Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
September 4, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 2007 at Rangers 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 8, Texas Rangers 9

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 2 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 1 2 1
Gload 1b 4 1 0 0
  Buck c 0 0 0 0
Sweeney dh 5 2 3 1
Teahen rf 4 1 2 1
Gordon 3b,1b 4 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 1 0 0
Smith ss 3 1 1 4
  Butler ph 1 0 1 0
  Huber pr 0 0 0 0
Gathright lf 3 0 1 0
  German ph,3b 1 0 1 1
LaRue c 2 0 1 0
  Costa ph,lf 1 1 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
Buckner p 0 0 0 0
  Musser p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto 1b 2 1 0 0
  Byrd ph,cf 1 0 0 1
Kinsler 2b 4 2 3 2
Young ss 4 1 1 0
Botts lf 4 1 3 2
  Cruz pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Wilkerson rf,1b 2 1 1 2
Blalock dh 3 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 1
Murphy cf,rf,lf 4 1 2 0
Vazquez 3b 3 1 2 0
Millwood p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Rheinecker p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 13 8
Kansas City 100 320 0118121
Texas 510 000 21x9130
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Buckner   4.0 7 6 6 3 2
  Musser   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Oviedo  L (2-3) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Gobble   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Riske   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
4
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood   5.0 8 6 6 3 7
  Wright   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Rheinecker  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Francisco   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Benoit   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wilson  SV (11) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
6
9

  E–LaRue (4).  DP–Kansas City 2. Buckner-Smith-Gload, Gload-Smith-Buckner, Texas 1. Benoit-Kinsler-Young-Wilkerson.  2B–Kansas City Grudzielanek (29,off Millwood); Sweeney 2 (13,off Millwood 2); Gathright (7,off Millwood), Texas Kinsler (20,off Buckner); Botts 2 (6,off Buckner,off Musser); Murphy (7,off Gobble).  3B–Texas Vazquez (3,off Buckner).  HR–Kansas City Smith (5,4th inning off Millwood 2 on 2 out), Texas Wilkerson (20,1st inning off Buckner 1 on 1 out); Saltalamacchia (6,1st inning off Buckner 0 on 2 out).  SF–Smith (1,off Millwood); Byrd (5,off Riske).  HBP–DeJesus (18,by Francisco); Blalock (1,by Gobble).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Vazquez (9,off Gobble).  Team–5.  SB–Kinsler (18,3rd base off Nunez/LaRue); Young (12,2nd base off Nunez/LaRue).  CS–Kinsler (2,2nd base by Musser/LaRue); Cruz (3,2nd base by Gobble/LaRue).  U-HP–Paul Emmel, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Angel Campos, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–3:33.  A–18,892.
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