Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
August 31, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2012 at Progressive Field. The Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 5 1 2 1
Andrus ss 5 0 1 0
Hamilton cf,rf 3 1 1 0
Beltre 3b 5 2 4 1
Cruz rf 4 0 0 0
  Gentry cf 1 0 0 0
Young dh 5 0 2 2
Murphy lf 4 1 2 1
Soto c 4 0 0 0
Moreland 1b 3 0 0 0
Dempster p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkman p 0 0 0 0
  Uehara p 0 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Choo rf 4 0 2 0
Kipnis 2b 3 0 0 0
Cabrera ss 3 1 0 0
Brantley dh 3 0 0 0
Santana c 4 1 2 1
Kotchman 1b 4 1 1 2
Carrera cf 3 0 0 0
Hannahan 3b 1 0 0 0
  Lillibridge ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Donald lf 4 0 0 0
Jimenez p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Texas 102 001 1005122
Cleveland 000 100 002350
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster  W(4-1) 6.0 2 1 0 3 7
  Kirkman   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Uehara   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Nathan  SV(28) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Jimenez  L(9-14) 5.2 8 4 4 3 7
  Rogers   1.1 2 1 1 0 3
  Allen   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
2

  E–Andrus 2 (15).  DP–Texas 1. Kinsler-Andrus-Moreland.  2B–Texas Beltre 2 (29,off Jimenez,off Rogers); Kinsler (36,off Jimenez), Cleveland Choo (36,off Dempster); Santana (23,off Uehara).  3B–Texas Murphy (2,off Jimenez).  HR–Cleveland Kotchman (12,9th inning off Uehara 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Carrera (1,by Kirkman).  Team–6.  SB–Kinsler (21,2nd base off Jimenez/Santana).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–D.J. Reyburn, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:08.  A–16,700.
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