Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 31, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2001 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 7, Kansas City Royals 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto lf 3 1 0 0
Lamb 3b 4 2 2 1
Rodriguez ss 3 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 2 1 0
Sierra dh 3 2 1 4
Ledee rf 4 0 0 0
Kapler cf 3 0 1 1
Haselman c 4 0 1 1
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 6 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Febles 2b 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 2 0
Beltran cf 3 0 1 0
Sweeney 1b 4 1 1 2
Randa dh 4 0 0 0
Brown lf 4 0 1 0
Quinn rf 2 0 0 0
  Ibanez rf 1 0 1 0
Mayne c 3 0 0 0
  McCarty ph 1 0 0 0
Sadler 3b 2 0 0 0
  Alicea ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Texas 400 003 000760
Kansas City 000 000 002260
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Helling  W (10-9) 8.2 6 2 2 1 2
  Venafro   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  L (6-6) 6.0 6 7 7 3 5
  Henry   3.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
7
7
5
8

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Haselman (3,off Byrd), Kansas City Perez (7,off Helling).  3B–Kansas City Beltran (9,off Helling).  HR–Texas Sierra (17,1st inning off Byrd 3 on, 1 out); Lamb (4,6th inning off Byrd 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Sweeney (26,9th inning off Helling 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Beltran (25,2nd base off Helling/Haselman).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Jim Wolf, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:29.  A–15,071.
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