Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 28, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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 5, Kansas City Royals 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 6 0 1 0
Blalock 3b 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 4 2 2 2
Palmeiro dh 5 0 1 0
  Nivar pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Spencer rf,lf 2 1 0 0
Jones lf 3 1 1 0
  Sadler cf 1 0 0 0
Nix cf,rf 5 1 1 2
Teixeira 1b 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 5 0 1 1
Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 9 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 5 0 1 0
Randa 3b 6 2 2 1
Sweeney dh 5 0 3 1
Beltran cf 5 1 2 0
Ibanez 1b 5 3 1 0
White lf 3 0 1 1
Berroa ss 4 0 2 1
DiFelice c 3 0 0 1
Lopez 2b 2 0 0 0
  Relaford ph,2b 1 0 1 0
  Harvey ph 1 0 0 0
  Matos 2b 0 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 13 5
Texas 000 000 041 00592
Kansas City 010 001 210 016130
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez   5.1 6 2 1 2 1
  Mahay   1.0 1 2 0 3 0
  Powell   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Cordero   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Ramirez  L (3-1) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
13
6
3
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott   6.0 1 0 0 4 6
  Affeldt   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Grimsley   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic   0.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Levine   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Carrasco  W (6-4) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
9
5
5
8
9

  E–Rodriguez (6), Mahay (2).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Jones (3,off Leskanic); Nix (9,off Leskanic), Kansas City Beltran (10,off Mahay).  3B–Kansas City Ibanez (4,off Valdes).  HR–Texas Rodriguez 2 (39,8th inning off Leskanic 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off MacDougal 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Randa (13,8th inning off Cordero 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Difelice (1,off Ramirez).  SF–Difelice (2,off Valdes); White (2,off Powell).  IBB–Berroa (3,by Mahay).  CS–Rodriguez (3,2nd base by Carrasco/Difelice).  SB–Berroa (10,2nd base off Mahay/Diaz).  WP–Mahay (2), Ramirez (1), Abbott (2).  IBB–Mahay (3,Berroa).  U-HP–Scott Nelson, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–3:34.  A–11,944.
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