Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
September 17, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 2000 at The Ballpark in Arlington. 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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Kansas City Royals 5, Texas Rangers 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon dh 4 0 1 0
Delgado 2b,ss 4 1 1 0
  McCarty ph 1 0 1 0
  Pose pr 0 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 5 2 3 1
Dye rf 4 1 2 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 1
Quinn lf 4 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 1 2 2
Zaun c 3 0 1 0
Ordaz ss 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Febles 2b 0 0 0 0
Reichert p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Alicea 2b 3 0 0 0
Catalanotto 1b 4 2 2 1
Palmeiro dh 4 2 2 1
Kapler cf,rf 4 1 2 3
Ledee lf 3 0 2 0
Valdes rf 2 0 1 0
  Curtis ph,rf 2 0 0 0
  Green cf 0 0 0 0
Lamb 3b 4 0 0 0
Knorr c 4 1 2 1
Dransfeldt ss 3 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 11 6
Kansas City 000 011 0305120
Texas 300 021 00x6112
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Reichert  L (8-8) 4.0 10 5 5 2 0
  Spoljaric   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Murray   3.0 1 1 1 0 4
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
2
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (13-13) 7.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Zimmerman   0.2 4 3 2 0 1
  Crabtree   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Venafro   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wetteland  SV (34) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
2
4

  E–Ledee (5), Zimmerman (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, Texas 1.  2B–Kansas City Sweeney (30,off Zimmerman), Texas Valdes (3,off Reichert).  3B–Texas Palmeiro (3,off Reichert).  HR–Kansas City Beltran (7,5th inning off Rogers 0 on, 0 out), Texas Catalanotto (10,1st inning off Reichert 0 on, 1 out); Kapler (14,1st inning off Reichert 1 on, 1 out); Knorr (1,6th inning off Murray 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Ordaz (4,2nd base off Rogers/Knorr).  CS–Damon (9,2nd base by Rogers/Knorr).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Andrew Fletcher, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:49.  A–28,473.
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