Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
April 28, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 2004 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 3, Kansas City Royals 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young M. ss 4 2 1 0
Blalock 3b 5 0 1 0
Soriano 2b 5 0 2 1
Perry 1b 5 0 2 1
Jordan dh 4 0 0 0
Young E. lf 4 1 2 0
Mench rf 4 0 3 1
Nix cf 4 0 1 0
Laird c 3 0 1 0
  Fullmer ph 1 0 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 13 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Graffanino 2b 4 1 3 1
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 3 1 1 0
Harvey 1b 4 2 3 3
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Santiago c 3 0 1 1
Lopez lf 3 0 0 0
  Guiel lf 1 0 0 0
DeJesus rf 2 1 0 0
Blanco ss 2 0 0 0
Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
Texas 100 001 0013130
Kansas City 000 040 01x591
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (3-1) 6.2 7 4 4 3 1
  Brocail   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Ramirez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gobble  W (1-0) 5.1 10 2 2 0 1
  Grimsley   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Camp   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  MacDougal  SV (1) 1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
3
2
1
4

  E–Blanco (3).  DP–Texas 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Texas Blalock (8,off Gobble); Mench (8,off Gobble); Soriano 2 (5,off Gobble,off MacDougal); E Young (3,off Gobble), Kansas City Graffanino (2,off Rogers).  3B–Texas Perry (1,off Gobble).  HR–Kansas City Harvey (2,5th inning off Rogers 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Blanco (1,off Rogers).  HBP–DeJesus (1,by Rogers).  Team–6.  SB–E Young (2,3rd base off Gobble/Santiago).  HBP–Rogers (3,DeJesus).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Andy Fletcher, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:53.  A–15,530.
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