Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
August 31, 2010 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2010 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 9, Kansas City Royals 10

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Andrus ss 5 3 3 0
Young 3b 5 2 4 2
Hamilton dh 4 1 2 2
Guerrero rf 5 1 2 3
Cruz lf 5 0 0 0
Murphy cf 5 1 2 1
Treanor c 5 0 1 0
Moreland 1b 5 1 1 1
Blanco 2b 4 0 1 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkman p 0 0 0 0
  O'Day p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Ogando p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 16 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Blanco cf 5 1 1 0
Aviles 2b 5 1 2 1
Butler dh 5 0 2 1
Betemit 3b 5 1 2 0
  Bloomquist pr 0 1 0 0
Ka'aihue 1b 5 1 0 1
Pena c 4 1 2 0
Gordon lf 5 1 2 3
Betancourt ss 3 2 1 1
Miller rf 4 1 1 2
O'Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Chavez p 0 0 0 0
  Tejeda p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 13 9
Texas 101 133 0009162
Kansas City 013 050 00110130
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Lee   4.2 10 7 4 0 5
  Harrison   0.1 2 2 1 1 0
  Kirkman   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  O'Day   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Oliver  L(1-2) 0.2 1 1 1 1 2
  Ogando   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
13
10
6
3
11
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
O'Sullivan   5.0 9 6 6 0 0
  Chavez   0.2 4 3 3 0 0
  Tejeda   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Wood   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Soria  W(1-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
1
4

  E–Lee (4), Harrison (1).  2B–Texas Andrus (14,off Chavez); Young (31,off Chavez); Hamilton (40,off Chavez), Kansas City Butler (37,off Lee); Gordon (6,off Lee); Miller (1,off Harrison); Betemit (14,off Oliver).  HR–Texas Young (20,1st inning off O'Sullivan 0 on 1 out); Murphy (9,4th inning off O'Sullivan 0 on 0 out); Guerrero (25,5th inning off O'Sullivan 1 on 1 out); Moreland (4,6th inning off Chavez 0 on 1 out), Kansas City Betancourt (14,2nd inning off Lee 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Chad Fairchild, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:25.  A–10,295.
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