Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
May 8, 2010 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 2010 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 2, Texas Rangers 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus rf,lf 5 1 2 1
Podsednik lf,cf 4 0 1 0
Butler dh 3 1 2 0
Ka'aihue 1b 3 0 0 0
  Guillen ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Callaspo 3b 4 0 2 0
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Maier cf,1b 3 0 1 1
Betancourt ss 4 0 0 0
Getz 2b 3 0 0 0
  Aviles ph 1 0 1 0
Meche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Andrus ss 2 1 1 1
Young 3b 3 1 0 0
Hamilton lf 4 0 1 1
Guerrero dh 3 0 1 0
Kinsler 2b 3 0 2 1
Murphy rf 4 0 1 0
Smoak 1b 2 1 0 0
Treanor c 2 0 0 0
Borbon cf 3 0 0 0
Harden p 0 0 0 0
  Nippert p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Feliz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 6 3
Kansas City 000 110 0002100
Texas 110 000 01x360
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche  L(0-4) 8.0 6 3 3 7 3
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
7
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Harden   5.0 6 2 2 2 3
  Nippert   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Oliver   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Ray  W(1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Feliz  SV(8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2. Betancourt-Getz-Ka'aihue, Betancourt-Ka'aihue, Texas 2. Young-Kinsler-Smoak, Andrus-Kinsler-Smoak.  2B–Kansas City Callaspo (6,off Harden).  HR–Kansas City DeJesus (4,5th inning off Harden 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  SB–Kendall (2,2nd base off Nippert/Treanor); Andrus 2 (13,2nd base off Meche/Kendall 2); Guerrero (4,2nd base off Meche/Kendall); Smoak (1,2nd base off Meche/Kendall).  CS–Andrus (5,2nd base by Meche/Kendall).  U-HP–Mark Carlson, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:43.  A–36,349.
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