Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
September 2, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 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 12, Kansas City Royals 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto lf 5 3 4 1
Curtis rf 5 1 0 0
Rodriguez ss 5 2 3 2
Palmeiro 1b 4 2 3 3
Sierra dh 4 2 2 1
Kapler cf 5 0 3 2
Sheldon 3b 5 1 1 0
Jensen c 5 0 0 0
Young 2b 5 1 1 2
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Michalak p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 12 17 11
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Febles 2b 3 1 0 0
Perez ss 5 0 1 0
Beltran cf 2 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 0 1
Randa dh 5 1 1 0
Alicea 3b 5 2 2 2
McCarty lf 5 2 2 1
Zaun c 3 0 3 0
Sadler rf 2 0 1 1
  Brown ph,rf 1 0 0 0
George p 0 0 0 0
  Austin p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 5
Texas 040 011 20412170
Kansas City 002 030 0016101
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver   4.2 7 5 5 7 1
  Michalak  W (8-8) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Kolb   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Venafro   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
8
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
George  L (2-5) 5.0 9 6 6 0 4
  Austin   1.2 3 2 2 0 3
  Mullen   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Bailey   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Hernandez   1.0 4 4 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
17
12
11
2
10

  E–Sweeney (9).  DP–Texas 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Sheldon (4,off George); Young (16,off George); Catalanotto (28,off George); A Rodriguez (32,off Hernandez), Kansas City McCarty 2 (9,off Oliver 2); Alicea (16,off Oliver).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (38,2nd inning off George 0 on, 0 out); Sierra (18,6th inning off George 0 on, 0 out); A Rodriguez (41,7th inning off Austin 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Alicea (3,9th inning off Zimmerman 0 on, 2 out).  SB–A Rodriguez (15,3rd base off George/Zaun); Kapler (20,2nd base off Bailey/Zaun); Catalanotto (13,2nd base off Hernandez/Zaun); Alicea (8,3rd base off Oliver/Jensen).  CS–Kapler (5,2nd base by Austin/Zaun); Zaun (1,3rd base by Oliver/Jensen).  BK–Oliver (2), George 2 (2).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–3:30.  A–18,389.
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