Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
June 12, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 2008 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
Kinsler 2b 4 1 1 1
Boggs dh 3 1 1 0
Young ss 3 0 0 0
Hamilton rf 4 0 2 0
Murphy lf 3 0 0 1
Byrd cf 4 0 0 0
Catalanotto 1b 3 1 1 0
  Shelton 1b 1 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 0
Duran 3b 3 1 1 3
  Vazquez ph 1 0 0 0
Hurley p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 4 0 0 0
Callaspo 2b 4 1 2 0
  Pena pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Gordon 3b 4 2 2 2
Guillen dh 3 0 1 1
Teahen rf 4 0 1 0
Buck c 3 1 0 0
Gload 1b 3 0 0 0
Aviles ss,2b 3 1 1 2
Gathright cf 3 0 1 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 5
Texas 040 000 010571
Kansas City 200 200 02x680
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hurley   6.0 6 4 4 0 3
  Wright   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Francisco  L(1-2) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
2
2
2
0
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   7.0 6 4 4 0 4
  Ramirez   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Mahay  W(2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Soria  SV(15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Saltalamacchia (4).  2B–Texas Boggs (9,off Bannister); Hamilton 2 (18,off Bannister,off R. Ramirez), Kansas City Guillen (23,off Hurley); Gordon (16,off Francisco).  HR–Texas Duran (3,2nd inning off Bannister 2 on 2 out); Kinsler (9,2nd inning off Bannister 0 on 2 out), Kansas City Gordon (7,1st inning off Hurley 1 on 1 out); Aviles (1,4th inning off Hurley 1 on 2 out).  SF–Murphy (5,off Mahay); Guillen (1,off Francisco).  HBP–Young (1,by Bannister); Buck (2,by Hurley).  Team LOB–4.  Team–3.  U-HP–Mike DiMuro, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:32.  A–15,515.
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