Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
May 1, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 2008 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 1, Texas Rangers 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Gathright cf 4 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 1
DeJesus lf 3 0 2 0
Guillen dh 4 0 0 0
Teahen rf 3 0 0 0
Butler 1b 3 0 1 0
Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0
Buck c 3 0 1 0
Pena ss 2 1 0 0
  Callaspo ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Greinke p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 4 1 1 1
Vazquez ss 4 1 2 1
Young dh 3 0 0 0
Hamilton cf 3 0 0 0
Murphy rf 3 0 0 0
Boggs lf 3 0 1 0
Broussard 1b 3 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 3 0 1 0
Duran 3b 2 0 0 0
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Kansas City 001 000 000–160
Texas 100 001 00x–250
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke  L(3-1) 7.0 4 2 2 0 9
  Oviedo   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
0
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  W(1-0) 8.0 6 1 1 2 5
  Wilson  SV(6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  E–None.  DP–Texas 2. Kinsler-Vazquez-Broussard, Broussard-Vazquez-Broussard.  HR–Texas Kinsler (2,1st inning off Greinke 0 on 0 out); Vazquez (1,6th inning off Greinke 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Duran (4,off Nunez).  Team–3.  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Chris Guccione.  T–2:10.  A–14,563.
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