Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 23, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 2000 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 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Alicea 2b 4 1 1 0
Curtis lf 3 1 2 3
  Green pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Segui dh 4 1 1 1
Mateo cf 4 0 0 0
Lamb 3b 4 0 1 0
Clayton ss 4 0 0 0
McDonald rf,lf 2 1 0 0
Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon lf 5 0 0 0
Febles 2b 5 1 2 1
Sweeney 1b 3 0 1 0
Quinn dh 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 3 1 2 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
McCarty rf 4 1 1 2
Fabregas c 4 0 1 0
  Pose pr 0 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 0 0
  Dye ph 1 0 1 0
  Ordaz pr 0 0 0 0
Batista p 0 0 0 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Texas 003 001 000470
Kansas City 000 200 010390
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Helling  W (7-1) 7.0 6 3 3 2 4
  Zimmerman   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wetteland  SV (11) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Batista  L (2-2) 7.0 6 4 4 1 0
  Bottalico   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
2

  E–None.  2B–Texas Curtis (11,off Batista), Kansas City Febles (9,off Helling); Sweeney (12,off Zimmerman).  HR–Texas Curtis (6,3rd inning off Batista 2 on, 2 out); Segui (5,6th inning off Batista 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City McCarty (5,4th inning off Helling 1 on, 2 out); Febles (1,8th inning off Helling 0 on, 0 out).  CS–McDonald (3,2nd base by Bottalico/Fabregas).  U-HP–Martin Foster, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–2:56.  A–19,680.
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