Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 26, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 2003 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 2, Kansas City Royals 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Blalock 3b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 1 2 0
Palmeiro dh 4 1 1 2
Spencer lf 3 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 4 0 0 0
Thames rf 3 0 1 0
Nix cf 3 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 2 0
Dickey p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 5 2 3 4
Randa 3b 4 2 2 1
  Lopez 3b 0 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 5 1 3 4
Beltran cf 4 0 1 0
Ibanez lf 4 1 0 0
Harvey 1b 4 1 1 0
Relaford 2b 4 0 0 0
Berroa ss 3 2 2 0
Mayne c 3 0 0 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 9
Texas 000 200 000260
Kansas City 003 006 00x9120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Dickey  L (8-6) 5.1 6 6 6 3 5
  Fultz   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Garcia   0.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Shouse   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Mahay   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
4
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (10-10) 6.0 4 2 2 0 3
  Affeldt   2.0 1 0 0 0 5
  Leskanic   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
9

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Diaz (13,off Affeldt), Kansas City Berroa 2 (28,off Dickey,off Shouse); Randa (23,off Dickey); Guiel (22,off Mahay).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (31,4th inning off Anderson 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Guiel (12,3rd inning off Dickey 1 on, 1 out); Sweeney (13,6th inning off Rosman Garcia 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Berroa (16,by Dickey).  IBB–Beltran (3,by Mahay).  WP–Mahay (1).  HBP–Dickey (5,Berroa).  IBB–Mahay (2,Beltran).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Jim Wolf, 2B–Scott Nelson, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:29.  A–12,917.
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