0
Lockhart 2b,3b 4 1 2 1
Vitiello dh 2 0 0 0
  Tucker pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Macfarlane ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Paquette 3b,lf 3 0 0 1
Offerman 1b 4 0 2 0
Stynes lf 2 0 1 0
  Roberts ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Fasano c 3 0 0 0
  Hamelin ph 1 0 0 0
Howard ss 4 0 0 0
Linton p 0 0 0 0
  Jacome p 0 0 0 0
  Pugh p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 2
Texas 100 012 2006102
Kansas City 201 000 0104111
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  W (6-3) 7.1 9 4 3 1 6
  Vosberg   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Russell   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Henneman  SV (14) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
1
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Linton  L (1-2) 5.1 7 4 4 0 6
  Jacome   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Pugh   3.0 2 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
9

  E–Rodriguez (5), Clark (1), Howard (5).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Rodriguez (16,off Linton); Clark (9,off Linton), Kansas City Lockhart (11,off Hill).  3B–Texas Frazier (1,off Linton).  SF–Elster (7,off Linton); Paquette (2,off Russell).  IBB–Elster (1,by Jacome).  SB–Damon (7,2nd base off Hill/Rodriguez).  CS–Offerman (5,Home by Hill/Rodriguez).  WP–Pugh (2).  IBB–Jacome (1,Elster).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:52.  A–22,665.
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