Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
September 2, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 2003 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 7, Texas Rangers 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Berroa ss 4 1 2 1
Randa 3b 5 1 1 1
Sweeney dh 4 2 3 4
  Relaford pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 0 1 1
  DeJesus cf 0 0 0 0
  Guiel ph 1 0 0 0
Ibanez rf 4 0 1 0
White lf 3 0 0 0
Harvey 1b 2 1 1 0
DiFelice c 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 1 1 0
Matos 2b 3 0 0 0
  Patterson ph 1 1 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
  Field p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 1 1 0
Blalock 3b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez ss 1 2 0 0
Palmeiro dh 5 1 1 2
Teixeira 1b 4 1 2 3
Nix cf,rf 5 1 1 3
Spencer lf 3 0 1 0
Jones rf 3 0 0 0
  Christenson cf 0 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 1 1 0
Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Drese p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 8 8
Kansas City 201 000 0047102
Texas 000 044 00x881
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott   4.1 1 2 2 6 5
  Affeldt  L (6-6) 1.0 7 6 6 1 1
  Levine   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Field   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
8
8
8
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez  W (8-8) 5.0 6 3 3 2 2
  Drese   3.0 2 3 2 1 1
  Cordero  SV (12) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
3
5

  E–Berroa (21), Abbott (1), Rodriguez (7).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Kansas City Randa (25,off Cordero), Texas Young (29,off Abbott); Spencer (16,off Affeldt); Blalock (28,off Affeldt); Palmeiro (19,off Affeldt); Teixeira (25,off Affeldt).  3B–Kansas City Beltran (8,off Valdes).  HR–Kansas City Sweeney (14,1st inning off Valdes 1 on, 1 out), Texas Nix (6,5th inning off Affeldt 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Berroa (7,off Cordero).  HBP–White (1,by Drese); Harvey (5,by Drese).  IBB–Rodriguez (8,by Affeldt).  SB–Relaford (18,2nd base off Cordero/Diaz).  HBP–Drese 2 (3,White,Harvey).  IBB–Affeldt (1,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Martin Foster, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Rob Drake, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–3:04.  A–15,119.
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